All-State Softball 2025: First Team

Final state No. 1 and No. 2 teams Norco and Del Oro (Loomis) both land two players on this elite first team that wraps up our 42nd annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Softball teams. Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills and Poway also both have two first teamers. Go inside this free post for a look at all first team players. We also have a second team and third team (senior only/large schools only) in a separate post that is for Gold Club members only.

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Congratulations to these players who’ve been named first team overall for the 42nd edition of the Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball honors program:

FIRST TEAM OVERALL CATCHERS

Sophia Burmeister (Poway) Sr.
We begin this year’s choices the same way as last year with Burmeister, who not only repeats as first team all-state catcher but also repeated as the All-CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year. She became only the second to do that in section history after Lisa Dodd of Mira Mesa and University City, who won three times in a row from 2001 to 2003. Sophia shined as a senior with 18 homers (among the state leaders and tying the all-time section record), a .470 batting average and 40 RBI. Burmeister, who will play next at Clemson, also had 14 homers last year as a junior.

Avery Motroni (Capuchino, San Bruno) Sr.
An injury from last November prevented Motroni from doing a lot of catching during the 2025 high school season, but she did some and she’s been known as one of the top catching prospects nationally according to Line Drive Media & Extra Inning Softball. She also fit in best for all-state as a catcher. Also regarded as one of the top players in the Bay Area regardless of position and leading a CIF Central Coast Section Open Division team, Motroni batted .511 on the season with 46 hits and 34 RBI. For her career, she also put up top-level totals of 26 homers, 156 hits and 115 RBI. Avery will play next at Arizona State.

FIRST TEAM OVERALL PITCHERS

Liliana Escobar (JSerra, SJ Capistrano) Jr.
After sitting out last season due to a transfer from Santa Margarita, Escobar had a outstanding junior campaign for the Lions. She was named Pitcher of the Year by the Orange County Register and helped JSerra reach the CIFSS D2 championship. In that game, the Lions fell in 10 innings to Los Alamitos, 3-0, despite Liliana getting 16 strikeouts. She finished the season 14-5 with a 1.20 ERA. She also had 239 strikeouts in 140 innings. In another tough loss, Escobar struck out 12 in nine innings during a 2-1 loss to Orange Lutheran.

Mikayla Finn (Del Oro, Loomis) Jr.
Her emergence as one of the top pitchers in Northern California was one of the main reasons why Del Oro had such a great season. Mikayla had complete games in all of the Golden Eagles’ CIF NorCal D1 playoff wins against Willow Glen, St. Francis of Mountain View and league rival Oak Ridge. She finished 21-1 with a 1.13 ERA and she had 210 strikeouts in 148 1/3 innings. Finn had a season-high 15 strikeouts in a win vs Sheldon of Sacramento and had a two-hitter with eight strikeouts in a league win vs Whitney of Rocklin. She’s already been named Large School Co-Player of the Year by the Sacramento Bee with teammate Abby Davidson.

Kaia Galaviz (Central, Fresno) Sr.
It’s still Central and not Central East for us until the 2025-26 school year, but in the final year of the Grizzlies in softball (they’ll be the Bengals moving forward) they have a first team all-state player. Galaviz led them to the Tri-River Athletic Conference title although Clovis North came back to win the CIF Central Section crown. Kaia already has been named Fresno Bee Player of the Year and was the first section player of the year honoree from the West Coast Preps website. Galaviz set a new school record for strikeouts in a season with 279 (previous record was 256 by Gianna Mancha). She also finished with a 20-4 pitching record with a 1.75 ERA.

Abi Jones (Salinas) Sr.
No one jumped their post-season honors stock over the course of the one-week CIF regional playoffs higher than Jones. And after leading Salinas to the CIF NorCal D2 championship, Abi had to be up on first team all-state and she was the Medium Schools State Player of the Year. In the CIF NorCal D2 final, Abi had a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts in a 4-1 win vs Liberty of Brentwood. She also had regional playoff wins vs Casa Grande of Petaluma and King’s Academy of Sunnyvale after that team had topped Destiny Christian and its ace (Ayla Tuua). For the season, the Grand Canyon University recruit had a 1.20 ERA with 223 strikeouts in 151 1/3 innings.

Mya McGowan (Poway) Sr.
Before Mya and teammate Sophia Burmeister came to Poway, the Titans had a 5-24 season. They graduated after winning 96 games together, including a CIF SoCal regional title and two CIF San Diego Section D1 crowns. While the team didn’t three-peat this season, both Burmeister and McGowan had to be first team all-state. McGowan also was the section player of the year as a sophomore with Burmeister getting that honor the last two seasons. Mya’s career stats have not been reported, but she also has been all-SD Section for four straight years as a pitcher. This season, the Cal-bound standout went 17-6 with a 2.00 ERA and had 168 strikeouts in 153 2/3 innings. She also had 48 hits, 10 homers, 33 RBI and a .466 batting average.

