Clayton News Daily

FIRST TEAM

Olivia Darley

Strong Rock Christian, junior, P/INF

Hit .410 with a school-record 31 RBIs and was 12-3 with a 0.94 ERA and 110 strikeouts.

Taesha Duboise

Woodland, senior, OF

Hit .463, had .508 on-base percentage and 20 stolen bases in being named first-team all-Region 4-AAAA.

Casey Durham

Eagle’s Landing Christian, sophomore, C

Hit .495 with four home runs, 26 RBIs, a .574 OBP, .736 SLG and 25 stolen bases.

Morgan Edwards

Locust Grove, junior, 3B

Named Region 4-AAAA Offensive Player of the Year for region runner-up team.

Mary Emily

Locust Grove, sophomore, OF

Named Region 4-AAAA Defensive Player of the Year for region runner-up team.

Erika Flippen

Woodland, senior, C

Hit. 459 with eight doubles, three home runs and 36 RBIs and threw out 35 of 41 base-runners.

Jurie Joyner

Ola, junior, C

Hit .438 with 10 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 24 RBIs; Named first-team all-Region 4-AAAAA.

Savannah McHellon

Ola, junior, P/OF

Hit .477 with seven doubles, 13 home runs and 41 RBIs and went 10-5 with a 1.52 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 87 innings.

Madison Moore

Union Grove, sophomore, UTL

Hit .325 with four doubles, one triple, four home runs and 21 RBIs; Named first-team all-Region 4-AAAAA.

Katie Spinks

Union Grove, junior, OF

Hit .402 with .457 OBP, one double, two triples, 11 RBIs and 16 stolen bases; Named first-team all-Region 4-AAAAA.

HONORABLE MENTION

Danielle Castleberry, Woodland

Allee Denney, Locust Grove

Jordan Doggett, Ola

Lexee Emanuel, Woodland

Haylee Hester, Ola

Courtney Kenney, Union Grove

Megan McConnell, Union Grove

Raya Moncus, Ola

Chanel Newcomer, ELCA

Haleigh Vernon, Union Grove

COACH OF THE YEAR

Rod Pipkin

Union Grove

Guided the Lady Wolverines to a 32-7 record, region championship in arguably the state’s toughest region and the program’s first ever state championship.