Marshfield's Megan Donahue earns Division 1 player of year honor
WAUSAU - Marshfield's Megan Donahue earned a final postseason award for her stellar senior season and career with the Tigers.
The senior pitcher was named the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association player of the year and leads the collection of local talent recently selected to the all-state team.
Donahue is one of seven players named to either the first or second team for Large Schools (Divisions 1 and 2) and seven who earned the honor for the Small Schools (Divisions 3, 4 and 5). Five other local players earned honorable mention nods for either the Large or Small schools.
Other players of the year are Whitnall's Haley Wynn (Division 2), Poynette's Mattie Bredesen (Poynette), Horicon's Allison Tillema (Division 4) and McDonell Central's Megan Baier (Division 5).
Donahue posted a 3.11 earned run average in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this spring and finished second in batting average in league play (.592) as well. She is joined on the first team by teammate Emily Drager, the Tigers catcher who had a .524 batting average in the WVC.
Stevens Point Area Senior High's Ally Miklesh, who shared the WVC player of the year honors with Donahue, also was named to the first team. Miklesh led the conference with a .628 batting average and a .686 on-base percentage.
Miklesh's teammates, Halle Pavelski and Sam Saloun, were both named to the second team along with Marshfield's Jenna Jakobi and Mosinee's Brooke Wierzbanowski.
Wierzbanowski, the Great Northern Conference player of the year, helped Mosinee reach the WIAA Division 2 state championship game.
Mosinee's Paige Wicklund and Sidney Gburek were both honorable mention selections, along with SPASH's Kayla Lass and Andrea Cherney.
SMALL SCHOOLS
Pacelli's Paige Hintz and Tomahawk's Rachel Dallman, who both led their teams to the WIAA state tournament, were first-team selections.
Hintz, the Central Wisconsin Conference-South Division player of the year, had a .548 batting average and a .905 slugging percentage.
Dallman, who helped Tomahawk reach the Division 3 state title game, had a 2.06 ERA as the Hatchets' top pitcher.
Assumption's Kendall Schill, who helped Assumption reach the WIAA state tournament as well, was a second-team selection, along with Athens' Kenadi Diedrich, Greenwood's Kaylee Learman, Pacelli's Haley Raflik and Spencer's Tiffany Meiners.
Assumption's Ellie Schill was an honorable mention pick.
LARGE SCHOOLS
Marissa Mullen, sr., Appleton North; Jaina Westphal, sr., Burlington; Josie Klein, sr., Burlington; Kaylee Frenotte, sr., Chippewa Falls; Mallory Strelow, jr, Kenosha Bradford; Kennedy Lehn, jr., Kewaskum; Emily Draeger, sr., Marshfield; Megan Donahue, sr., Marshfield; Jenna Trewyn, so., Oak Creek; Becca Oleniczak, sr., Oak Creek; Sophie Averkamp, so., Oshkosh North; Libby Neveau, jr., Oshkosh North; Brooke Ellestead, fr., Oshkosh North; Syd Supple, jr., Oshkosh North; Raven Vanden Langenberg, sr., Seymour; Ally Miklesh, SPASH; Katie Tews, sr., Sun Prairie; Schyler Ek, sr., Sun Prairie; Sklylar Muller, sr., Sun Prairie; Maddie Gardner, so., Sun Prairie; Maddy Anderson, jr., Waukesha North; Becca Edwards, jr., Westosha Central; Haley Wynn, jr., Whitnall.
SMALL SCHOOLS
Carmen Yost, sr., Brillion; Sydney Robson, sr., Catholic Central; Kora Wasley, so., Dodgeville; Grace Gilles, jr., Eau Claire Regis; Makenna Johnson, sr., Grantsburg; Jadin Justman, so., Horicon; Cassie Laabs, sr., Allison Tillema, so., Horicon; Nicole Becker, sr., Juda-Albany; Samira Arvin, sr., Marshall; Taylor Pache, sr., Marshall; Abby Vanbeek, so., Mayville; Megan Baier, sr., McDonell Central; Briana Sabel, sr., Oakfield; Ellen Sohrweide, so., Oconto; Paige Hintz, sr., Pacelli; Ashley Hellenbrand, jr., Poynette; Mattie Bredeson, sr., Poynette; Kaili Wescott, sr., Prescott; Cathryn Hiller, sr., Random Lake; Rachel Dallman, sr., Tomahawk; Hannah Hockerman, so., Westfield; Kiley Akey, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont; Cathryn Ehrenberg, sr., Weyauwega-Fremont.
