VERSAILLES – Versailles’ Mechelle Heitkamp was named the Midwest Athletic Conference co-softball coach of the year for the 2016 season.
Coach Heitkamp shared the honor with New Bremen’s Craig Griesdorn. Versailles and New Bremen were co-MAC champions along with Parkway as they all finished the season with 6-1 league records.
Versailles also had four softball players – junior pitcher Lauren Heitkamp, senior shortstop Kristin Langston, sophomore third baseman Kami McEldowney and sophomore outfielder Hailey McEldowney – named first team all-MAC for the 2016 season.
Junior first baseman Sarah Gigandet was named second team all-conference.
Versailles’ Cori Lawrence and Kate Stammen both were named honorable mention all-MAC.
Parkway’s Haley Hawk was named the MAC softball player of the year.
All-MAC softball
First team
Name School Grade Position
Oliva Harlamert Coldwater 10 Outfield
Maura Hoying Coldwater 10 Shortstop
Sarah Fesenmyer Marion Local 11 Shortstop
Taylor Homan Minster 9 Shortstop
Alyse Clune New Bremen 12 Shortstop
Sophie Fox New Bremen 11 Pitcher
Debbie Paul New Bremen 12 Catcher
Cassidy Smith New Bremen 11 Third Base
Bailey Bates Parkway 10 Second Base
Selena Burtch Parkway 12 Pitcher
Haley Hawk Parkway 10 Third Base
Mackenzie Sipe Parkway 10 Outfield
Alyx Slusher Parkway 11 Shortstop
Jacey King St. Henry 12 First Base
Lauren Heitkamp Versailles 11 Pitcher
Kristin Langston Versailles 12 Shortstop
Kami McEldowney Versailles 10 Third Base
Hailey McEldowney Versailles 10 Outfield
MAC softball player of the year: Haley Hawk, Parkway
MAC softball coaches of the year: Craig Griesdorn, New Bremen; Mechelle Heitkamp, Versailles
Second team
Name School Grade Position
Lexi Meyer Coldwater 12 Second Base
Chelsea Timmerman Fort Recovery 12 Pitcher/Outfield
Marah Moeller Marion Local 10 Designated Player
Jenna Poeppelman Minster 9 Pitcher/Designated Player
Chloe Schwartz New Bremen 11 Outfield
Cara Brockman St. Henry 12 Shortstop/ Catcher
Sarah Gigandet Versailles 11 First Base
Honorable mention:
Coldwater: Danielle Welsch; Fort Recovery: Audra Metzger, Devin Post; Marion Local: Lauren Sanders; Minster: Lindsey Albers, Danielle Barhorst, Jessica Berelsman, Karly Richard, Emma Schmiesing; New Bremen: Kaitlyn Ahrns; Parkway: Alisa Gray; St. Henry: Heather Hietkamp; Versailles: Cori Lawrence, Kate Stammen
