Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

D-I, D-II All-Star softball teams play Wednesday at Higley

June 4, 2013 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


Many of the top senior softball players from the state’s big schools in 2012-13 will represent their schools one last time by participating in the Arizona Softball Coaches Association All-Star Games on Wednesday (June 5) at Higley High in Gilbert.

The Division II All-Star Game will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a home run-hitting contest and the Division I game at 8.

An All-Star Game featuring players from Division III and Division IV will be played June 15 at Show Low High.

Here are rosters from the game, provided by the ASCA:

Division I Red

Coach: Kevin Chapin, Gilbert Perry.

Players: McKenna Isenberg, P, Tempe Corona del Sol; Brianna Schrimpf, C, Corona del Sol; Jillian Leslie, P/INF, Gilbert Perry; Devon Ryan, Perry; Hollie Letourneau, 3B/C, Gilbert Highland; Mariah Gonzalez, INF, Highland; Kylie Shull, INF/C, Chandler Basha; Allison Hervey, OF, Vail Cienega; Reese Ramirez, P/UT, Tucson Desert View; Bailey Benson, OF, Desert View; Salina Rios, OF, Desert View; Danielle Nunez, P/INF, Phoenix St. Mary’s; Alycea Espinoza, SS/OF, St. Mary’s; Krystal Guevara, 3B, St. Mary’s; Jordan Barajas, 1B, Mesa Dobson; Madi Johnson, OF/P, Dobson; Danielle Adams, OF, Laveen Cesar Chavez.

Division I Blue

Coach: Jennifer Broderick, Mesa Desert Ridge.

Players: Rebecca Burkland, 1B, Glendale Deer Valley; Adriana Gutierrez, OF, Deer Valley; Katie Renick, OF, Deer Valley; Kylie Andrus, INF, Avondale Westview; Chelsie Goddard, INF/C, Westview; Kayla Escobar, P, Chandler; Kalli Ohton, P/OF, Chandler; Jackie Hernandez, INF, Mesa Desert Ridge; Allysa Sanchez, 3B/C, Desert Ridge; Taylor Beeson, SS, Mesa Red Mountain; Valerie Kaff, P, Mesa Mountain View; Kaity Sanders, INF/OF, Mountain View; Margaret Stahm, C, Phoenix Horizon; Danielle Block, P/OF, Phoenix Desert Vista; Alexis Evans, 1B/OF, Yuma Cibola; Lexy Pierson, OF, Scottsdale Desert Mountain.

Division II North

Coach: David Moore, Phoenix Paradise Valley.

Players:  Megan Horn, OF/1B, Flagstaff Coconino; Kaylee Romo, P/OF, Coconino; Kandra Whelan, SS/3B, Coconino; Alexis Nixon, INF, Phoenix Paradise Valley; Marissa Geith, C, Paradise Valley; Taylor Nowlin, P, Peoria Sunrise Mountain; Morgan Leonard, C, Sunrise Mountain; Micala Erickson. SS, Sunrise Mountain; Kirsten Hostetler, OF, Sunrise Mountain; Taylor Decker, C/OF/1B, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows; Ashley Johnson, SS, Phoenix Greenway; Lacey Fitch, DH, Greenway; Britnee Lopez, P, Glendale Apollo; Amanda Frank, INF, Phoenix Shadow Mountain; Chandler Andrews, INF, Shadow Mountain; Lacey Long, OF, Shadow Mountain.

Division II South

Coaches: Hailee Nanchy, Goodyear Desert Edge; Freddy Cabanillas, Casa Grande; Scott Strand, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Ed Matlosz, Apache Junction; Roxanne Greene, Florence Poston Butte.

Players:  Julie Sanchez, C/3B, Goodyear Desert Edge; Maggie Hamlin, C/3B, Apache Junction; McKenna Wiegand, OF/INF, Chandler Seton Catholic; Vanessa Flores, 1B/OF, Seton; Emily Lodge, P/3B, Florence Poston Butte;  Taylor Clark, C/UT, Poston Butte; Samantha Castoldi, SS, Poston Butte; Stephanie Montanez, OF, Tempe Marcos de Niza; Jordan Waddell, OF, Glendale Cactus; Kali Renyer, OF, Cactus; Jenna Coates, C/INF, Gilbert Higley; Shelby Fisher OF, Higley; Matti Magee, 3B, Higley; Alexis Alfonso, P, Tucson Canyon del Oro; Kim Myers, P/SS, Casa Grande; Kylie Strand, INF, Surprise Shadow Ridge; Erin Burkhardt, C, Shadow Ridge; Brooklyn Beardshear, P, Tucson Sahuaro; Taylor Lawson, OF, Sahuaro.

Division III-IV North

Coach: Jon Yazzie, Tuba City.

Players: Shiniya Henry, P, Tuba City; Deidra Johnson, OF; Tuba City; Tiona Huskie, INF, Tuba City;  Brylee Coplan, P, Snowflake; Alexa Jones, INF, Snowflake; Breeya Howells, INF, River Valley; Haley Berggen, OF, River Valley; Jessica Morin, OF, Show Low; Delila Calderon, INF, Show Low; Monique Soto, OF, Show Low; Ashley Flores, OF, Eloy Santa Cruz; Quinn Johnson, INF, Wickenburg; Annissa Chavez, OF, Buckeye; Adrienne Lopez, OF, Safford; Ashley Stearns, OF, Safford; Cassandra Pacheco, P, Bagdad; Delcina Sandoval, C, Bagdad.

Division III-IV South

Coach: Rick Brungardt, Goodyear Estrella Foothills.

Players: Amanda Medina, P, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic; Samantha Chaires, INF, Bourgade; Lauren Mordhorst, OF, Bourgade; Chelsea Rodenkirk, C, Phoenix Northwest Christian; Sara Gonzalez, INF, Northwest Christian; Melissa Islava, INF, Winkelman Hayden; Marlisse Perez, P, Hayden; Melinda Marinez, INF, Hayden; Jessica Dorame, INF, Globe; Lindsey Johnson, INF, Globe; Sarah Trammell, OF, Goodyear Estrella Foothills;  Haley Choate, OF, Benson; Kourtney Brogan, OF/1B, Benson; Kady East, INF, Benson; Kasey Fenn, C, Benson; Geneva Kelly, C/OF, Benson.