MaxPreps 2015 All-American Softball Team

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MaxPreps 2015 Player of the Year: Tannon Snow, Chino Hills (Calif.).

In a year when pitchers put up impressive numbers from coast to coast and border to border, a 5-7 shortstop from Southern California stole the show by putting together arguably the greatest offensive display in high school fastpitch history.

Tannon Snow, who will play collegiately at Washington, hit a California single-season record 28 home runs and drove in a state-record 89 runs. She added 13 doubles and three triples among her 62 base hits. She batted .573 and walked 16 times, with a slugging percentage of 1.513 and an unheard-of OPS of 2.129.

Snow put up those numbers in only 32 games.

For her season-long offensive explosion, Snow was named MaxPreps 2015 National Softball Player of the Year.

Snow averaged a home run every fourth trip to the plate. Break that out over a major league baseball season and it totals 140 home runs.

There are still more impressive numbers for Snow: in 21 games, she had two or more base hits. She drove in a teammate in 27 of Chino Hills 32 games and in 22 of the games she drove home more than two.

Snow homered in 19 games and had eight multi-homer games. Twice during the season, she homered in five or more games in a row. She hit three home runs and drove in seven runs in one game.

But the most amazing statistic is that in her final seven games, she homered 11 times.

"I've had some outstanding players, many of whom excelled at the D-I level, but I've never had a Tannon Snow before," said coach Mike Southworth. "She's the total package."

It's not like Snow was a secret and burst onto the scene as a senior. After she had 61 hits, 21 doubles, 14 homers and and batted .565 in 2014, she earned Maxpreps All-American honors. She's been an impact player since her freshman year when she hit .436, drove in 34 runs and homered eight times.

Snow attributes extra work for her explosive year. And she admits she had a little extra motivation.

"I tried out for the U.S.A. Junior Team and didn't make it, so I stepped up my workouts," said Snow, who has batted third for Chino Hills since arriving as a freshman. "I guess I spent about 30 percent more time hitting. I hit before practice and after practice and hit with my dad on the weekends."

Still, Snow said she wasn't expecting the power numbers, but was quick to say she expected to have a good season.

"Hitting three homers in one game was a surprise," said Snow. "I hit home runs the first two times up and was surprised they pitched to me a third time."

In addition to new state records for homers and RBIs, Snow re-wrote the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section records for career hits (205), doubles in a season (21) and career (50), caree home runs (60), career RBIs (212), runs scored in a season (56) and in a career (167).

Snow has an athletic pedigree. Her father Craig played football and baseball and her family tree includes former San Francisco Giant J.T. Snow and legendary Los Angeles Ram Jack Snow.

She said the biggest highlight of her senior year was how well the team did.

"I didn't think we would be that good, but we had chemistry and everyone gelled," said Snow, the daughter of Craig and Trista.

Needless to say, hitting 28 home runs and driving in 89 runs played a major role in Chino Hills' 24 wins.

"Sometimes with big awards like this, people don't always get it right, but you certainly did this time picking Tannon as National Player of the Year," said Southworth.


MaxPreps 2015 Coach of the Year: Paul Schoenburn, East (Anchorage, Alaska)

Schoenborn led the Thunderbirds to their fourth straight large-school state title in 2015. In going unbeaten, East ran its four-year win streak to 86 games.

Sisters Taria and Daisy Page, along with fellow All-State players Gabby Meyerson (.464), Morgan Hill (.617), Alexis Joubert, Sierra Rosenzweig, Lauren Yow and Nicolette Dabbs keyed East's 2015 title.

The T-birds cruised to a 10-1 win over Lathrop at Cartee Fields to earn their third straight large-school state title.

The T-birds racked up 15 double-digit wins in 27 games. East's only close game came in the Cook Inlet Conference tournament, a 5-2 win over West. Every other margin of victory has been at least six runs.

Senior Taria Page, who in 19 regular-season softball games hit .553, drove in 28 runs and never struck out, was voted the Cook Inlet Conference's Most Valuable Player. She's headed to Division I Louisiana Tech in the fall.

Page homered five times, went for extra bases on nearly half her hits (12 of 26), scored 35 runs, racked a .677 on-base percentage and generated a 1.298 slugging percentage.

