2025 All-5Star Preps Softball Teams
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INFIELDERS
Elsa Morrison of the Farragut Lady Admirals. (Photo by Charles Mays Media)
FIRST TEAM
Elsa Morrison (Farragut, senior): The Lady Vols signee hit .519 this spring with 14 doubles, 16 home runs, 36 walks and 52 RBIs.
Halle Bailey (Alcoa, junior): Bailey hit .678 for 2A runner-up Alcoa, adding nine doubles, three triples, two home runs and 27 RBIs. She struck out just four times in 136 plate appearances.
Malyiah Smith (Gibbs, senior): An ultra-athletic shortstop, Smith hit .590 with 10 doubles, seven triples and 46 RBIs in Gibbs’ repeat 3A title season.
Yuleesa Kennedy (Karns, senior): Kennedy had a massive final season: .431 batting average, 14 doubles, 12 home runs, and 62 RBIs.
Hayden Hill (Grace Christian, sophomore): Hill hit .558 with 15 doubles, 10 home runs, 50 RBIs and 57 runs scored. She also stole 30 bases.
Kyla Jobe (Greeneville, senior): The former Lady Vol signee, now Lipscomb signee, hit .602 with 12 doubles, six triples, eight home runs and 42 RBIs.
SECOND TEAM
Savanna Melo (Gibbs, senior): Melo hit .420 with eight doubles and 25 RBIs during Gibbs’ 2025 Class 3A championship campaign.
Ava Malone (Grace Christian, sophomore): Malone played second and hit .438 for the Lady Rams with eight doubles, nine home runs, 38 RBIs and 48 runs scored.
Kara Pitts (Alcoa, senior): Pitts helped Alcoa reach the 2A state title game. She hit .416 with 12 doubles, five home runs, 34 RBIs, and 40 runs.
Cenzie Collin (Grace Christian, eighth grade): Collin had little trouble in the high school game, hitting .516 with 16 doubles, four home runs and 34 RBIs.
Brooke Perrin (Heritage, senior): A third baseman who helped Heritage make a run to state, Perrin drove in 39 runs thanks to a .394 batting average and 13 doubles.
Madyson Stewart (Alcoa, junior): Stewart hit .415 with eight doubles, four home runs, 31 RBIs, and 33 runs during Alcoa’s run to the title game.
THIRD TEAM
Jaycee Hamilton (Morristown East, junior)
Myla Russell (Lakeway Christian, senior)
Sadie Moore (Gatlinburg-Pittman, senior)
Harper Bales (Halls, junior)
Brianna Baker (Gibbs, sophomore)
Dylan Jablonski (Alcoa, senior
Reagan Helton (Lenoir City, junior
OUTFIELDERS
Adriana King and the Alcoa Tornadoes took on the Forrest Rockets in the first round of the TSSAA Class 2A state tournament at StarPlex on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Alcoa won 6-5. (Photo by Danny Parker)
FIRST TEAM
Maddie Seibers (Karns, senior): The centerfielder hit .534 with 79 hits in the 2025 season, including seven doubles and a homer.
Shelby Williams (Gibbs, senior): Williams helped Gibbs repeat as state champions in 3A with a .423 batting average, 10 home runs and 57 RBIs. She hit .538 during the state tournament.
Halle Bedwell (CAK, senior): Bedwell hit .535 and scored 46 times in a resurgent season for CAK. She was perfect (26 of 26) stealing bases.
Naveah Wells (Powell, freshman): A right fielder and second baseman, Wells excelled in her freshman season, hitting .495 with nine doubles, four home runs and 34 RBIs.
Adrianna King (Alcoa, senior): King played a big part in Alcoa reaching the 2A title game, hitting .429 with six home runs, 37 RBIs, 32 runs, and 13 walks.
SECOND TEAM
Caitlyn Brown (Karns, senior): The right-fielder hit .371 with 14 homers and 50 RBIs for the Lady Beavers.
Kaley Garland (Greeneville, junior): Garland’s big season included a .460 batting average, 11 doubles, 11 HR, and 40 RBIs.
Maddi Whaley (Gibbs, senior): The left-fielder hit .385 with five doubles, four homers and 20 RBIs for the state-champion Lady Eagles.
Gracie Kringen (CAK, senior): Kringen hit .495 with 45 runs scored.
Hadley Troutt (Catholic, sophomore): Troutt hit .500 with 10 doubles, two triples and 31 RBIs this spring.
