Two of those on the all-state second team are Kristin Worley of Anaheim Savanna (left) and Autumn Bishop (right) of Murrieta Valley. Worley set a state record with 281 career hits, including 81 for this season. Bishop had a great season after her twin sister, Amber, was lost with a knee injury. Photos: Savanna Softball/OCSidelines.com & couragestudentathlete.com.
The 34th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams package for softball also includes 30 players named second team overall plus 30 more who are third team. The third team, however, is only for seniors and only for large schools.
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If you are chosen to any of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams, you should consider yourself an “all-state” player. Whether it’s first team overall, second team overall, third team, underclass, medium schools or small schools, to be on any of these teams should be considered an all-state honor.
There are 1,200 high schools in California and just about any place you go the competition in softball is unbelievable.
Whether you are counting girls who are playing in the Women’s College World Series or whether you are looking at leaders of USA national teams, there still is nowhere in the world really that can match California softball.
We try to research and collect info from everywhere we can and we give people several weeks to send in nominations. Still, it’s not a perfect system so of course it’s possible to miss on a deserving player.
With that said, congratulations to the following 2016 Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball second team members as well as third team:
Sarah Fukushima led Sacramento Sheldon in home runs this season and was a frequent state stat star of the week. Photo: Grapettes.com.
SECOND TEAM CATCHERS
Nikki Butler (La Habra) Sr.
Suzy Brookshire (San Benito, Hollister) Sr.
Terra McGowan (Mission Viejo) Soph.
Dejah Mulipola (Pacifica, Garden Grove) Sr.
Mahlena O’Neal (Ceres) Sr.
SECOND TEAM PITCHERS
Carli Cutler (Rocklin) Sr.
Analise De La Roca (Port of L.A., Wilmington) Jr.
Ryan Denhart (Los Alamitos) Jr.
Sam Manti (Eastlake, Chula Vista) Sr.
Marie Sobel (Oaks Christian, Westlake Village) Sr.
Autumn Storms (Great Oak, Temecula) Sr.
SECOND TEAM INFIELD
Nicole Alexander (Gregori, Modesto) Sr.
Schuylar Broussard (Valley View, Moreno Valley) Sr.
Reyna Carranco (Oxnard) Sr.
Michelle Castro (East Union, Manteca) Sr.
Randi Farricker (Glendora) Sr.
Eliyah Flores (Grand Terrace) Jr.
Aly Manzo (Roseville) Sr.
Sienna Swain (Buchanan, Clovis) Sr.
McKinsey Thorpe (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose) Sr.
Kristin Worley (Savanna, Anaheim) Sr.
SECOND TEAM OUTFIELD
Autumn Bishop (Murrieta Valley, Murrieta) Sr.
Tristen Edwards (Vista Murrieta, Murrieta) Sr.
Sarah Fukushima (Sheldon, Sacramento) Sr.
Jenna Holcomb (Los Alamitos) Sr.
Kayla Ketring (Oaks Christian, Westlake Village) Jr.
Marissa Varrati (Santiago, Corona) Sr.
SECOND TEAM MULTI-PURPOSE
(Hitting, Pitching)
Mariah Mazon (Mission Oak, Tulare) Jr.
Marissa Moreno (Torrance) Sr.
Kira Snyder (Mission Viejo) Jr.
THIRD TEAM
(The following 30 players are all from large schools and are seniors only)
CATCHERS
Jazmine Moreno (Elk Grove) Sr.
Genesis Ramirez (Oxnard) Sr.
Jessica Scott (Sheldon, Elk Grove) Sr.
Spencer Sansom was the leading power hitter for CIF Central Section D1 champ Buchanan of Clovis. Photo: Bear Softball.
PITCHERS
Jacy Boles (Woodcreek, Roseville) Sr.
Kayla Gendler (Chatsworth) Sr.
Kacie Gresenz (Santiago, Corona) Sr.
Katie Kibby (Vacaville) Sr.
Briana Wheeler (Etiwanda) Sr.
INFIELD
Jessica Alexander (Vista) Sr.
Destini Bullock (Helix, La Mesa) Sr.
Kelsey Ching (Carlmont, Belmont) Sr.
Cassidy Clark (Clovis West, Fresno) Sr.
Amanda Doyle (Canyon, Canyon Country) Sr.
Carley Gaskill (El Camino Real, Woodland Hills) Sr.
Allison Harvey (Mission Viejo) Sr.
Cayla Kessinger (Saugus) Sr.
Maricela Matos (Newark Memorial, Newark) Sr.
Angelique Ramos (Millikan, Long Beach) Sr.
Traci Shaw (Castro Valley) Sr.
OUTFIELD
Jenna Crawford (Foothill, Pleasanton) Sr.
Candace Halliburton (Etiwanda) Sr.
Yari Felix (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) Sr.
Aaliyah Jordan (Bonita Vista, Chula Vista) Sr.
Alana Mendez (Foothill, Pleasanton) Sr.
Spencer Sansom (Buchanan, Clovis) Sr.
MULTI-PURPOSE
Teri Danenberg (Leigh, San Jose) Sr.
Leah Gonzales (Banning, Wilmington) Sr.
Amanda Gjertsen (Capistrano Valley, Mission Viejo) Sr.
Hannah Russell (St. Mary’s, Stockton) Sr.
McKenna Valencia (Stockdale, Bakersfield) Sr.
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