"Taria Page is the strongest and most natural player I have ever coached," Schoenborn said in a news release. "For her size, she is so agile and she makes plays at shortstop that are just amazing. You have to see her play every day to understand her abilities. She makes incredible plays look easy."

Freshman Daisy Page went 19-0 with 18 complete games, 92 strikeouts and 14 walks in 91 innings, and a 1.08 earned-run average.


MaxPreps 2015 Team of the Year: Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.)

Riding an undefeated streak that dates back to 2010, the Bishop Carroll softball team is named this year's Softball National Champion by MaxPreps.

The Golden Eagles won all 25 of their games this season, including a fifth consecutive state title.

Six Carroll players batted over .550, 14 players hit over .300, and the team's top hitter Brittany Finney batted .774. Finney is a first team MaxPreps All-American and was a finalist for National Player of the Year.

At least 19 of the Golden Eagles' victories this year were run-rule wins, including the 10-0 state championship victory over Blue Valley West.

Finney is heading to Oklahoma to play for the Sooners.

In addition to Snow, here are the members of the 2015 All-American teams.


P - Rachel Garcia, Highland (Palmdale, Calif.), Sr.
Garcia finished with a 26-2 record and a minuscule 0.20 ERA. She recorded 418 strikeouts and just 13 walks in 175 innings. Garcia also batted .667 (68-for-102) with 20 homers, 57 RBIs, 12 doubles, two triples and 29 runs scored. Garcia is a two-time California Gatorade POY and 2015 National Gatorade POY. The four-time MaxPreps All-American will attend UCLA.

P - Taylor McQuillin, Mission Viejo (Calif.), Sr.
Arguably the most dominant pitcher in Orange County history with 103 career wins, McQuillin finished her senior season in impressive fashion. In 206 innings, McQuillin fanned 389 batters to go along with a 0.31 ERA against one of the most difficult schedules any team faced on the West Coast. In addition, she batted .352. She will attend Arizona. A three-time MaxPreps All-American, McQuillin was Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2014.

P - Samantha Show, East Bernard (Texas), Sr.
The six-foot Show led the lady Brahmarettes to the state 3A title with her bat and her pitching. Despite being walked 43 times, Show hit 22 home runs, drove in 65 runs and batted .688. In the circle, she averaged better than two strikeouts per inning (437 in 215 innings), posted a 0.59 ERA and went 33-2. She will attend Texas A&M.

P - Brooke Bolinger, Yucaipa (Calif.), Sr.
Bolinger led Yucaipa to a 31-3 record and the Southern Section Division II championship, beating undefeated and then-No. 1 Mission Viejo, 1-0. She had 306 strikeouts for the year with a 0.26 ERA and limited opponents to a .088 batting average. She will attend Nevada-Reno.

P - Tara Trainer, Lebanon (Ohio), Sr.
Trainer led her high school to the Ohio Division I championship game for the second time in three years and went 19-1 this year, the only loss coming in the title game where she pitched a one-hitter in eight innings. The Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year, she had 274 strikeouts in 131.1 innings and also hit .422 with 36 RBIs. She has signed with Indiana.

P - Emily Sorem, Tualatin (Ore.), Sr.
Sorem struck out 329 in 166 innings and was 26-0 (with 21 shutouts) as Tualatin won the 6A state title (she pitched a no-hitter in the title game). Sorem allowed only 49 hits and finished with a 0.33 ERA. She will attend Lehigh.

P - Taran Alvelo, Bloom-Carroll (Carroll, Ohio), Sr.
The Washington-bound Alvelo holds Ohio's career record for home runs, strikeouts and pitching victories and led BCHS to four state title games. As a senior, she fanned 404 batters in 186 innings and won 26 of 28 games. Opponents collected just 58 base hits off her. At bat, she hit .526 with 11 home runs and drove in 39.

P - Kendra Friedt, Southington (Conn.), Sr.
Friedt led Southington to the State Large School title, winning all 17 of her starts and striking out 235 in 112 innings while posting a 0.62 ERA. She allowed just 30 base hits. She has signed with Boston College.

