Eleven area players in baseball, softball selected to ASWA All-State

Eleven baseball players and 11 softball players each earned mention on their respective ASWA All-State teams this year.

Glenwood’s Carson Hicks led all selections as the AISA pitcher of the year and first-team pitcher after a season in which he went 13-1 with a 1.08 ERA and 92 strikeouts in over 71 innings pitched for the Gators, who won a state championship.

Also in AISA, Tyler Cadenhead, who hit .485 with 10 homers and 58 RBIs, was named first-team catcher, Daniel Holley second-team pitcher, Josh Brown second-team designated hitter and Chase Dennis honorable mention second baseman.

In Class 7A, Slade Gorman (Central) was named first-team catcher and Max Newton (Smiths Station) first-team utility. Central’s Noah Wilkes and Tanner Belcher were named second-team pitcher and utility, respectively, and Smiths Station’s Devin Brown was named second-team shortstop.

Gorman hit .382 with nine home runs and 31 RBIs, and Newton was 6-3 with a 1.96 ERA on the mound and hit .371 with 27 RBIs at the plate.

In softball, Glenwood put three players on the first team after winning a state championship. McKenna Gillespie was first-team pitcher, Kirstin Reynolds first-team catcher and Hope Gullatt first-team outfield. Reynolds hit .443 with 14 home runs and 71 RBIs this season, Gillespie went 36-4 with a 1.46 ERA and 269 strikeouts on the mound, and Gullatt hit .405 with 10 home runs and 55 RBIs.

In Class 7A, Katie Webb (Central) was second-team third base, Gracie Deaton (Central) honorable mention pitcher, Jadia Jones (Central) honorable mention second base and Aly Smith (Smiths Station) honorable mention catcher.

This story was originally published June 16, 2016 at 2:45 PM with the headline "Eleven area players in baseball, softball selected to ASWA All-State."