The Kentucky Softball Coaches Association released its All-State teams over the weekend.
Unlike what they do during the season, the All-State teams are broken up into three classes for Class A, 2A and 3A with a first and second team and an honorable mention for each class.
Highlands had a duo make the 3A team, Kaitlyn Dixon and Payton Brown as an honorable mention. Notre Dame’s Abby Turnpaugh made the 2A team.
Dixon was the co-NKSCA Division II Player of the Year with Turnpaugh, going 22-3 in the circle with a 1.18 ERA. She struck out 295 batters in 166.1 innings pitched. She hit .390 at the plate and was second on the team in RBI with 38. She knocked 12 doubles and three home runs. She was also selected to play in the East-West All-Star game in Bowling Green June 20-22.
Turnpaugh shared the NKSCA Division II Player of the Year with Dixon thanks to her pitching prowess. She went 17-5 with a 1.66 ERA and 218 strikeouts in 135 innings pitched. She walked just 30 batters and allowed 32 earned runs. She was also one of the leading hitters for the Pandas with a .431 batting average and a team-high 27 RBI. She also led the team with six doubles.
Brown led the Bluebirds in hitting with a .532 batting average. The junior also led Highlands in hits (50), RBI (53), triples (5), home runs (4) and walks (23). She struck out just six times in 94 official at-bats and was the team’s primary catcher this season.
*Note: The selections are made from coaches across the state, a coach must be a member of the KSCA to vote.
Class 3A
Player of the Year: Layla Ogden, South Warren
Coaching Staff of the Year: South Warren
First Team
Layla Ogden, McLaine Hudson and Courtney Norwood (South Warren), Lauren Satterly and Lauren Campisano (Assumption), Ada Little (Scott County), Anna Kemp (Henderson County), Annie Newman (Daviess County), Avery Adcock (Christian County), Karsyn Rockvoan (Bryan Station)
Second Team
Haley McGuire (Frederick Douglass), Abigail Byrd (Greenwood), Kamryn Timmons and Molly Hancock (Daviess County), Ayden Bennett (Henderson County), Kinleigh Russell (South Warren), Kenzie Williams (South Laurel), Kaitlyn Dixon (Highlands), Addie Bryant (Woodford County), Ava Knight (McCracken County), Rylan Music (Lafayette),
Honorable Mention
Jozie Lashley (Oldham County), Allicen Harris (Marshall County), Saige McClure (North Laurel), Payton Brown (Highlands), Makenzie Stoltz (Madisonville-North Hopkins), Jordyn Abner and Arabella Guinn (George Rogers Clark), Maleya Giddens and Paige Crain (Assumption), Cali Huff (Greenwood), Addley Leidecker (McCracken County), Lacey Osborne (Anderson County), Lauren Jones (Scott County), Sophia Cain (Daviess County), Bella Ellis (Pulaski County)
Class 2A
Player of the Year: Isabella Persinger, Harrison County
Coaching Staff of the Year: Warren East
First Team
Abby Hammond (Lexington Catholic), Isabella Persinger and Shyanne Ross (Harrison County), Diamond Wills and Kassi Perkins (Rowan County), Alyssa Dixon (Perry County Central), Mayson Delong (Johnson Central), Tember Oliver (Trigg County), Bree Jones (Lawrence County), Payton Rice (East Carter), Lydia Jones (Warren East), Taytum Spiers (Elizabethtown)
Second Team
Heidi Tipton (LaRue County), Danni Foley (Corbin), Brianna Knochelman (Grant County), Kady Fuller (Trigg County), Hailey Mooney (Paducah Tilghman), Addison Lee (Warren East), Jenna Delaney (Ashland Blazer), Josey Kegley (Greenup County), Lauryn Eastham (Rowan County), Alyssa Philpot (Elizabethtown), Abby Turnpaugh (Notre Dame), Taylan Hoskins (Perry County Central)
Honorable Mention
Mia Bobbitt (Paducah Tilghman), Payton Hopkins, Jacie Rice and Ally Anderson (Allen County-Scottsville), Aubrey Robbins (Nelson County), Jordan Brooks (Warren East), Remie Smith (East Jessamine), Chloe Papineau (Webster County), Malana Hamm (Rowan County), Abby Peavler (Boyle County), Kenzie Gulley (Mason County)
Class A
Player of the Year: Addison Tramble, Livingston Central
Coaching Staff of the Year: Livingston Central
First Team
Addison Tramble, Victoria Joiner and Hadley Hargrove (Livingston Central), Chloe Creech (Wolfe County), Brylee Butts (Caldwell County), Molly Fahm (Belfry), Jenna Coursey and Courtney Collins (Lyon County), Baylee Estes (Hancock County), Kyra McAlarnis (Knott County Central)
Second Team
Myra Bevins (Paintsville), Lily Logsdon and Hannah Tignor (Owensboro Catholic), Sami Noble (Wolfe County), Aubrie Messer and Lexi Messer (Clinton County), Emersyn Ramage (Livingston Central), Kali Vance and Davanna Grubb (Raceland), Candice Williams (Jackson County), Peyton Fields (Hazard)
Honorable Mention
Molly Music (Paintsville), Anna Beth Hamilton (Owensboro Catholic), Harper Holeman (Caldwell County), Alexis Hume and Malorie Thiel (Bethlehem), Whitney Lippert and Kyndall Johnson (Bracken County), Bryna Wellman (Raceland), Lauren Winningham (Clinton County), Mallory Combs (Hazard), Alara Adkins (Belfry), Blair Byassee (Hickman County)