Wisconsin high school softball: WFSCA/MaxPreps preseason rankings

Kaukauna, Denmark, Poynette, Pacelli and Belmont top-ranked in their respective divisions.

By Norbert Durst

Mar 24, 2026, 1:30pm

It's the opening day of the high school softball season in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association and MaxPreps bring you the WFSCA/MaxPreps rankings for the 2026 season.

Syracuse signee Cali Craig and the Watertown Goslings are ranked No. 3 in the WFSCA/MaxPreps preseason rankings. (FILE PHOTO: Denise Jacob)

Below are the preseason rankings for all five divisions.

Division 1
1. Kaukauna
2. Hamilton
3. Watertown
4. Sun Prairie East
5. Muskego
6. Stevens Point
7. Green Bay Preble
8. Kenosha Bradford

9. Cedarburg
10. Neenah
Honorable mention
Ashwaubenon
Chippewa Falls
Hortonville
Kimberly
Middleton

Division 2

1. Denmark
2. Fox Valley Lutheran
3. Jefferson
4. Luxemburg-Casco
5. Whitnall
6. Mosinee
7. New Berlin Eisenhower
8. Rice Lake

9. Catholic Memorial
10. Ellsworth

Division 3

1. Poynette
2. Laconia
3. Valders
4. Lomira
5. Prescott
6. Brillion
7. Peshtigo
8. Mishicot

9. Big Foot
10. Stanley-Boyd

Division 4

1. Pacelli
2. Grantsburg
3. Cuba City
4. Mineral Point
5. McDonell Central
6. Algoma
7. Auburndale
8. Random Lake

9. Waterloo
10. Johnson Creek

Division 5

1. Belmont
2. Almond-Bancroft
3. Barneveld
4. Assumption
5. Columbus Catholic
6. Juda/Albany
7. Cambria-Friesland
8. Blair-Taylor

9. Thorp
10. Ithaca/Weston

Statistics are submitted to MaxPreps by coaches, athletic directors or program personnel. Coaches, ADs and staff who do not have current access may request their free account here.

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Kaylee Heberer - Jr Markesan (WI)	.757
2	Sydney Schilt - Sr Whitewater (WI)	.717
3	Amanda Lew - Stanley-Boyd (Stanley, WI)	.708
4	Taya Jossart - Sr Cameron (WI)	.704
5	Taryn Tracy - Crivitz (WI)	.698
6	Kassidy Williams - Sr Three Lakes/Phelps (Three Lakes, WI)	.683
7	Dakota Heister - So North Crawford (Soldiers Grove, WI)	.682
8	Addy Birr - So Rio/Fall River (Rio, WI)	.680
9	Layla Thompson - Sr Spooner (WI)	.680
10	Mikayla Stack - Christian Liberty (Arlington Heights, IL)	.679
11	Lulu Sims - Dominican (Whitefish Bay, WI)	.677
12	Izzy Wesoloski - Crivitz (WI)	.667
13	Andi Beck - Sr Blair-Taylor (Blair, WI)	.667
14	Annalie Lindgren - Jr Spooner (WI)	.654
15	Alivia Fischer - Sr Hartford (WI)	.651
16	Lexi Bremness - Sr Cadott (WI)	.650
17	Kyree Fischer - Richland Center (WI)	.645
18	Kiley Bodor - Fr Brookfield Central (Brookfield, WI)	.641
19	Maddie Martin - Fr Greendale (WI)	.640
20	Lauren Roehrig - So Chilton (WI)	.636
21	Lilly Atkinson - East Troy (WI)	.636
22	Meredith Steinke - Jr Oakfield (WI)	.619
23	Miah Butinas - So Badger (Lake Geneva, WI)	.618
24	Emma Durst - Fr North Crawford (Soldiers Grove, WI)	.615
25	Anna Logue - Sr North Crawford (Soldiers Grove, WI)	.615