THIRD TEAM
Abigail Doty (Northview Academy, sophomore)
Rilee Goodson (Oakdale, junior)
Harmony Sullivan (Morristown East, senior)
Amanda Kledzik (Grainger, senior)
Kaycee Baldwin (Anderson County, senior)
TWO-WAY TALENTS
Lacey Keck and the Gibbs Eagles faced the DeKalb County Tigers in the TSSAA Class 3A state championship game at Blue Raider Softball Field on Friday, May 23, 2025, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Gibbs won 1-0 in 10 innings. (Photo by Danny Parker)
FIRST TEAM
Lacey Keck (Gibbs, senior): The winning pitcher with the game-winning hit in the 3A title game, Keck is the 2025 5Star Preps Player of the Year. She went 37-2 in the circle with a 1.06 ERA and 208 Ks in 218.2 innings pitched. She also batted .440 with 56 RBIs.
Katelyn Russell (Heritage, junior): A prime reason for Heritage making a run deep into the 3A State Tournament, Russell hit .450 with 17 doubles, seven homers and 38 RBIs while winning 12 games as a pitcher with a 2.37 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 85.2 innings.
Emery Bales (Halls, senior): A Chattanooga signee, Bales hit .352 with 20 doubles and 34 RBIs but also struck out 206 hitters against just 13 walks, constructing a 0.68 ERA.
Hallie Grace Johnson (Farragut, sophomore): Johnson hit .383 with 12 doubles and 43 RBIs, and she also won 21 games in the circle with three saves, 175 strikeouts and a 1.47 ERA.
Emily Bogoski (CAK, freshman): The shortstop hit .547 with 11 homers and 67 RBIs but also won 15 games and struck out 122 hitters.
Sailor Presley (Kingston, junior): The MTSU commit led Kingston to a state tournament appearance, going 19-4 with two perfect games. She struck out 297 hitters and carried a 0.59 ERA. Not to mention, she hit .471 with eight homers and 23 RBIs.
SECOND TEAM
Rhylan Hicks (Oakdale, senior): The District 4-A MVP holds the school record for career strikeouts. This season, she fanned 164 in 101.2 innings and went 15-3 for an Oakdale team that reached state. Hicks also hit .421 with 26 RBIs in 23 games.
Gabby Burkhart (Alcoa, senior): Burkhart went 12-2 in the circle with 66 strikeouts and a 2.00 ERA. She also hit .341 with 18 RBIs.
Avery Ramey (Lakeway Christian, junior): The Appalachian State commit hit .310 with 24 RBIs and also fanned 227 batters in 138.2 innings pitched.
Ella Borbeck (CAK, freshman): Borbeck won 10 games and struck out 154 hitters in just 98.2 innings, but she also hit .414 in the spring with 20 RBIs.
Elishia Byrd (Heritage, junior): Byrd batted .355 with 12 doubles but also went 10-2-2 in the circle, striking out 84 hitters in 82.2 innings.
Briony Bunsic (Morristown West, senior): The Western Carolina signee hit .471 this spring while winning eight games with 107 strikeouts.
PITCHERS ONLY
Atiana Stamper and the Halls Red Devils faced the Green Hills Hawks during the Gibbs Invitational at Caswell Park on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Danny Parker)
FIRST TEAM
Kaylea Osborne (Alcoa, junior): Osborne finished 12-4 for the Lady Tornadoes, recording 115 strikeouts with a 2.15 ERA.
Atiana Stamper (Halls, senior): Stamper went 15-2 this spring with 229 strikeouts and a 0.64 ERA.
SECOND TEAM
Brooke Million (Grace Christian, senior): Million won 20 games, struck out 238 hitters and held an ERA of 2.40.
Makenna McCarter (Alcoa, junior): 8-0 pitching, 4-4 in save opportunities, 22 Ks, 1.42 ERA
CATCHERS
The Alcoa Tornadoes took on the Forrest Rockets in the first round of the TSSAA Class 2A state tournament at StarPlex on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Alcoa won 6-5. (Photo by Danny Parker)
FIRST TEAM
Tori Hahn (Alcoa, sophomore): Hahn hit .476 for 2A runner-up Alcoa with nine doubles, eight home runs and an area-best 71 RBIs.
Portlyn Bennett (Heritage, junior): Bennett hit .413 during the Lady Mountaineers’ march to the 3A state tournament, also logging nine doubles, six home runs and 30 RBIs.
Kacey Pillion (Lakeway Christian, senior): The Wofford signee hit .494 with six home runs and 24 RBIs.
SECOND TEAM
Skylynne Luttrell (Gibbs, junior): Luttrell hit .328 and belted six home runs with 50 RBIs for state champion Gibbs.
Rylee Raby (Farragut, sophomore): Raby batted .407 with 12 doubles, four home runs and 24 RBIs.
Maddie Crawley (Powell, junior): Crawley hit .440 with 14 doubles, four home runs and 30 RBIs.