Lady Cats earn three spots on all-league softball team

By Andy Brown
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Updated: June 5, 2023

The Louisburg softball team earned three players on the All-Frontier League team. Juniors Ashley Moreau was a second team selection, while Izzy Moreland and Megan Quinn were named honorable mention.

All-Frontier League softball teams were released last week and three players from Louisburg caught the eye of the area coaches.

Juniors Ashley Moreau, Izzy Moreland and Megan Quinn were selected to the all-league team as they led the Lady Cats to seven wins on the season.

Moreau was named to the second team, while Moreland and Quinn were voted in as honorable mentions.

“I thought we had a good showing for our league,” Louisburg coach Nick Chapman said. “It’s a tough league with a lot of great softball players.”

Moreau had a big season with the bat and in the field at shortstop for the Lady Cats. At the plate, she led the team with a .521 average and an OPS of 1.195. She also had 37 hits, 22 runs scored, six extra base hits and 12 RBIs from the leadoff spot.

She also finished with nine stolen bases to go along with solid defense at shortstop.

“Ashley had a fantastic season at that plate,” Chapman said. “I’m pretty sure she lead the league in batting average. She was a giant threat at the plate. She has developed so much as a triple threat hitter. She can lay a bunt down and beat it out, she can slap to gap, or she can stay in and make great contact on the ball and do damage that way.

“On top of that she is a dangerous base runner. She’s fast and very smart on the bases. She made strides as a shortstop this season, always working to get better. I’m proud of the season she had.”

Moreland earned all-league honorable mention honors for the second consecutive season as an infielder. She was second on the team with a .450 average and an OPS of 1.043.

She added 27 hits, three doubles, a home run and had 17 RBIs. She also scored 16 runs and struck out just six times on the season. As a third baseman and pitcher, Moreland had just four errors on the season.

As for Quinn, she earned her first all-league selection after a strong performance at the plate. She had a .393 average to go along with a 1.171 OPS.

Quinn had 24 hits on the year to go along with six doubles and a team-high five home runs. She also finished with 17 RBIs and struck out just five times.

She committed just five errors in 21 games with her work mainly at first base and pitcher.

“Megan and Izzy had great seasons as well,” Chapman said. “Both are able to hit the ball all over the field and racked up a lot of RBIs between the two of them. Both made very little errors in the field and were solid infielders. I’m proud of the growth they made this season.”

ALL-FRONTIER LEAGUE SOFTBALL

FIRST TEAM

CATCHER: Ellie Seaton, senior, Ottawa

PITCHER: Sam Claire, sophomore, Eudora; Brielle Dee, senior, Spring Hill

INFIELD: Karly Toot, senior, Baldwin; Mariah Herrera, junior, Tonganoxie; Mya January, junior, Spring Hill; Chevy Seaton, junior, Ottawa

OUTFIELD: Allee Darnell, junior, Baldwin; Lexi Born, sophomore, Eudora; Abby Clarkson, junior, Tonganoxie

DH/UTILITY: Wren VanCleave, senior, Bonner Springs

SECOND TEAM

CATCHER: Teelie Super, senior, Bonner Springs

PITCHER: Addison Hassett, junior, Bonner Springs; Addison White, sophomore, Ottawa

INFIELD: Jaiden Burris, sophomore, Eudora; Ashley Moreau, junior, Louisburg; Kenzie Yoder, junior, Eudora; Brooklyn Hadl, senior Ottawa

OUTFIELD: Marissa January, junior, Spring Hill; Blaire Sommer, junior, Spring Hill; Kennison Walters, senior, Ottawa

DH/UTILITY: Emma Reeves, sophomore, Spring Hill

HONORABLE MENTION

CATCHER: Ava Kehl, senior, Paola; Delaney Hill, senior, Spring Hill; Santiana Garcia, junior, Tonganoxie

PITCHER: Sage Isaacs, junior, Tonganoxie; Rylee Griffin, junior, Eudora; Jacie Collier, senior, Paola

INFIELD: Emma Lara, sophomore, Bonner Springs; Mattie Newson, senior, Bonner Springs; Megan Quinn, junior, Louisburg; Izzy Moreland, junior, Louisburg; Kamden Evans, junior, Ottawa; Elli Smail, freshman, Paola; Nora Burrell, sophomore, Spring Hill; Farrah Halsa, freshman, Tonganoxie; Savannah Booker, senior, Tonganoxie; Olivia Freely, freshman, Spring Hill

OUTFIELD: Autumn Ashford, junior, Bonner Springs; Krislyn Hadlock, sophomore, Paola; Kylie Vandervoort, senior, Tonganoxie