High school softball: Great Lakes region ERA leaders

A look at the pitchers with the best ERAs in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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By Eric Frantz

Jun 21, 2023, 1:40pm

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Which high school softball players were tops in ERA in the Great Lakes region in the spring of 2023? The list of leaders is below...

Illinois Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Sage Mardjetko - Lemont (IL)	0.00
2	Abby Sabalaskey - Jr Westville (IL)	0.71
3	Trinity Mesch - South Beloit (IL)	0.82
4	Ava Lorenzatti - Beecher (IL)	0.87
5	Madi Reeves - Sr Yorkville (IL)	0.89
6	Katie Petran - Sr Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe, IL)	0.92
7	Paige Cutright - Sr Casey-Westfield (Casey, IL)	0.95
8	Gianna Hillegonds - So Marist (Chicago, IL)	0.97
9	Alaina Schwanke - Harlem (Machesney Park, IL)	0.99
10	Mia Volpert - So Springfield (IL)	1.01
11	Lisabella Dimitrijevic - So Lincoln-Way Central (New Lenox, IL)	1.02
12	Kaitlyn Schofield - Newark (IL)	1.03
13	Samantha Roulanaitis - Jr Freeburg (IL)	1.05
14	Audrey Gilman - Calhoun (Hardin, IL)	1.09
15	Kodi Rizzo - Newark (IL)	1.10
16	Emma Slayback - Heyworth (IL)	1.15
17	Lauren Lenihan - Bunker Hill (IL)	1.16
18	Sage Steider - Tremont (IL)	1.21
19	Taylor Norkus - Beecher (IL)	1.28
20	Meena Taylor - So Auburn (IL)	1.29
21	Kaitlin Ryan - Buffalo Grove (IL)	1.36
22	Erin Metz - Wheaton North (Wheaton, IL)	1.37
23	Hayley Pasquino - Jr Zeigler-Royalton (Zeigler, IL)	1.37
24	Italee Ford - Rushville-Industry (Rushville, IL)	1.41
25	Maia Lorengo - Tremont (IL)	1.43

Indiana Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Berkley Zache - So South Bend St. Joseph (South Bend, IN)	0.13
2	Erin Hoehn - Sr North Posey (Poseyville, IN)	0.29
3	Keagan Rothrock - Sr Roncalli (Indianapolis, IN)	0.50
4	Mikayla Derks - Illiana Christian (Dyer, IN)	0.64
5	Grace Luck - Fr Tri-County (Wolcott, IN)	0.84
6	Alexis Tucker - Sr Gibson Southern (Fort Branch, IN)	0.90
7	Ellie Sauder - Sr Leo (IN)	0.97
8	Ava Geyer - So New Prairie (New Carlisle, IN)	0.99
9	Lily Roush - Jr Hamilton Heights (Arcadia, IN)	1.00
10	Lauren Duncan - Sr North Miami (Denver, IN)	1.02
11	Audrey Lowry - Jr Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton, IN)	1.04
12	Chloe Linn - Jr Western (Russiaville, IN)	1.11
13	Megan Walker - Sr Cascade (Clayton, IN)	1.13
14	Emma Hiss - So Columbia City (IN)	1.14
15	Layla Trammel - Fr Park Tudor (Indianapolis, IN)	1.21
16	Abbey Bond - Jr Andrean (Merrillville, IN)	1.22
17	Sydney Rainford - So North Newton (Morocco, IN)	1.22
18	Grace Swedarsky - Fr Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, IN)	1.35
19	Zoey Kugelman - Jr Mooresville (IN)	1.36
20	Alivia Boston - Jr Elwood (IN)	1.37
21	Abby Horn - Jr Woodlan (Woodburn, IN)	1.38
22	Macy Coan - Sr Eastern (Greentown, IN)	1.45
23	Hailey Pogue - Sr Shelbyville (IN)	1.45
24	Kate Ridgway - Sullivan (IN)	1.46
25	Grace Gray - So Cascade (Clayton, IN)	1.46

Michigan Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Megan Nuechterlein - Dakota (Macomb, MI)	0.38
2	Reganne Bennett - Novi (MI)	0.71
3	Sydney Long - Sr Grand Blanc (MI)	0.86
4	Georgia Meyer - Sr Marion (MI)	0.90
5	Kylie Swierkos - Hartland (MI)	1.00
6	Tia Schone - Gladstone (MI)	1.08
7	Sarah Basket - Sr Garber (Essexville, MI)	1.13
8	Delaney Conley - Sr Gladwin (MI)	1.13
9	Danielle Couture - So Woodhaven (Brownstown, MI)	1.30
10	Mackenzie Cammenga - Unity Christian (Hudsonville, MI)	1.32
11	Savannah Schultz - So Grand Blanc (MI)	1.43
12	Grace Usher - Jr Woodhaven (Brownstown, MI)	1.48
13	Addy Gray - Evart (MI)	1.55
14	Madie Jamrog - Sr Hamilton (MI)	1.62
15	Addyson Buchin - Laingsburg (MI)	1.63
16	Ally Coffey - So Michigan Lutheran Seminary (Saginaw, MI)	1.66
17	Arika Hines - Jr Hill-McCloy (Montrose, MI)	1.66
18	Rowan Allen - Mendon (MI)	1.69
19	Myah McLean - Sr Almont (MI)	1.76
20	Rylie Greggo - Huron (New Boston, MI)	1.77
21	Lily Thompson - Jr Warren Woods-Tower (Warren, MI)	1.79
22	Jaicey Harty - Gull Lake (Richland, MI)	1.83
23	Elizabeth Jones - So Lutheran North (Macomb, MI)	1.87
24	Ava Slieff - Sr Michigan Lutheran Seminary (Saginaw, MI)	1.88
25	Lilly Majeske - Lincoln (Ypsilanti, MI)	1.94

