The Kansas Softball Coaches Association has announced its 2026 All-State teams.
 
Class 2-1A state champion St. Mary’s Colgan and Class 5A state champion Bishop Carroll had the most first-team selections of any school, each garnering four first-team picks.
 
Colgan, which had five players honored overall, had first-team picks in junior pitcher Bella Ascanio, junior catcher Kylee Kratchmar, sophomore infielder Callie Lundy and freshman outfielder Drew Dayton. Carroll had all four of its players honored land on the first team in 5A – senior pitcher Allyson Orth, senior catcher Kiersten Jones, sophomore infielder Paige Stroot and junior utility/designated player Keira Stripling.
 
Class 6A state champion Gardner Edgerton had the most first-team selections in that classification with three – senior infielder Charlee Latteman, junior infielder Morgan Beasley and freshman catcher Bella Garcia.
 
Class 3A state champion Silver Lake was one of three teams with three-first team selections in 3A as senior outfielder Kailyn Hanni, junior pitcher Riley Mohler and sophomore infielder Saylor Liggatt were chosen. State runner-up Haven had first-teamers in senior infielder Morgan O’Neal, senior outfielder Mayzie Warren and senior utility/designated player Avery Brawner. Trinity Acadmy also had three first-teamers – senior pitcher Liberty Lewis, senior catcher Madison Cross and sophomore infielder Alexia Nelson.
 
Class 4A state champion Fort Scott had a pair of first-team selections with senior infielder Raylee Cowan and junior pitcher Kyndal Aikin earning the honors. State runner-up Wamego and semifinalist Rock Creek each had three on the first team with junior pitcher Landri Adams, junior infielder Alana McCarthy and sophomore catcher Rylee Stanley making it for Wamego and senior pitcher Brynna Zoeller, junior utility/designated player Acelyn Rottinghaus and sophomore infielder Hailey Lies chosen for the Mustangs.
 
The association does not name players or coaches of the year.
 
 
KANSAS SOFTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TEAMS
 
CLASS 6A
 
First team
 
Pitcher – Addi Gutzmer, sr., Derby; Celise Kellepouris, jr., Olathe West; Ada Schweller, sr., Olathe East. Catcher – Bella Garcia, fr., Gardner Edgerton; Henely Rapp, sr., Washburn Rural. Infield – London Backman, so., Topeka High; Morgan Beasley, jr., jr., Gardner Edgerton; Karlie Demel, sr., Derby; Charlee Latteman, sr., Gardner Edgerton. Outfield – Lila Collins, sr., Maize; Emma Heinemann, sr., Olathe West; Olivia Koch, jr., Washburn Rural; Emily Stipsits, sr., Olathe North. Utility/Designated player – Kenslee Young, jr., Topeka High.
 
Second team
 
Pitcher – Kyla Cisneros, so., Blue Valley; Campbell Dawson, jr., Topeka High; Kenley Sutton, so., Gardner Edgerton. Catcher – Gabby Frantz, jr., Olathe South; Gabi Uffendell, sr., Maize. Infield –Marisol Angeles, so., Garden City; Macy Brunner, sr., Mill Valley; Lillian Clements, jr., Campus; Gianna Gilstrap, jr., Blue Valley; Taimana Isaia, sr., Topeka High. Outfield – Brielle Heindrick, jr., Derby; Jordan Johnson, fr., Mill Valley; Madilyn Poole, jr., Topeka High; Shea Splitorff, sr., Blue Valley. Utility/Designated player – Emerleigh Cooper, jr., Campus.
 
Honorable mention
 
Pitcher – Ashlyn Hamilton, sr., Derby. Catcher – Penelope Johnson, jr., Blue Valley West. Infield – Kendall Bunch, fr., Olathe West; Alexis Butler, jr., Campus; Lucy Kennedy, sr., Blue Valley; Avery Laha, sr., Olathe Northwest. Outfield – Olivia Adams, so., Olathe West; Olivia Larson, jr., Olathe South; Aspen Walker, fr., Gardner Edgerton. Utility/Designated player – Olivia Parr, sr., Derby.
 
