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Ask her coaches to come up with a word to best describe Addison Kilmer and they come up with different adjectives.
No matter which one they use, though, they are synonymous with winning.
A three-sport standout, the Mountain View senior brought championships and notoriety to the school’s girls volleyball and girls basketball teams and success to the softball team. In the process, she carved out one of the most impressive four-year careers seen in the Lackawanna League, particularly on the basketball court.
As a result, Kilmer is The Times-Tribune Female Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year. She received the honor Thursday night at the 76th annual Times-Tribune Athlete of the Week Awards Ceremony at Lackawanna College’s Peoples Security Bank Theatre.
“Her high sports IQ and her willingness to listen and learn and take what is offered from coaches and apply it to all three sports,” Mountain View girls basketball coach Corey Gesford said. “Obviously, she’s a great athlete. She takes those athletic skills and applies what she’s been taught and that’s enabled her to be as successful as she’s been.”
During the fall in girls volleyball, Kilmer helped the Lady Eagles repeat as District 2 Class 1A champions. She totaled 259 kills, 149 blocks, 133 digs and 78 service points with 20 aces in earning Lackawanna League coaches’ second-team all-star honors.
Coach Bridget Evans couldn’t come up with just one word to describe Kilmer. She needed three.
Passionate. Competitive. Loyal.
“She holds herself accountable and to a higher standard and she brings that out in her teammates, too,” Evans said. “She would come to us as a coaching staff and say, ‘Can I talk to you about this?’ or ‘What do you think about that?’ She liked to put stuff out there, brainstorm with us, be a sounding board. She’d bounce things off us, we’d bounce things off her. She’s willing to do it, willing to try it.”
Evans said Kilmer has the ability to make the teammates around her better and raise their level of play.
“My daughter (Rachael) was a setter and she helped her be the first girl at Mountain View to have over 1,000 assists,” Evans said. “They had a great court awareness, the two of them together. With our setter last year Aubrey Sanders, she had 496 assists in her first season and a lot of that was Addison. That just takes a lot of maturity and passion. She’s got it all.”
Gesford agrees. He saw it first-hand in the District 2 Class 2A final against Wyoming Seminary at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza. Trailing by 10 points after three quarters, Kilmer scored 16 of the team’s 20 fourth-quarter points and finished with 31 as the Lady Eagles rallied for a 47-43 victory to capture their second straight Class 2A title and fourth consecutive district championship.
“You think back to the district final this year and the deficit we had going into that fourth quarter,” Gesford said. “She put the team on her back, but at the same time she elevated those players around her. She did most of the scoring and she led with an attitude that we weren’t done, the game wasn’t over. That was something really impressive and something special.”
On the basketball court, Kilmer averaged 27.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and collected 55 3-pointers, 74 steals and 127 blocks. She was named first-team all-state and Class 2A Player of the Year. She finished with 2,271 career points, which ranks second in the Lackawanna League only to former Abington Heights star Amber Jacobs.
Relentless is how Gesford describes Kilmer, particularly with the 2,000-point milestone.
“She stayed true to the pursuit of what she wanted,” Gesford said. “She wanted to excel both individually and as a team. Both things were important to her.
“I really thought this year she grew that leadership role. She understood how to come across with her teammates with something she saw and raised their level. No matter what accolades she got, she always made sure she recognized her teammates, as well.”
During the spring, Kilmer returned to the softball diamond after missing most of last season with an injury. She led the team with a .400 batting average, three doubles and 11 RBIs and was selected as a Lackawanna League Division III coaches’ second-team all-star at first base.
Reliable is how coach Bailey White describes Kilmer. She also said she was always upbeat, enthusiastic and funny.
“She’s always the one I went to when I needed the girls to get their heads in the game,” White said. “She’d round everyone up and they’d do their thing.
“She’s very consistent and she is never openly emotional, which is huge in a game where you only succeed 30 percent of the time. You have to be able to take failure very well. Her ability to keep a level mind has always been extremely valuable for the team. It set a really great example for the younger girls.”
Kilmer is taking her talents to East Stroudsburg University in the fall. All three coaches are going to miss her, but are excited for what lies ahead for her.
“I can’t wait to see what she does with her future, the chapters she writes going forward,” Evans said. “Whatever it is, it’s going to be great.”
Female Athletes of the Year
2003: Casey Thran, Abington Heights
2004: Brooke Hinkley, Blue Ridge
2005: Natalie Winters, Carbondale Area
2006: Whitney Williams, Mountain View
2007: Jocelyn Dearborn, Blue Ridge
2008: Delia Riggi, Abington Heights
2009: Lauren Carra, Dunmore
2010: Jordan Hoyt, Abington Heights
Julia Koloski, Montrose
2011: Gabby Santarelli, Valley View
2012: Dallas Ely, Montrose
2013: Tessa Barrett, Abington Heights
2014: Tessa Barrett, Abington Heights
2015: Cassidy Jenkins, Lakeland
2016: Izzy Cooper, Dunmore
2017: Brooke Estadt, Lakeland
2018: Katie Dammer, Abington Heights
2019: Trina Barcarola, Western Wayne
2020: Karissa Ghigiarelli, Riverside
2021: Kaci Kranson, Holy Cross
2022: Tatum Norris, Susquehanna
2023: Maranda Runco, Mid Valley
2024: Madison Zalewski, Abington Heights
2025: Addison Kilmer, Mountain View
2026: Addison Kilmer, Mountain View
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No matter which one they use, though, they are synonymous with winning.