Ellison Schroeder (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) Sr.
With Schroeder and Oak Ridge going 2-2 in games vs Del Oro of Loomis (winning in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section final but losing in the CIF NorCal D1 final), she pretty much had to join Del Oro’s Mikayla Finn on first team all-state. Schroeder also pitched for the Trojans when they won the section title last year and went to the regional final as well. She had a 22-4 record in the circle this season with a 1.08 ERA and had 188 strikeouts in 169 innings. Ellison, who will pitch next at Santa Clara, also capped an impressive career with a 1.73 ERA over 422 innings and with an average of just more than one strikeout per inning.

Coral Williams (Norco) Soph.
Our State Sophomore Player of the Year also was the Riverside Press-Enterprise Player of the Year. Coral isn’t one of those great pitchers who also hits, but was so dominant in Norco’s final few games in its push for the CIF Southern Section D1 title that all of her honors made sense. Williams had a no-hitter into the sixth inning of her team’s 3-0 win vs El Modena in the CIFSS D1 final and ended with a one-hitter and nine strikeouts. For the season, Williams had a 17-0 record a 0.70 ERA and she had 152 strikeouts in 110 innings.

FIRST TEAM OVERALL INFIELD

Melody Acevedo (Hillcrest, Riverside) Sr.
Already selected to all-state medium schools first team, Melody also steps it up for 2025 to gain a spot on first team overall. She just has that combination of high school success and recruiting (going to University of Washington) that is hard to beat. Acevedo had a huge spring, hitting 14 homers and collecting 51 hits and 18 doubles that helped her post a .554 batting average. She also will end her career with home run (41) and hits (194) totals that will be high enough for her to be included on all-time state lists.

Delaney Aumua (Granada, Livermore) Sr.
We remember seeing Delaney as a freshman at the Livermore Stampede and she stood out immediately. She’s been one of the best in the class for the state since then. The Auburn-bound slugger also had a huge senior season that already has seen her named San Francisco Chronicle Metro Player of the Year plus All-American honors from Line Drive Media and MaxPreps. First team all-state status falls right in line. Aumua blasted 19 homers this season and moved to No. 1 in CIF North Coast Section history with 47 homers for her career. She also had a .467 batting average, .637 on-base (she got 28 walks) and 33 RBI. Delaney’s other career totals wound up at 126 RBI and a .420 career batting average.

Isabella Cacatian (South, Torrance) Sr.
Similar to Melody Acevedo, Cacatian has added a first team all-state honor to already being on medium schools. A member of junior national teams from Japan, Isabella just helped the Japan 18-under team win gold at the International Challenge tourney. She hit a walk-off three-run homer to win one game vs the Netherlands. Last spring for South (Torrance), Cacatian hit 11 homers and batted .529 on 36 hits. She has signed a letter of intent with Stanford.

Niayli Calvo (Vanden, Fairfield) Soph.
The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D3 champions and top seed for the NorCal D2 playoffs (lost to Liberty of Brentwood in semifinals) were led by this sophomore, who is one of the top-ranked Class of 2027 prospects in the nation. Calvo’s final game wasn’t included in her posted stats but before that her totals were astronomical: .710 batting average, 44 hits, six homers, 18 doubles and 37 runs scored. Niayli hammered a pair of home runs when the Vikings beat Central Catholic of Modesto, 12-4, to win the section title.

Emalee Cargill (Tracy) Jr.
It takes 60 hits in a season to make it into the all-time state records and that’s the total that Cargill had for the 2025 season. It also was a year in which the Bulldogs went 28-3 with two of their three losses to Oak Ridge, the second one in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D1 semifinals, 4-3, in a game they led 3-2 going to the bottom of the seventh. Cargill was the team’s top player and league MVP. She also had 52 runs scored, batted .600 and stole 38 bases. On top of that, Emalee had four homers and 37 RBI. College scouts took interest in her even before the season. Cargill has committed to Cal.

Jayda Crosby (California, San Ramon) Sr.
Livermore’s Delaney Aumua actually shared the East Bay Athletic League Player of the Year honor with Jayda so it only makes sense that both players have gained first team all-state status. Crosby was especially potent from her leadoff batting position in league games with a .714 batting average and 24 runs scored. The Fresno State-bound standout ended the season overall batting .552 on 48 hits with six homers, 36 runs scored and 25 RBI.

