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Edgewood's sectional champion softball squad piled up a lot of wins, and the pile is getting higher in the post-season awards category.
The most recent was senior Jayden Stephens being named the top softball catcher in the state as Indiana's Johnny Bench Award winner. Awards are given to the top NCAA Division I male and female college catchers, along with the top high school baseball and softball catchers from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia.
The winners will be honored at a luncheon on July 7 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and will also be recognized that night on the field before the Reds play the Phillies.
More: 'It's just unreal' How Bloomington South baseball won semi-state title
The Johnny Bench Award was established in 2000 by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission and honors Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench. In 2019, the award was expanded and permanently relocated to the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum at Great American Ball Park. The Reds scouting department contributes input on the baseball evaluation criteria, while the awards committee selects each winner with support from local media in every state.
Edgewood's Ally Bland was named Second Team All-State in Class 3A/4A by the Softball Coaches Association of Indiana and was also named to the South Team for the All-Star games on June 18-19 at Indiana University.
Edgewood's Madi Bland and Bloomington South's Carly Reed were named to Third Team All-State.
Named Academic All-State were Stephens, the Bland sisters, and South's Lindsay Blanton. Honorable mention went to South's Sloane Barrett and Edgewood's Addison Yearby. South was also given a Team Academic All-State award.
Owen Valley's Carter Salyers and Hayden Hammond and Eastern Greene's Jace Brown and Bryson Jones will be members of the Black Team and Edgewood's Carter Hayden will play for the Gold Team in the 22nd annual Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game.
The contest will take place on June 27 at 7 p.m. at Rose-Hulman's Cook Stadium in Terre Haute.
Two state championship-winning coaches will lead each team, with South Putnam’s Chuck Sorrell in charge of the Black Division Team and Cascade’s Head Coach Connor Simmons leading the Gold.
There are 86 players representing 36 area Terre Haute high schools in Indiana and Illinois participating in this year’s game. Hayden, along with North's Luke Freel, is also committed to play in the Indiana Football Coaches Association All-Star game on July 10.
Several area athletes were named to the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Academic All-State Teams.
The girls list includes Penny Eads and Lauren Thies of Bloomington North; Mary Asplund, Violet Hall, Julianne Hoover, Maya Jackson, Lexi Kollbaum, Aurelia Martoglio, Jasmine Martoglio and Emeleia McLauchlin of Bloomington South and Esther Crane and Paula Retamar-Vlad of Eastern Greene. Honorable mention went to Hayden McGuire of North and Ellie Vagedes of Edgewood.
The boys honorees include James Bosco, Liam Chaveas, Evan Cheng, Caelan D'Onofrio, Alan Hays and North Milner of North; Simon Barnes, Isaiah Dilger, Ezra Furr, Jake Kurrus, Wes Matthews, James Rice, Adrian Ross, Jake Taylor, Jaxon Young and Matthew Zinkan of South.
Honorable mention went to Brody Arthur, Kellen Bishop, Jackson Walker and Lucas Sinn Trulock of North; Brady Adams, Noah Field and Garrett Pitkin of South; Maddox Beauchamp and Jake Scherschel of Edgewood and Ian McKnight of Eastern Greene.
Bloomington South's Carla Demeter and Grace Dykstra were named All-District and honorable mention all-state in singles and South's Mira Koduri and Clara Tweedie in doubles by the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association.
South's Stella Ham earned Academic All-State honors and North, South and Edgewood were all named Academic All-State Teams.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY Sports: Edgewood's Jayden Stephens named Indiana's top softball catcher
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The most recent was senior Jayden Stephens being named the top softball catcher in the state as Indiana's Johnny Bench Award winner. Awards are given to the top NCAA Division I male and female college catchers, along with the top high school baseball and softball catchers from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia.
The winners will be honored at a luncheon on July 7 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and will also be recognized that night on the field before the Reds play the Phillies.
More: 'It's just unreal' How Bloomington South baseball won semi-state title
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The Johnny Bench Award was established in 2000 by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission and honors Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench. In 2019, the award was expanded and permanently relocated to the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum at Great American Ball Park. The Reds scouting department contributes input on the baseball evaluation criteria, while the awards committee selects each winner with support from local media in every state.
All-state softballers
Edgewood's Ally Bland was named Second Team All-State in Class 3A/4A by the Softball Coaches Association of Indiana and was also named to the South Team for the All-Star games on June 18-19 at Indiana University.
Edgewood's Madi Bland and Bloomington South's Carly Reed were named to Third Team All-State.
Named Academic All-State were Stephens, the Bland sisters, and South's Lindsay Blanton. Honorable mention went to South's Sloane Barrett and Edgewood's Addison Yearby. South was also given a Team Academic All-State award.
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Wabash Valley Football All-Stars
Owen Valley's Carter Salyers and Hayden Hammond and Eastern Greene's Jace Brown and Bryson Jones will be members of the Black Team and Edgewood's Carter Hayden will play for the Gold Team in the 22nd annual Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game.
The contest will take place on June 27 at 7 p.m. at Rose-Hulman's Cook Stadium in Terre Haute.
Two state championship-winning coaches will lead each team, with South Putnam’s Chuck Sorrell in charge of the Black Division Team and Cascade’s Head Coach Connor Simmons leading the Gold.
There are 86 players representing 36 area Terre Haute high schools in Indiana and Illinois participating in this year’s game. Hayden, along with North's Luke Freel, is also committed to play in the Indiana Football Coaches Association All-Star game on July 10.
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They run, they study
Several area athletes were named to the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Academic All-State Teams.
The girls list includes Penny Eads and Lauren Thies of Bloomington North; Mary Asplund, Violet Hall, Julianne Hoover, Maya Jackson, Lexi Kollbaum, Aurelia Martoglio, Jasmine Martoglio and Emeleia McLauchlin of Bloomington South and Esther Crane and Paula Retamar-Vlad of Eastern Greene. Honorable mention went to Hayden McGuire of North and Ellie Vagedes of Edgewood.
The boys honorees include James Bosco, Liam Chaveas, Evan Cheng, Caelan D'Onofrio, Alan Hays and North Milner of North; Simon Barnes, Isaiah Dilger, Ezra Furr, Jake Kurrus, Wes Matthews, James Rice, Adrian Ross, Jake Taylor, Jaxon Young and Matthew Zinkan of South.
Honorable mention went to Brody Arthur, Kellen Bishop, Jackson Walker and Lucas Sinn Trulock of North; Brady Adams, Noah Field and Garrett Pitkin of South; Maddox Beauchamp and Jake Scherschel of Edgewood and Ian McKnight of Eastern Greene.
Tennis nets honors
Bloomington South's Carla Demeter and Grace Dykstra were named All-District and honorable mention all-state in singles and South's Mira Koduri and Clara Tweedie in doubles by the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association.
South's Stella Ham earned Academic All-State honors and North, South and Edgewood were all named Academic All-State Teams.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY Sports: Edgewood's Jayden Stephens named Indiana's top softball catcher
Continue reading...