CLASS 5A
 
First team
 
Pitcher – Lindsey Kuzmic, so., Basehor-Linwood; Allyson Orth, sr., Bishop Carroll; Breck Slaughter, sr., Pittsburg. Catcher – Kiersten Jones, sr., Bishop Carroll; Lexie Saultz, fr., Basehor-Linwood. Infield – Kohlbie Craft, sr., Hutchinson; Brette Pasteur, sr., Pittsburg; Addison Sabers, jr., St. Thomas Aquinas; Paige Stroot, so., Bishop Carroll; Aubrey Warren, sr., Seaman. Outfield – Lauren Huenfeld, so., St. Thomas Aquinas; Katherine Mazouch, sr., Great Bend; Abreya Perry, sr., Valley Center; Payton Southard, so., Maize South. Utility/Designated player – Keira Stripling, jr., Bishop Carroll.

Second team
 
Pitcher – Jadyn Kistner, sr., Spring Hill; Chayla Prendergast, jr., Great Bend; Alayna Vaeth, sr., St. Thomas Aquinas. Catcher – Gracie Bedzek, jr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Cianna Graves, sr., Shawnee Heights. Infield – Kya Behr, jr., Great Bend; Trinity Deters, jr., Basehor-Linwood; Olivia Fraley, sr., Spring Hill; Ella Loun, sr., Basehor-Linwood; Clara Pinkham, jr., St. Thomas Aquinas. Outfield – Brecken Campbell, fr., Pittsburg; Maggie McDonald, fr., De Soto; Kaelyn Pierson, jr., Spring Hill; Acey Thompson, jr., Seaman. Utility/Designated player – Lydia Dreher, so., Seaman.
 
Honorable mention
 
Pitcher – Kailey Steineger, jr., Basehor-Linwood. Catcher – Kamyn Koelsch, sr., Great Bend. Infield – Avery Davison, sr., Valley Center. Outfield – Addison Cooper, sr., Shawnee Heights; Brooklyn Milleson, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel. Utility/Designated player – Zoe Church, sr., De Soto.
 
CLASS 4A
 
First team
 
Pitcher – Landri Adams, jr., Wamego; Kyndal Aikin, jr., Fort Scott; Brynna Zoeller, sr., Rock Creek. Catcher – Maizey Gurney, so., Clay Center; Rylee Stanley, so., Wamego. Infield – Raylee Cowan, sr., Fort Scott; Makena Hampton, jr., Clearwater; Hailey Lies, so., Rock Creek; Alana McCarthy, jr., Wamego; Jai Rogers, jr., Chapman. Outfield – Pera Bauer, jr., McPherson; Taylor Nielson, sr., Clearwater; Ali Thompson, fr., Clearwater; Dallie Winklepleck, jr., Pratt. Utility/Designated player – Acelyn Rottinghaus, jr., Rock Creek.
 
Second team
 
Pitcher – Olivia Harrold, so., Chapman; Gretchen Huizenga, sr., Santa Fe Trail; Trista Welty, sr., Clearwater. Catcher – Bailey Hall, so., Mulvane; Liv Miller, jr., Clearwater. Infield – Reese Grady, sr., Rock Creek; Ida Kasselman, jr., Rock Creek; Emerson Maslak, sr., Tonganoxie; Brooklyn Sele, jr., Andale/Garden Plain; Rylie Whitfield, jr., McPherson. Outfield – Jaryn Baker, sr., Mulvane; Abbie Gorman, sr., Fort Scott; Averie Hall, so., Wamego; Hope Hughes, sr., Pratt. Utility/Designated player – Kaylee Aikin, fr., Fort Scott.
 
Honorable mention
 
Pitcher – Finley Heinrich, fr., Paola; Carmin Pavlovich, jr., McPherson. Catcher – Emberly Connell, jr., Hayden; Mica Stapleton, sr., Pratt; Aubrey Yarick, sr., Fort Scott. Infield – Addalyn Sleichter, sr., Santa Fe Trail. Outfield – Josie Keener, jr., Abilene. Utility/Designated player – Gracie Warner, so., Mulvan.
 