Minnesota Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Grace Folkema - Sr Rush City (MN)	0.97
2	Emma Edwards - Blaine (MN)	1.29
3	Kendal Pillar - Fr Rush City (MN)	1.55
4	Sydney Klar - Stewartville (MN)	1.71
5	Claire Maus - Kimball (MN)	2.12
6	Kaelyn Polzin - Jr Andover (MN)	2.13
7	Ella Luoto - St. Michael-Albertville (Albertville, MN)	2.32
8	Kegen Coulson - Jr Dover-Eyota (Eyota, MN)	2.54
9	Madeline Nutter - Jr Lakeville South (Lakeville, MN)	2.94
10	Corina Coppersmith - Jr Chaska (MN)	3.01
11	Kirsten Heber - Fr Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (Howard Lake, MN)	3.94
12	Eva Heinecke - DeLaSalle (Minneapolis, MN)	4.92
13	Audrey Madson - So South St. Paul (MN)	5.05
14	Mallory Brandecker - Jr South St. Paul (MN)	5.53
15	Jaiden Riess - Sr Dover-Eyota (Eyota, MN)	5.83
16	Kelsey Palmer - Litchfield (MN)	6.25
17	DreCiona Adams - Fridley (MN)	6.35
18	Annalise Foley - Irondale (New Brighton, MN)	7.45
19	Claire Holmgren - Litchfield (MN)	8.05
20	Caroline Grabow - Litchfield (MN)	8.17
21	Callie E - Sr Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (Howard Lake, MN)	8.23
22	Tylar Wenthold - Fr Mabel-Canton (Mabel, MN)	8.79
23	Keura Roloff - Fr Apple Valley (MN)	9.70
24	Avery Hornberger - Jr Glenville-Emmons (Glenville, MN)	10.17
25	Ally Knudson - Triton (Dodge Center, MN)	11.43

New York Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Taylor Horaz - So Cornwall Central (New Windsor, NY)	0.00
2	Alli Ferrara - Jr Delaware Academy (Delhi, NY)	0.06
3	Kaitlyn Macumber - Sr Deposit-Hancock (Deposit, NY)	0.39
4	Maddie Gould - Whitehall (NY)	0.52
5	Olivia Herrington - Sr Chautauqua Lake (Mayville, NY)	0.53
6	Olivia Russ - West Seneca East (West Seneca, NY)	0.56
7	Haleigh Dellow - Sr Westfield (NY)	0.65
8	Ava Farina - So Orchard Park (NY)	0.67
9	Victoria Bonitz - So Ellenville (NY)	0.72
10	Erin Nuwer - Jr Nardin Academy (Buffalo, NY)	0.77
11	Gianna Catletti - Sr Minisink Valley (Slate Hill, NY)	0.86
12	Megan Gruber - So Forestville Central (Forestville, NY)	1.13
13	Briana Fitzgerald - So Rensselaer (NY)	1.14
14	Kari Graziano - So Ichabod Crane (Valatie, NY)	1.18
15	Serena Gillen - So White Plains (NY)	1.18
16	Gianna Longo - Nyack (Upper Nyack, NY)	1.19
17	Molly Kuhn - Sr Sacred Heart Academy (Buffalo, NY)	1.19
18	Isabelle Pezdek - Sr Grand Island (NY)	1.35
19	Jayden Szkatulski - Jr Nardin Academy (Buffalo, NY)	1.40
20	Maddy Prayto - Fr Greenville (NY)	1.41
21	Madeline Trisket - Chenango Valley (Binghamton, NY)	1.47
22	Katie Rhodes - Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY)	1.51
23	Lauren Cosselman - Colonie Central (Albany, NY)	1.69
24	Amber Kolpakas - Jr Galway (NY)	1.72
25	Tori Young - Sr South Glens Falls (NY)	1.73