P - Regan Green, Laurel (Del.), Sr.
The state's returning Gatorade Softball Player of the Year, Green posted an 18-3 record with a 0.53 ERA and 322 strikeouts against just 13 walks in 145 innings pitched this past season, leading the Bulldogs (18-3) to the state semifinals. She batted .409 with six home runs, 19 runs scored and 20 RBIs. She led Laurel to back-to-back state championships in 2013 and 2014. She has signed with Mississippi State.

P - Sydney Smith, Maple Grove (Minn.), Sr.
Smith led the Crimson to a 22-2 record and a berth in the Class AAA state tournament. The state's returning Gatorade Softball Player of the Year, Smith owned an 18-0 record with one save, a 0.18 ERA and 218 strikeouts against just 21 walks in 126 innings pitched. Smith batted .507 with four home runs, 19 runs scored and 25 RBIs through 24 games. A two-time returning Class AAA First Team All-State honoree, she worked 12 walks and added nine doubles, recording a .601 on-base percentage and a .795 slugging percentage. She has signed with LSU.

C - Abby Lockman, Norco (Calif.), Sr.
Lockman batted .457, set the program's single-season mark with 14 home runs and led the team with 38 RBIs. Lockman, who has signed with Tennessee, finished her career with a school-record 32 home runs, many of those being the tape-measure variety.

C - Jessie Isham, Sprague (Salem, Ore.), Sr.
After putting up ridiculous batting numbers in her junior year – when she hit .747 – Isham lived up to her high expectations her senior year. She hit .657 with .718 on-base and 1.137 slugging percentages after producing 15 doubles and nine home runs. And she had 32 RBIs from the leadoff spot. She has signed with Minnesota.

C - Paige Halstead, Los Osos (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Sr.
A member of the USA Junior National Team, Halsted batted .568, scored 38 times and had 36 RBIs. She has signed with UCLA.

IF - Alyssa Dicarlo, Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.), Sr.
The future Georgia Bulldog batted .652 and had on base percentage of .703 as she drove in 57 runs with 31 extra base hits (including a dozen homers) to lead Ridge to a 30-6 season and the state large school title game.

IF - Jessica Hughes, Washington Township (Sewell, N.J.), Sr.
Hughes hit .654 and had an on-base percentage of .690 and slugging percentage of 1.154. She had a state leading 68 hits, 24 doubles, 53 runs and 47 RBIs as leadoff hitter. Hughes, who had a .989 fielding average, will attend Fordham.

IF - Logyn Lilley, Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Sr.
Lilley hit a career-high .729 with 50 RBIs and 38 runs scored. Her play helped PHU keep its seven-year playoff streak alive with a district title and an appearance in the region semifinals, where the Hurricanes lost to eventual Class 8A state champion Newsome. She had 215 career hits and 180 RBIs. She will attend Tennessee.

IF - Vada Sherrill, Alexander Central (Taylorsville, N.C.), Sr.
Sherrill, who played in 130 games (126 wins), batted .588 (50 hits) and set a state record for runs scored with 62 this season. Despite leading off and walking 26 times, she drove in 35 runs as the Cougars went 29-1. She also stole 48 bases. She will play at Pfeiffer, where her dad Monte will coach after compiling a 753-60 high school record in 26 seasons, with 26 conference championships. Alexander Central had a state-record, 95-game win streak snapped in the 2015 N.C. 4A quarterfinals.

IF - Aubrey Leach, The Woodlands (Texas), Sr.
Leach, who will play at Tennessee, hit .594 this year with 60 hits in 34 games and 49 steals. She led her team to a semifinal berth, where it lost in extra innings to eventual champion Katy.

IF - Kara Gremillion, St. Amant (La.), Sr.
Gremillion hit .584 with six home runs and 36 RBIs this past season, leading the Gators (27-1) to the Class 5A state semifinals. A two-time District 5-5A MVP, Gremillion hit 12 doubles, scored 53 runs, stole 15 bases and struck out just two times in 89 at-bats. A three-time Louisiana Softball Coaches Association First Team All-State selection, she committed just four errors at shortstop in 98 chances. She will attend Louisiana-Lafayette.