Kaitlyn Galasso (El Modena, Orange) Sr.
The runaway leader in all offensive categories for the Vanguards was their senior infielder who signed with Boise State before the season began. The team that was runnerup in the CIFSS D1 playoffs and won the Dave Kops TOC in Arizona definitely deserved to get one player on to the first team (and almost had two). Galasso already has been All-Orange County and All-CIFSS D1. She led the team in batting average (.462), hits (48), homers (12), runs scored (36) and RBI (31). Galasso also was at her best down the stretch with a leadoff homer in the CIFSS D1 quarterfinals vs Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) and then 3-for-4 with a double and homer in the semis vs Temescal Canyon. She ended her season going 2-for-4 with a double in a loss to Mater Dei Catholic in the CIF SoCal D1 title game.

Mia Gomez (Agoura, Agoura Hills) Sr.
Powerful left-hand slugger who played first base on defense had outfielders backing up all throughout the spring. She now adds first team all-state to a list of honors from the 2025 season that includes Ventura County Star Player of the Year and L.A. Daily News Player of the Year. Gomez ranked among the state leaders in home runs with 18 and set school records for career home runs (39) and career RBI (153). Mia’s career homer total also will easily be high enough to go on to the all-time state list. The University of Utah signer also batted .533 on the season and knocked in 54 runs.

Sienna Mayer (El Segundo) Sr.
Being a top player from a CIFSS D1 playoff team that finished 23-6 plus being selected as the South Bay Daily Breeze Player of the Year all came together to help Sienna land a first team all-state slot. Mayer was clutch in many of those wins and had a 17-game hitting streak during the season. She ended the season with a .522 batting average on 48 hits. Sienna also had four homers and 43 runs scored. Mayer’s career batting average also was a robust .413. The daughter of El Segundo head coach T.D. Mayer will play next at North Texas.

Carly Short (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) Sr.
While she wasn’t Oak Ridge’s leading hitter or leading run producer on offense, she clearly was the team leader out on the field on defense and ranks among the best shortstops we’ve ever seen. Short will now play the position at a major college (North Carolina State). On offense, Carly also was the team’s third leading hitter with a .367 batting average on 33 hits. The four-year starter also rang up solid career totals with a .396 batting average, 143 hits, 33 doubles and 92 runs scored. She had 14 errors as a freshman, but since then only 13 and only two this season.

FIRST TEAM OVERALL OUTFIELD

Abby Davidson (Del Oro, Loomis) Sr.
With the Sacramento Bee going with co-Players of the Year for large schools as Davidson shared that honor with junior teammate Mikayla Finn, we decided not to break that tie and went with both on first team all-state. Del Oro did win the CIF NorCal D1 title and did finish No. 2 in the state behind only Norco so having both on first team also made sense in that respect. Davidson’s batting was instrumental in the team’s success. The Utah Tech-bound standout smashed a team leading 14 homers and had 42 RBI to go with a .443 batting average. Those were all massive improvements from Abby’s junior season. She also scored 43 runs and only made one error all season on defense.

Taelyn Holley (Murrieta Mesa, Murrieta) Sr.
One of the top five run scorers for a career in state history adds this obvious all-state first team honor. Taelyn was previously named as our Ms. Softball State Player of the Year after being State Junior of the Year in 2024. She had 198 career runs scored and a .531 career batting average (also makes state list). Holley batted .598 this season after hitting for the same average as a junior. This year, the University of Tennessee-bound outfielder also had 52 hits, 15 homers and 40 RBI. Holley also ended her career with 36 homers and 62 stolen based in 64 attempts.

Kai Minor (Lutheran, Orange) Sr.
Whenever you ask people about who they think is the best player in the state just based on who they’ve seen play, Kai is the one often mentioned first. Minor’s signature on a letter of intent with national powerhouse Oklahoma also is proof of that. While this year’s team at OLu went out in the first round of the CIFSS D1 playoffs with an upset to Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks), Minor still batted .500 with five homers and 34 RBI. For her career, she had a .474 batting average on 156 hits. She also had 86 RBI and 59 stolen bases.

Tamryn Shorter (Norco) Sr.
If sophomore teammate Coral Williams had not been so dominant in her final few pitching outings of the season, Shorter could have been Norco’s top player of the year candidate. She was first team All-CIF Southern Section D1 as a junior and was even better as a senior. Shorter led the state No. 1 Cougars in homers with 10 and had 38 hits, 24 RBI and a .413 batting average. A longtime team leader and fielding specialist in the outfield, Tamryn will play next at Boise State.