Leaderboard - Player Home Runs
1	Josie Brudos - Sr West Salem (WI)	11
2	Madelyn Hoppe - Jr D.C. Everest (Schofield, WI)	9
3	Miah Butinas - So Badger (Lake Geneva, WI)	9
4	Brynn Sikora - Sr Colfax (WI)	7
5	Kaia Waldrop - Sr Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay, WI)	6
6	Emma Santarelli - Jr Union Grove (WI)	6
7	Cara Link - Jr Stoughton (WI)	6
8	Alivia Fischer - Sr Hartford (WI)	6
9	Adde Smith - Seymour (WI)	6
10	Hailey Bies - Jr Westosha Central (Salem, WI)	6
11	Abigail Plapp - So Westosha Central (Salem, WI)	6
12	Reese Grudzielanek - Jr Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee, WI)	6
13	Lauren Roehrig - So Chilton (WI)	6
14	Austyn Kinch - So Mineral Point (WI)	5
15	Kennedy Christopher - Sr Oak Creek (WI)	5
16	Bella Robinett - Jr De Pere (WI)	5
17	Emily Johnson - Sr Cedarburg (WI)	5
18	Miah Shefchik - Jr West De Pere (De Pere, WI)	5
19	Kaylee Heberer - Jr Markesan (WI)	5
20	Lily Kwakkel - So Ripon (WI)	5
21	Katie Madrigal - Jr Union Grove (WI)	5
22	Ciara Hage - So Union Grove (WI)	5
23	Savanna Miller - Port Washington (WI)	5
24	Elliana Reichenberger - Fr Lourdes Academy (Oshkosh, WI)	5
25	Kailey Anderson - Sr Franklin (WI)	5

Leaderboard - Player Runs
1	Josie Brudos - Sr West Salem (WI)	36
2	Rory Salvesen - Sr Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Wittenberg, WI)	33
3	Vivian Bootz - Sr Kewaunee (WI)	31
4	Olivia Waldrop - So Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay, WI)	30
5	Hattie Frievalt - Crivitz (WI)	30
6	Jaelyn Craig - So De Pere (WI)	30
7	Amaya Brooks - Sr Brillion (WI)	29
8	Halle Drew - Westfield Area (Westfield, WI)	29
9	Tori Buglass - So Johnson Creek (WI)	28
10	Taylor Buglass - Sr Johnson Creek (WI)	28
11	Aubrey Fischer - Sr Plymouth (WI)	28
12	Maddy Kabat - Sr Mineral Point (WI)	27
13	Breanna Riha - Sr Kewaunee (WI)	27
14	Cari Armstrong - So Johnson Creek (WI)	27
15	Molly Molthen - Sr Pulaski (WI)	27
16	Trinity Smith - So Phillips (WI)	27
17	Payton Spaeth - Jr De Pere (WI)	27
18	Aubrey Malean - Jr Boyceville (WI)	27
19	Brynn Sikora - Sr Colfax (WI)	27
20	Addyson Simpson - Sr Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay, WI)	26
21	Libby Burbach - So Johnson Creek (WI)	26
22	Brieleigh Ladika - Sr Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Wittenberg, WI)	26
23	Hannah Von Haden - Sr Green Bay Preble (Green Bay, WI)	26
24	Danika Eberhardt - Jr Random Lake (WI)	26
25	Mayven Schneider - Marathon (WI)	26

Leaderboard - Player Runs Batted In
1	Elliana Reichenberger - Fr Lourdes Academy (Oshkosh, WI)	35
2	Kaia Waldrop - Sr Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay, WI)	34
3	Taryn Tracy - Crivitz (WI)	34
4	Montana Rowe - Sr Nekoosa (WI)	31
5	Braelyn Chevalier - Sr Kewaunee (WI)	29
6	Madelyn Hoppe - Jr D.C. Everest (Schofield, WI)	29
7	Bella Rozek - Jr Melrose-Mindoro (Melrose, WI)	29
8	Izzy Wesoloski - Crivitz (WI)	28
9	Payton Spaeth - Jr De Pere (WI)	28
10	Attigun Benz - Fr Johnson Creek (WI)	28
11	Cari Armstrong - So Johnson Creek (WI)	27
12	Amaya Brooks - Sr Brillion (WI)	27
13	Lydia Ramstad - Fr Wauwatosa East (Wauwatosa, WI)	27
14	Alivia Fischer - Sr Hartford (WI)	27
15	Kassidy Williams - Sr Three Lakes/Phelps (Three Lakes, WI)	27
16	Mikayla Stack - Christian Liberty (Arlington Heights, IL)	27
17	Brieleigh Ladika - Sr Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Wittenberg, WI)	26
18	Raelee Williams - Sr Phillips (WI)	26
19	Brynn Sikora - Sr Colfax (WI)	26
20	Brianna Krause - So Kewaskum (WI)	26
21	Savanna Voss - Sr Hartford (WI)	26
22	Breanna Riha - Sr Kewaunee (WI)	25
23	Austyn Kinch - So Mineral Point (WI)	25
24	Tori Buglass - So Johnson Creek (WI)	25
25	Saydee Kohnke - Westfield Area (Westfield, WI)	25

