The Inter-Mountain file photo Philip Barbour’s Sara Simon, shown celebrating with teammates during a game from this season, has been named to the Class AA all-state first team.

The Inter-Mountain file photo
Philip Barbour’s Sara Simon, shown celebrating with teammates during a game from this season, has been named to the Class AA all-state first team.

CHARLESTON — Philip Barbour’s Sara Simon is a first-team selection on the Class AA all-state team released today by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.

Simon, a junior, led the Lady Colts on the mound and at the plate. She batted .603 with six homers and 25 RBIs, while going 8-3 on the hill, with 149 strikeouts and a 1.18 ERA.

Elkins High School junior Kaitlynn Stone and Philip Barbour juniors Lilley Criss and Hailee Poling were listed as honorable mention.

Independence senior catcher Kaylen Parks is the captain of the first team

Joining Parks is her battery mate, pitcher Delaney Buckland.

Other pitcher and catcher combos earning first-team honors are Winfield’s Kennedy Dean and Maci Boggess as well as Oak Glen’s Maddie McKay and Sarah Brown.

The other sets of teammates to earn first-team honors include Lincoln’s Hannah Ferris and Delaney Haller, Nitro’s Lena Elkins and Bella Savilla and four-time defending champion Herbert Hoover’s Cortney Fizer and Grayson Buckner.

The rest of the first team includes Madison Legg (Sissonville), Alexa Shoemaker (Keyser), Olivia Barnett (Shady Spring), Madison Angus (Weir) and Emma Kyle (Liberty Harrison).

Captaining the second-team is Hoover infielder Brooklyn Huffman. She’s joined by Paige Maynard (Shady Spring), Tatum Halley (Scott), Fran Alvaro (Robert C. Byrd), Charity Wolfe (Keyser), Tayah Fetty (Point Pleasant), Aly Soblit (Sissonville), Mallory Rosnick (Weir), Mikayla Shepherd (Fairmont Senior), Katie Gaughan (Roane County), Taylor Noe (Logan), Destiny Blankenship (Independence), Lilly Grady (Poca), Aubrey Collins (Grafton), Allie Mace (Roane), Olivia Hylton (Wyoming East), Lizzie Kell (Oak Glen) and Frederique Maloley (Grafton).

First team

P – Madison Legg, Sissonville, jr.

P – Delaney Haller, Lincoln, so.

P – Delaney Buckland, Independence, so.

P – Maci Boggess, Winfield, so.

IF – Alexa Shoemaker, Keyser, jr.

IF – Kennedy Dean, Winfield, jr.

IF – Olivia Barnett, Shady Spring, jr.

IF – Sara Simon, Philip Barbour, jr.

IF – Madison Angus, Weir, jr.

OF – Cortney Fizer, Herbert Hoover, sr.

OF – Hannah Ferris, Lincoln, sr.

C – Sarah Brown, Oak Glen, so.

C – Kaylen Parks, Independence, sr. (captain)

C – Emma Kyle, Liberty Harrison, jr.

UTIL – Lena Elkins, Nitro, jr.

UTIL – Maddie McKay, Oak Glen, jr.

UTIL – Grayson Buckner, Herbert Hoover, jr.

UTIL – Bella Savilla, Nitro, sr.

Second team

P – Paige Maynard, Shady Spring, jr.

P – Tatum Halley, Scott, so.

P – Fran Alvaro, Robert C. Byrd, jr.

P – Charity Wolfe, Keyser, so.

IF – Brooklyn Huffman, Herbert Hoover, so. (captain)

IF – Tayah Fetty, Point Pleasant, jr.

IF – Aly Soblit, Sissonville, sr.

IF – Mallory Rosnick, Weir, jr.

IF – Mikayla Shepherd, Fairmont Senior, jr.

OF – Katie Gaughan, Roane County, sr.

OF – Taylor Noe, Logan, fr.

OF – Destiny Blankenship, Independence, sr.

C – Lilly Grady, Poca, fr.

C – Aubrey Collins, Grafton, sr.

UTIL – Allie Mace, Roane County, sr.

UTIL – Olivia Hylton, Wyoming East, jr.

UTIL – Lizzie Kell, Oak Glen, so.

UTIL – Frederique Maloley, Grafton, jr.

Honorable Mention

Liz Murphy, Fairmont Senior; Carlie DelSignore, Keyser; Kerigan Moore, Nitro; Alyssa Lilly, Shady Spring; Gabby Smith, Nicholas County; Sydney Brown, Oak Glen; Makayla Zoellers, Oak Glen; Lilley Criss, Philip Barbour; Hailee Poling, Philip Barbour; Hayley Keefer, Point Pleasant; Sierra Cook, Chapmanville; Oliva Munoz, Oak Glen; Jayden Elkins, Scott; Kenzie Hale, Winfield; Ashleigh Mahon, Chapmanville; Blair Nazum, East Fairmont; Kendall Martin, Independence; Paige Laxton, Wyoming East; Marie Perdew; Frankfort; Kaitlynn Stone, Elkins; Sophia Aperfine, Weir; Faith Gaylor, Winfield; Sydney Bright, Herbert Hoover; Emma Meade, Sissonville; Grace Richardson, Bluefield.