Player of the Year
Morgan Ryan • Hempfield • Pitcher • Junior
For the second year in a row, Ryan takes home the Post-Gazette's top individual honor in WPIAL softball. A Notre Dame recruit and third-year starter, Ryan led Hempfield to a 25-2 record, a second consecutive WPIAL title and a PIAA championship. She had 12 shutouts this season, including the WPIAL final and all four PIAA wins, saving her best for last with a one-hitter in the title game. She had a 23-2 record overall with a 1.11 ERA, 188 strikeouts and 34 walks. Also stellar at the plate, she hit .333 with 6 home runs and 30 RBIs, one short of the school record.
The Rest
Madi Stoner • Hempfield • Catcher • Junior
The other half of the Spartans' terrific battery, Stoner had a .519 batting average with 10 doubles, 5 homers and 31 RBIs, which tied for the school record. With a strong arm behind the plate, she allowed just five stolen bases and is already committed to Division II Hillsdale (Mich).
Bri Dobson • Shaler • Pitcher • Senior
Perhaps the best two-way player in the WPIAL, Dobson batted .543 with a school-record 12 homers, drove in 50 runs and struck out just once. On the mound, this four-year starter was 19-2 with 102 strikeouts, a 1.11 ERA, 8 shutouts and a no-hitter.
Linda Rush • Canon-McMillan • Shortstop • Senior
Rush hit on all cylinders in her fourth year as a starter, boasting a .695 average, 13 homers and 41 RBIs. A Drexel recruit, she hit 36 home runs and 135 RBIs in her career as she helped the Big Macs make the playoffs all four seasons.
Bailey Parshall • Belle Vernon • Pitcher • Sophomore
Leopards star avoided a sophomore slump after bursting onto the scene as a freshman. Landing on this team for the second year in a row, this Penn State recruit was 15-5 with a 0.84 ERA and 213 strikeouts while hitting .431 at the plate.
Jaimie Schleicher • Baldwin • First baseman • Senior
A four-year starter headed to Pitt-Greensburg, Schleicher batted .623 with 7 doubles and 4 homers while driving in 30 RBIs. She didn't strike out once all season with an on-base-plus-slugging percentage of 1.610 for the WPIAL runner-up.
Madi Beining • North Allegheny • Pitcher • Senior
Beining, who will play collegiately at Gannon, was a two-way threat for the Tigers. She was 19-4 with a 0.97 ERA and 141 strikeouts on the mound. Offensively, she hit .391 with 24 RBIs to earn all-area honors for a second year in a row.
Briana Bunner • Southmoreland • First baseman • Senior
Another two-time selection, Bunner played every inning of all 16 games for Southmoreland. Her average for the season was .569, she drove in 18 runs, scored 21 and notched 22 stolen bases playing for her father, Todd. She also is a Robert Morris recruit.
Madison Renner • West Greene • Pitcher • Sophomore
An all-section pick last year, Renner broke out in a big way for the WPIAL champion and PIAA runner-up Pioneers. She finished 19-2 with 118 strikeouts and a 1.72 ERA, but even more impressive, batted .565 with 15 doubles, 9 homers and an eye-popping 66 RBIs in 28 games.
Macy Mularski • Yough • Pitcher • Senior
Mularski went out with a bang, shutting out Lampeter-Strasburg in the PIAA Class AAA final. For the season, she was 20-3 with a 0.84 ERA, 208 strikeouts, 9 shutouts and 5 one-hitters.