Leaderboard - Player Batters Struck Out
1	Ashlyn Hunt - So Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, WI)	205
2	Josie Brudos - Sr West Salem (WI)	170
3	Keiara Lee - Jr Durand-Arkansaw (Durand, WI)	165
4	Rylee Hraby - Sr Medford (WI)	161
5	Ruby Bartholomew - Sr Eleva-Strum (Strum, WI)	154
6	Tori Buglass - So Johnson Creek (WI)	148
7	Pip Lapacek - Fr Poynette (WI)	134
8	Megan Hochkammer - Sr Valders (WI)	133
9	Kyree Fischer - Richland Center (WI)	132
10	Kendra Rettler - Seymour (WI)	130
11	Enya Heller - Sr Cambria-Friesland (Cambria, WI)	124
12	Ella Baber - Mount Horeb (WI)	121
13	Madelyn Barsness - Jr Stoughton (WI)	119
14	Piper Olson - Sr Grantsburg (WI)	118
15	Aubrey Malean - Jr Boyceville (WI)	117
16	Emily Johnson - Sr Cedarburg (WI)	117
17	Annaka Tobias - So Phillips (WI)	115
18	Andrea Aleckson - So Blair-Taylor (Blair, WI)	115
19	Tenleigh Bockhop - So Mineral Point (WI)	114
20	Raegen Wilhorn - So Nekoosa (WI)	113
21	Cece Smith - So Middleton (WI)	111
22	Andie Bell - So Clinton (WI)	110
23	Kaegann Paulson - Sr Monroe (WI)	110
24	Bitsy Palicka - So Hamilton (Sussex, WI)	109
25	Laney O'Brien - So Augusta (WI)	105

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Addison Braun - Sr Waupun (WI)	0.34
2	Josie Brudos - Sr West Salem (WI)	0.68
3	Enya Heller - Sr Cambria-Friesland (Cambria, WI)	0.72
4	Lainey Schepp - Sr Oakfield (WI)	0.72
5	Kennedy Weisensel - Marshall (WI)	0.77
6	Andrea Aleckson - So Blair-Taylor (Blair, WI)	0.82
7	Piper Olson - Sr Grantsburg (WI)	0.83
8	Ashlyn Petrick - Waunakee (WI)	0.86
9	Ruby Bartholomew - Sr Eleva-Strum (Strum, WI)	0.89
10	Olyvia Piranio - So Turner (Beloit, WI)	0.89
11	Kendra Rettler - Seymour (WI)	0.92
12	Brianna Ray - Jr Wauzeka-Steuben (Wauzeka, WI)	0.97
13	Riley Weaver - Sr Adams-Friendship (Adams, WI)	1.01
14	Rylee Hraby - Sr Medford (WI)	1.05
15	Megan Hochkammer - Sr Valders (WI)	1.14
16	Allison Giese - Sun Prairie East (Sun Prairie, WI)	1.17
17	Emily Johnson - Sr Cedarburg (WI)	1.20
18	Morgan Griesbach - Jr Auburndale (WI)	1.21
19	Tenleigh Bockhop - So Mineral Point (WI)	1.22
20	Madelyn Barsness - Jr Stoughton (WI)	1.23
21	Allison Podjaski (St. Norbert) - Marathon (WI)	1.29
22	Emery Thompson - So Bonduel (WI)	1.29
23	Tyla Beilke-Seubert - Marathon (WI)	1.30
24	Elli Calliari - Sr Kewaskum (WI)	1.33
25	Laney O'Brien - So Augusta (WI)	1.36

Wisconsin high school softball: WFSCA/MaxPreps preseason rankings

Kaukauna, Denmark, Poynette, Pacelli and Belmont top-ranked in their respective divisions.

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