SECOND TEAM
LARGE SCHOOLS
Alexa Blasczyk, sr., Ashwaubenon; Autumn Olson, sr., Chippewa Falls; Morgan Kummer, sr., Ellsworth; Payton Dorn, sr., Freedom; Brittany Baneck, sr., Green Bay Preble; Alyssa Vilkowski, sr., Greenfield; Kendra Leis, sr., Holmen; Sidney Miller, sr., Kaukauna; Mckenzie Lamos, jr., Kenosha Indian Trail; Maddie Geidl, jr., Kewaskum; Jenna Jakobi, jr., Marshfield; Mackenzie Fries, sr., Medford; Cami Strigler, sr., Menomonee Falls; Olivia Bobak, jr., Monroe; Brooke Wierzbanowski, sr., Mosinee; Sara Kraus, so., Onalaska; Chloe Evans, so., Seymour; Sylvia Flairty, so., Slinger; Halle Pavelski, sr., SPASH; Sam Saloun, so., SPASH; Emma Kleinsek, sr., Verona; Kylee Hraban, jr., Waupun; Megan Gerber, sr., Waupun; Alyssa Schumacher, so., Whitewater.
SECOND TEAM
Kendall Schill, so., Assumption; Kenadi Diedrich, jr., Athens; Arie Charles, so., Blair-Taylor; Lauren Stein, so., Blair-Taylor; Alyssa Muench, sr., Campbellsport; Christina Paleka, so., Catholic Central; Annabelle Kotecki, sr., Coleman; Grace Borne, so., Dodgeville; Emma Quimby, so., Grantsburg; Kaylee Learman, sr., Greenwood; Abby Luczak, jr., Laconia; Hailey Bartz, jr., Laconia; Bailey Neuberger, jr., Marshall; Kourtney LeRoy, jr, Mischicot; Haley Raflik, so., Pacelli; Remmington Stark, so, Parkview; Katelyn Miller, sr., Prescott; Chaise Arndt, so., Random Lake; Tiffany Meiners, jr., Spencer; Kaitlyn Tyznik, jr., Thorp; Kendra Hammel, so., Valders; Kaitlyn Filter, jr., Waterloo; Taylor Bignelle, so., Westfield; Mirra Vogel, sr., Westfield.
HONORABLE MENTION
LARGE SCHOOLS
Sydney Rogowski, sr., Arrowhead; Mimi Bradley, sr., Arrowhead; Grace Salaja, sr., Arrowhead; Kailyn Packard, sr., Beloit Turner; Trinity Fry, sr., Beloit Turner; Haley Remington, so., Elkhorn Area; Sara Vander Mause, jr, Fort Atkinson; Taylor Johnson, sr., Greenfield; Kennedy Cox, sr., Janesville Craig; Alyssa McClelland, jr., Kenosha Bradford; Isabella Curtin, sr., Madison Memorial; Mia Hoveland, sr., McFarland; Lou Sciortino, sr., Menomonee Falls; Amber Mussey, sr., Milton; Sydney Updike, fr., Monroe; Paige Wicklund, so., Mosinee; Sydney Gburek, jr., Mosinee; Cheyenne Sowinski, sr., New Berlin West; Sara Traxel, jr., Oak Creek; Alyssa Brewer, sr., Oshkosh West; Brianna Davis, fr., Oshkosh West; Meghan Witt, sr., Portage; Lauren Dixon, so., Pulaski; Samantha Soley, sr., Rice Lake; Brooklyn Scheurer, sr., Rice Lake; Keana Retzlaff, jr., Slinger; Kayla Lass, SPASH; Andrea Cherney, sr., SPASH; Savanna Rainey, sr., Verona; Meghan Anderson, jr., Verona; Megan Van Ruiswyk, sr., Waupun; Kayla Kerkman, sr., Westosha Central.
SMALL SCHOOLS
Ellie Schill, sr., Assumption; Sydney Costner, sr., Bloomer; Courtney Hackbarth, sr., Brillion; Kyah Flock, sr., Cashton; Hannah Borne, jr., Chequamegon; Kayla Koczorowski, sr., Cochrane-Fountain City; Kailey Klimek, jr., Coleman; Brianna Farrington, sr., Columbus; Karissa Laabs, so., Horicon; Evelynn Spaeth, so., Howards Grove; Kristin Wetterau, so, Lourdes Academy; Cynda Protsman, jr., Luther; Abigal Gilbertson, jr., Markesan; Hannah Gibbons, sr., Markesan; Ally Feucht, jr., Mayville; Cailie Pliner, sr., Mayville; Lauren James, so., Mineral Point; Alexia Flury, sr., Oakfield; Meghan Laning, sr., Oakfield; MacKenzie Honish, so,. Oconto; Taylar Miller, sr., Random Lake; JJ Johnson, jr., River Valley; Gabrielle Gunderson, sr., Shiocton; Elekta Zurakowski, sr., Thorp; Jena Krueger, sr., Winnebago Lutheran; Keala Kramer, sr., Wisconsin Heights.