FIRST TEAM OVERALL MULTI-PURPOSE (Hit & Pitch)

Ava Bulanti (St. Francis, Mountain View) Sr.
Coming from a program that has had two Ms. Softball State Players of the Year in recent seasons (Jessica Oakland & Kate Munnerlyn), Bulanti gave it a good shot for another one. Most in the Bay Area had her on a short list to be player of the year and she clearly did enough to gain a first team all-state placement. The leader of the CIF Central Coast Section Open Division champions and CIF NorCal D1 semifinalist gained a scholarship to Stanford during the season. Bulanti, who also was MVP of the Livermore Stampede, ended 14-1 as a pitcher with a 1.96 ERA and she had 112 strikeouts in 93 innings. As a batter, Ava blasted eight home runs with 39 RBI and she had a .389 batting average.

Alanna Clincy (Willow Glen, San Jose) Jr.
While Alanna and her team lost to St. Francis of Mountain View in the CCS D1 final and fell to Del Oro of Loomis in the CIF NorCal D1 playoffs to end their season, the Rams proved they could play on even terms with the best of the best in Northern California. The St. Francis loss was in extra innings and the Del Oro loss also was close. Before that, with Clincy leading the way, Willow Glen was at 26-0. Alanna could have been listed as a pitcher, but we went multi-purpose since she had some big hits in big games. As a pitcher, she didn’t take the loss in either of the final two games and ended 22-0 with a 0.39 ERA. That ERA was impressive and so was her 216 strikeouts in 125 2/3 innings. With bat in hand, Clincy had 25 RBI and three homers to go with a .290 batting average. Alanna, who was named the Bay Area News Group Player of the Year, has committed to Cal.

Ella Myers (Monterey) Sr.
Our State Medium Schools Player of the Year from Salinas (Abi Jones) was a big rival in the PCAL Gabilan Division with Myers the past three seasons. The two teams tied for the league title this season but Salinas ended as the CIF NorCal D2 champion. In all offensive categories, however, Myers improved her totals and did enough that she was able to join Jones as first team all-state picks. The two-time Monterey Herald Player of the Year batted .533 (up from .465) and had nine homers (up from five). Myers also had 28 RBI and 33 runs scored. As a pitcher, her innings were down but she still went 12-3 with a 0.97 ERA and 150 strikeouts in 100 2/3 innings. Myers also will go down as one of the top overall athletes in Monterey Bay area history for her additional accomplishments in weightlifting and wrestling. She has signed to play softball in college at UC Santa Barbara.

Lila Partridge (Casa Grande, Petaluma) Sr.
When Lila was named as the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat Player of the Year for the second straight season, it was with the mention that she’ll go down as one of the best players to ever come from the Redwood Empire. Partridge also now adds a second straight first team all-state selection. Her team won the CIF North Coast Section D2 title last season and was runner-up in D1 this season. Lila ended her career with a 52-8 pitching record and a 1.28 ERA. She also had 481 career strikeouts in 377 2/3 innings. As a batter, Partridge hit .491 in her career on 130 hits. She also had 23 homers, 27 doubles and 119 RBI. She has signed to play in college at the University of Kansas.

Arri Romero (Mater Dei Catholic, Chula Vista) Soph.
She was the unquestioned top player of the year candidate off of the CIF SoCal D1 regional championship team. Romero already has been named as the CIF San Diego Section Pitcher of the Year. The highly regarded national Class of 2028 recruit went 24-4 in the circle and had a 1.62 ERA. She tossed 164 innings with 142 strikeouts and only gave up 16 walks. On offense, Arri stepped up to collect 50 hits and a .424 batting average. She is expected to have a lot of other top players coming back with her next season.

Ayla Tuua (Destiny Christian, Sacramento) Jr.
A year ago, Ayla was all-state first team representing Capital Christian, but now it’s for the new name of the same school. She also was the State Sophomore Player of the Year. This year, she’s also the State Junior Player of the Year. Tuua had a few less games than some other top players, but still rang up great totals. Before Destiny Christian lost in the first round of the CIF NorCal D2 playoffs and after it won the Sac-Joaquin Section D4 crown, Ayla had a 12-0 record and 0.46 ERA in 75 2/3 innings of pitching. She also had 163 strikeouts. The LSU commit also had a .500 batting with six homers, 30 runs scored and 26 RBI.

Elisea Wiegand (Foothill, Palo Cedro) Sr.
In the CIF Northern Section in recent years, Pleasant Valley of Chico has clearly been the team to beat. Wiegand led the Cougars to three wins this season over the Vikings, including 4-2 in the section final with 13 strikeouts. She had 17 strikeouts in the first of those wins and had two five-inning no-hitters in the two games before that. Wiegand had 14 strikeouts in the second win. As all of these multi-purpose players can show, Elisea could really hit almost as much as pitch. For the season, she batted .526 with nine homers, 41 RBI and 18 doubles. Blessed with a 4.0 GPA, Wiegand considered Ivy League schools for college, but has accepted an offer from the University of Maryland (in the Big Ten Conference).

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