IF - Alex Sobczak, Mercy (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Sr.
As a senior, Sobczak batted .440 with seven doubles, five triples and six home runs. She scored 58 runs and had 33 RBIs. She walked 39 times, nearly half of which were intentional passes (18). In her prep career, Sobczak batted .524 with 40 doubles, 14 triples and 40 home runs. She scored 210 runs, had 151 RBIs, a .645 on-base percentage, 1.063 slugging percentage and .965 fielding percentage. Voted Miss Softball Michigan, Sobczak will play at Michigan.

IF - Keeli Milligan, Vidor (Texas), Sr.
Milligan hit .714 with a .796 on-base percentage, stole 56 bases and scored 42 runs to lead Vidor to back-to-back district championships. As a junior, she hit .588 with a .620 on-base percentage, 72 stolen bases and 51 runs scored. In her four seasons at Vidor, she stole 225 of 234 bases. Milligan, who was the Texas Large School POY, has signed with Texas A&M.

IF - Lacey Sumerlin, Baker (Mobile, Ala.), Sr.
Baker led the Honeybees (50-6-1) to the Class 7A state championship this past season with a .435 batting average, including 12 home runs and 68 RBIs, along with a 22-1 record and a 1.35 ERA in the circle. A First Team All-State selection and the Coastal Alabama Player of the Year, she slugged 16 doubles, five triples, stole 30 bases and acored 71 runs. She has signed with Georgia.

IF - Ali Wester, Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Sr.
The Chargers finished in third place in the always-competitive Sunset League, but Wester impressed so much as a senior, she was named the league's co-MVP. Wester batted .520 with 52 hits and 30 runs scored. She was 27-for-27 in stolen base attempts. Next softball team: Notre Dame.

IF - April Utecht, Richland (Wash.), Sr.
Utecht finished her four-year varsity career with 57 home runs, not including the walk-off grand slam she hit at a senior all-star showcase on May 31. In four varsity seasons, she batted .583 with 235 RBIs and struck out just 25 times. For her senior year, she had personal highs of batting average (.688), hits (64), runs (58), homers (18) and RBIs (70). She will attend Oregon.

OF - Alyssa Palomino, Mission Viejo (Calif.), Sr.
A member of the USA Junior National Team, The Arizona-bound Palomino capped her senior season with 16 home runs and a .532 batting average while posting a .619 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot. In four varsity seasons, Mission Viejo won 106 of 116 games as Palomino hit 58 home runs, second in California history only to 2015 National POY Tannon Snow.

OF - Kendall Beth Sides, Sumiton Christian (Ala.), So.
Sides led the nation in hits (115), runs scored (95) and stolen bases (107) when she batted .612 and drove in 48 runs. She also pitched 114 innings and posted a 20-5 record as Sumiton captured the State 2A title and won its final 17 games en route to 47 wins. Sides has committed to Alabama.

OF - Lily Mann, Harmony (Fla.), Sr.
Mann's team didn't win many games in 2015 (11-18) but she stood out in every game. She hit .660, scored 49 runs, stole 30 bases and collected 62 hits. She had two or more hits in 24 games this season. She will attend Florida.

OF - Zoe Casas, Aquinas (San Bernardino, Calif.), Sr.
The Florida State-committed senior is no stranger to accolades from MaxPreps. She was an underclass All-American as a freshman, underclass and small schools All-American as a sophomore, a small schools All-American as a junior. This makes her four-for-four. As a senior, she batted .736 with 64 hits, giving her a state record 248 base hits. In 105 games, she scored 193 runs and struck out just three times. For her four seasons at Aquinas, she batted .681.

UTIL - Brittany Finney, Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.), Sr.
Finney led the Golden Eagles team to a fifth consecutive Kansas 5A state title and pitched a no-hitter in the championship game. She went 14-0 with a 0.30 ERA and batted .774. Finney also holds state records for career home runs (38), RBIs (140), hits in a game (five) and home runs in a game (three). She will attend Oklahoma.

UTIL - Maribeth Gorsuch, Lewisville (Texas), Jr.
Gorsuch was 24-5 — giving her a career record of 66-15 — and the junior finished the season with a 0.90 ERA and 343 strikeouts in 210 innings. Gorsuch led Lewisville in batting average (.463), hits (50), doubles (14), home runs (eight) and RBIs (32). She has committed to LSU.