Ohio Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Brooke Mannon - Sr West Jefferson (OH)	0.32
2	Sydnie Watts - So Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown, OH)	0.38
3	Mckenzie Kennedy - Sr Grove City Christian (Grove City, OH)	0.49
4	Carsyn Cassady - Jr Watkins Memorial (Pataskala, OH)	0.62
5	Alyvia Roth - Sr Elgin (Marion, OH)	0.64
6	Thea Staten - Bryan (OH)	0.69
7	Malena Toth - Jr Canfield (OH)	0.70
8	Addison Stem - Fairfield Christian Academy (Lancaster, OH)	0.76
9	Isabelle Beidelschies - Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom, OH)	0.87
10	Amelia Spidell - Jr Strasburg-Franklin (Strasburg, OH)	0.92
11	Gabrielle Gradishar - So Champion (Warren, OH)	0.94
12	Madison Kelley - Fr Conotton Valley (Bowerston, OH)	0.98
13	Macy Walters - Sr Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown, OH)	0.99
14	Jasalyn Sartin - Jr Mechanicsburg (OH)	1.01
15	Madison Wendel - Jr Coldwater (OH)	1.08
16	Bronwynn Leighty - So Hayes (Delaware, OH)	1.10
17	Sydney McDermott - Sr Portsmouth West (West Portsmouth, OH)	1.12
18	Brooklyn Osterloh - So Minster (OH)	1.18
19	Samantha Susany - Sr South Range (Canfield, OH)	1.20
20	Autumn Behlke - North Ridgeville (OH)	1.24
21	J Bloomfield - Gibsonburg (OH)	1.26
22	Taylor Morgan - Sr Hillsdale (Jeromesville, OH)	1.32
23	Juli Stachowicz - Sr South Range (Canfield, OH)	1.33
24	Kaylee Salyer - Jr Fairland (Proctorville, OH)	1.35
25	Shelbie Krieger - Rootstown (OH)	1.36

Pennsylvania Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Julia Shearer - Sr North Penn (Lansdale, PA)	0.21
2	Addyson Frye - So Neshannock (New Castle, PA)	0.43
3	Lexie Hames - Seneca Valley (Harmony, PA)	0.46
4	Izabella Donaldson - Jr Meyersdale (PA)	0.62
5	Addison Carter - Downingtown West (Downingtown, PA)	0.75
6	Rachael Schumann - Downingtown East (Exton, PA)	0.88
7	Shelby Telegdy - Jr Elizabeth Forward (Elizabeth, PA)	0.98
8	Bailey Barnyak - Fr Carmichaels (PA)	1.05
9	Joey Hurst - Fr Monessen (PA)	1.06
10	Sofia Celaschi - Jr Charleroi (PA)	1.15
11	Kendall Lemley - Waynesburg Central (Waynesburg, PA)	1.55
12	Ella Hurter - Boyertown (PA)	1.58
13	Abbey Wagner - Quakertown (PA)	1.62
14	Kyla Garrison - Fr Upper Dublin (Fort Washington, PA)	1.68
15	Anna Sidlowski - Garnet Valley (Glen Mills, PA)	1.68
16	Makenzie Wagner - Jr Bucktail (Farwell, PA)	1.69
17	Isabella Karpovich - Fr Hatboro-Horsham (Horsham, PA)	1.69
18	Riley Miller - Hempfield Area (Greensburg, PA)	1.73
19	Olivia Zimmerman - Jr Indiana (PA)	1.74
20	Grace Stein - Fr Jeannette (PA)	1.93
21	Molly Moore - Plymouth Whitemarsh (Plymouth Meeting, PA)	1.99
22	McKenna Schroding - Souderton (PA)	2.03
23	Brianna Slack - Bristol (PA)	2.06
24	Avery Elkin - West Shamokin (Rural Valley, PA)	2.21
25	Kaitlyn Molitoris - Montour (McKees Rocks, PA)	2.23

Wisconsin Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Earned Run Average
1	Mckenna Young - Brodhead (WI)	0.20
2	Ava Risum - Brodhead (WI)	0.32
3	Sydney Vitangcol - So Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee, WI)	0.43
4	Karlee Meredith - So Kaukauna (WI)	0.48
5	Anna Wall - Fr Tomah (WI)	0.54
6	Andrea Jaskowiak - Sr Vel Phillips Memorial (Madison, WI)	0.61
7	Martha Miller - Sr Medford (WI)	0.70
8	Audrey Schumacher - Winnebago Lutheran Academy (Fond du Lac, WI)	0.74
9	Ryleigh Rose - Turner (Beloit, WI)	0.80
10	Lauren Trottier - Elkhorn (WI)	0.83
11	Ally Wall - Wauzeka-Steuben (Wauzeka, WI)	0.88
12	Katie Geydoshek - So Green Bay Preble (Green Bay, WI)	1.03
13	Lindsey Thoennes - Sr Racine Lutheran (Racine, WI)	1.14
14	Avary Briggs - Juda (WI)	1.19
15	Courtney DenRuyter - Coleman (WI)	1.32
16	Madison Johnson - Jr Tomah (WI)	1.37
17	Hannah Bolly - Janesville Parker (Janesville, WI)	1.37
18	Ruby Bartholomew - Eleva-Strum (Strum, WI)	1.38
19	Whitney Meyers - So Grantsburg (WI)	1.46
20	Jenna Karls - Sr New Holstein (WI)	1.51
21	Enya Heller - Cambria-Friesland (Cambria, WI)	1.53
22	Morghan Ashwell - Mondovi (WI)	1.55
23	Bryn Connors - St. Croix Falls (WI)	1.65
24	Ashley Theisen - So Clinton (WI)	1.68
25	Kallie Beissel - Ellsworth (WI)	1.76

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