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In its 34th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today announced its annual Gatorade Softball State Players of the Year.
Scroll down to see the complete list; click on the the state name, which link to the winner’s page.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field.
Each state finalist is a candidate for the prestigious Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year award to be announced in June.
Past state softball award-winners include Catherine Osterman (2000-01, Cy Spring High School, Texas), Kelsey Stewart (2009-10, Arkansas City High School, Kan.), Carley Hoover (2012-13 D.W. Daniel High School, S.C.), Jenna Lilley (2012-13, Hoover High School, Ohio), Morgan Zerkle (2012-13 Cabell Midland High School, W. Va.), and Rachel Garcia (2014-15, Highland High School, Calif.).
The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport.
From the 12 national winners, one male and one female athlete are each named Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year. In all, 607 athletes are honored each year.
As a part of Gatorade’s cause marketing platform “Play it Forward,” each state winner also has the opportunity to award a $1,000 grant to a local or national youth sports organization of her choosing.
Also, each state winner is also eligible to submit an essay to win one of twelve $10,000 spotlight grants for the organization of choice, which will be announced throughout the year.
Since the program’s inception in 1985, Gatorade Player of the Year award recipients have won hundreds of professional and college championships, and many have also turned into pillars in their communities, becoming coaches, business owners and educators.
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Gatorade 2018-2019 Softball State Players of the Year
| STATE | FIRST | LAST |
| Alabama | Kaylyn | Dismukes |
| Alaska | Sabrina | Jolin |
| Arizona | Carlie | Scupin |
| Arkansas | Joley | Mitchell |
| California | Nicole | May |
| Colorado | Laurin | Krings |
| Connecticut | Maria | Hanchuk |
| Delaware | Tayler | Vitola |
| District of Columbia | Jamie | Wang |
| Florida | Lexi | Kilfoyl |
| Georgia | Kelley | Lynch |
| Hawaii | Aleia | Agbayani |
| Idaho | Kaylan | Walker |
| Illinois | Bailey | Dowling |
| Indiana | Erin | Coffel |
| Iowa | Kaylin | Kinney |
| Kansas | Tatum | Clopton |
| Kentucky | Allie | Skaggs |
| Louisiana | Mary-Cathryn | Comeaux |
| Maine | Abby | Orso |
| Maryland | Maddie | Penta |
| Massachusetts | Giana | Lacerda |
| Michigan | Lauren | Esman |
| Minnesota | Ava | Dueck |
| Mississippi | Aspen | Wesley |
| Missouri | Makenna | Kliethermes |
| Montana | Anna | Toon |
| Nebraska | Emma | Kauf |
| Nevada | Ashley | Ward |
| New Hampshire | Madison | Labrie |
| New Jersey | Karina | Gaskins |
| New Mexico | Briana | Martinez |
| New York | Makenzie | Stiles |
| North Carollina | Jordan | Hatch |
| North Dakota | Logan | Gronberg |
| Ohio | Hope | Straight |
| Oklahoma | Macy | McAdoo |
| Oregon | Ariel | Carlson |
| Pennsylvania | Brianna | Peck |
| Rhode Island | Haley | Venturini |
| South Carolina | Bailey | Betenbaugh |
| Tennessee | Regan | Weekly |
| Texas | Rylee | Trlicek |
| Utah | Huntry | Ava |
| Vermont | Sarah | Harvey |
| Virginia | Bailey | Misken |
| Washington | Iyanla | De Jesus |
| West Virginia | Caiti | Mathes |
| Wisconsin | Syd | Supple |