A three-sport standout, the Mountain View senior brought championships and notoriety to the school’s girls volleyball and girls basketball teams and success to the softball team. In the process, she carved out one of the most impressive four-year careers seen in the Lackawanna League, particularly on the basketball court.
As a result, Kilmer is The Times-Tribune Female Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year. She received the honor Thursday night at the 76th annual Times-Tribune Athlete of the Week Awards Ceremony at Lackawanna College’s Peoples Security Bank Theatre.
“Her high sports IQ and her willingness to listen and learn and take what is offered from coaches and apply it to all three sports,” Mountain View girls basketball coach Corey Gesford said. “Obviously, she’s a great athlete. She takes those athletic skills and applies what she’s been taught and that’s enabled her to be as successful as she’s been.”
During the fall in girls volleyball, Kilmer helped the Lady Eagles repeat as District 2 Class 1A champions. She totaled 259 kills, 149 blocks, 133 digs and 78 service points with 20 aces in earning Lackawanna League coaches’ second-team all-star honors.
Coach Bridget Evans couldn’t come up with just one word to describe Kilmer. She needed three.
Passionate. Competitive. Loyal.
“She holds herself accountable and to a higher standard and she brings that out in her teammates, too,” Evans said. “She would come to us as a coaching staff and say, ‘Can I talk to you about this?’ or ‘What do you think about that?’ She liked to put stuff out there, brainstorm with us, be a sounding board. She’d bounce things off us, we’d bounce things off her. She’s willing to do it, willing to try it.”
Evans said Kilmer has the ability to make the teammates around her better and raise their level of play.
“My daughter (Rachael) was a setter and she helped her be the first girl at Mountain View to have over 1,000 assists,” Evans said. “They had a great court awareness, the two of them together. With our setter last year Aubrey Sanders, she had 496 assists in her first season and a lot of that was Addison. That just takes a lot of maturity and passion. She’s got it all.”
Gesford agrees. He saw it first-hand in the District 2 Class 2A final against Wyoming Seminary at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza. Trailing by 10 points after three quarters, Kilmer scored 16 of the team’s 20 fourth-quarter points and finished with 31 as the Lady Eagles rallied for a 47-43 victory to capture their second straight Class 2A title and fourth consecutive district championship.
“You think back to the district final this year and the deficit we had going into that fourth quarter,” Gesford said. “She put the team on her back, but at the same time she elevated those players around her. She did most of the scoring and she led with an attitude that we weren’t done, the game wasn’t over. That was something really impressive and something special.”
On the basketball court, Kilmer averaged 27.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and collected 55 3-pointers, 74 steals and 127 blocks. She was named first-team all-state and Class 2A Player of the Year. She finished with 2,271 career points, which ranks second in the Lackawanna League only to former Abington Heights star Amber Jacobs.
Relentless is how Gesford describes Kilmer, particularly with the 2,000-point milestone.
“She stayed true to the pursuit of what she wanted,” Gesford said. “She wanted to excel both individually and as a team. Both things were important to her.
“I really thought this year she grew that leadership role. She understood how to come across with her teammates with something she saw and raised their level. No matter what accolades she got, she always made sure she recognized her teammates, as well.”
During the spring, Kilmer returned to the softball diamond after missing most of last season with an injury. She led the team with a .400 batting average, three doubles and 11 RBIs and was selected as a Lackawanna League Division III coaches’ second-team all-star at first base.
Reliable is how coach Bailey White describes Kilmer. She also said she was always upbeat, enthusiastic and funny.
“She’s always the one I went to when I needed the girls to get their heads in the game,” White said. “She’d round everyone up and they’d do their thing.
“She’s very consistent and she is never openly emotional, which is huge in a game where you only succeed 30 percent of the time. You have to be able to take failure very well. Her ability to keep a level mind has always been extremely valuable for the team. It set a really great example for the younger girls.”
Kilmer is taking her talents to East Stroudsburg University in the fall. All three coaches are going to miss her, but are excited for what lies ahead for her.
“I can’t wait to see what she does with her future, the chapters she writes going forward,” Evans said. “Whatever it is, it’s going to be great.”
Female Athletes of the Year
2003: Casey Thran, Abington Heights
2004: Brooke Hinkley, Blue Ridge
2005: Natalie Winters, Carbondale Area
2006: Whitney Williams, Mountain View
2007: Jocelyn Dearborn, Blue Ridge
2008: Delia Riggi, Abington Heights
2009: Lauren Carra, Dunmore
2010: Jordan Hoyt, Abington Heights
Julia Koloski, Montrose
2011: Gabby Santarelli, Valley View
2012: Dallas Ely, Montrose
2013: Tessa Barrett, Abington Heights
2014: Tessa Barrett, Abington Heights
2015: Cassidy Jenkins, Lakeland
2016: Izzy Cooper, Dunmore
2017: Brooke Estadt, Lakeland
2018: Katie Dammer, Abington Heights
2019: Trina Barcarola, Western Wayne
2020: Karissa Ghigiarelli, Riverside
2021: Kaci Kranson, Holy Cross
2022: Tatum Norris, Susquehanna
2023: Maranda Runco, Mid Valley
2024: Madison Zalewski, Abington Heights
2025: Addison Kilmer, Mountain View
2026: Addison Kilmer, Mountain View
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