CLASS 3A
 
First team
 
Pitcher – Liberty Lewis, sr., Trinity Academy; Riley Mohler, jr., Silver Lake; Karlee Zurfluh, jr., Southeast of Saline. Catcher – Madison Cross, sr., Trinity Academy; Kennedy Griffin, so., Riverside. Infield – Harriet Dean, jr., Jefferson West; Reese Heinrich, so., Southeast of Saline; Saylor Liggatt, so., Silver Lake; Alexia Nelson, so., Trinity Academy; Morgan O’Neal, sr., Haven. Outfield – McKenna Channell, sr., Beloit; Kailyn Hanni, sr., Silver Lake; Sawyer Serna, fr., Osage City; Mayzie Warden, sr., Haven. Utility/Designated player – Avery Brawner, sr., Haven.
 
Second team
 
Pitcher – Paige O’Neal, fr., Haven; Lily Pullen, jr., Oskaloosa; Addison Schwinn, sr., Jefferson West. Catcher – Taylor Swygert, sr., Silver Lake; Taryn Taylor, sr., Jefferson West. Infield – Macie Corcoran, jr., Perry-Lecompton; Kiera Keim, sr., Sabetha; Gracen McLaren, jr., Frontenac; Lydia Turner, sr., Oskaloosa; Addison Watson, sr., Osage City. Outfield – Stevi Likely, jr., Frontenac; Onnyka Nedich, jr., Hasltead; Kyiah Samuelson, so., Southeast of Saline; Savanah Wende, jr., Silver Lake. Utility/Designated player – Zoe Dowd, so., West Franklin.
 
Honorable mention
 
Pitcher – Peyton Pitts, sr., Osage City. Catcher – Kenzie Nelson, sr., Hiawatha. Infield – Thea Boese, sr., Halstead; Taylor Credick, jr., Kingman; Regan Hasenkamp, so., Sabetha. Outfield – Kendyll Walker, jr., Cheney. Utility/Designated player – Jyllian Stapleton, sr., Sabetha.
 
CLASS 2-1A
 
First team
 
Pitcher – Bella Ascanio, jr., St. Mary’s Colgan; Zoe Davidson, jr., Cedar Vale/Dexter; Maddie Kraus, sr., Mission Valley. Catcher – Kylee Kretchmar, jr., St. Mary’s Colgan; Lyla Hamblin, sr., Central Heights. Infield – Taylor Froese, jr., Inman; Destiny Hagan, sr., Northeast-Arma; Callie Lundy, so., St. Mary’s Colgan; Madison Mayfield, jr., Oxford; Gracie Webb, sr., Cedar Vale/Dexter. Outfield – Drew Dayton, fr., St. Mary’s Colgan; Kenna Perine, fr., Rossville; Brynn Schoepf, so., TMP-Marian; Ellie Thimmesch, jr., Inman. Utility/Designated player – Alex Scribner, sr., Flinthills.
 
Second team
 
Pitcher – Haylee Blake, sr., Bennington; Kaelynn Hathaway, jr., Uniontown; Lyla Levin, jr., Inman. Catcher – Maddi Parsons, so., Inman; Akyra Traver, sr., Marais des Cgynes Valley. Infield – Lena McGee, so., Central-Burden; Kara Osborn, so., St. Mary’s Colgan; Teagan Pingry, fr., Cedar Vale/Dexter; Brooke Springer, sr., Rossville; Madison Turner, so., McLouth. Outfield – Molly Helget, jr., TMP-Marian; Reece Johnson, jr., Southern Lyon County; Mara Pickering, jr., Bennington; Kinlee Wolfe, so., McLouth. Utility/Designated player – Reagan Berger, fr., Valley Heights.
 
Honorable mention
 
Catcher – Rylee Benien, jr., Bennington; Paige Koenigsman, so., TMP-Marian. Outfield – Aspyn Stos, jr., Moundridge.