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Conference champion Shawnee Heights swept the 2025 All-United Kansas Conference individual baseball honors, led by senior Deacon Pomeroy , who was named the UKC player of the year by conference coaches for the second straight season.
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Shawnee Heights' Deacon Pomeroy was named the UKC player of the year for the second straight season. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Shawnee Heights junior Cambren Floberg has been named the UKC pitcher of the year by conference coaches. [File photo/TSN]
T-Bird junior Cambren Floberg was named the conference pitcher of the year while first-year Heights coach Jason Brown was tapped as the coach of the year after leading the T-Birds to a Class 5A state tournament berth.
Pomeroy, a standout pitcher and catcher, was named to the All-UKC team as a utility player, and is joined on the first team by junior pitcher Brody Cooper and junior outfielder Makade Orton.
Seaman is represented on the first team by sophomore Axton Brewer, who was named to the UKC team at pitcher and designated hitter.
Shawnee Heights and Seaman combined to put six players on the All-UKC second team, with the T-Birds represented by Floberg and senior infielders Braeden Johnston and Carson Garner while the Vikings put senior catcher David Dobbs, junior infielder Cooper Hayes and senior infielder Max Huston on the second team.
Five city players earned All-UKC honorable mention.
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Sixteen city soccer players earned All-United Kansas Conference recognition, including nine first-team picks.
Seaman is represented on the first team by junior forward Ryin Miller, senior midfielder Anna Becker, senior goalkeeper Maegan Mills, junior forward Ava Golightley, and junior defender Addyson Shipp while Shawnee Heights put senior defender Bayli Benson, senior forward Izzy Van Fleet, senior midfielder Lailah Benz and sophomore midfielder Nina O'Neill-Bolanos on the first team.
Ryin Miller, Seaman
Anna Becker, Seaman
Izzy Van Fleet, Shawnee Heights
Bayli Benson, Shawnee Heights
Miller and Becker are first-team All-UKC repeat picks for Seaman while Benson and Van Fleet are first-team repeaters for Shawnee Heights.
Seaman, a Class 5A quarterfinalist, put senior defender Kinley Wilhelm, junior forward Savannah Nelson and junior midfielder Maya Martin on the second team while four city players earned honorable mention.
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Hayden senior Cooper Grace has received Centennial League player of the year recognition from league coaches for the second straight season after helping lead the Wildcats to an undefeated league title and a 23-1 record overall.
Hayden senior Cooper Grace has been named the Centennial League baseball player of the year after helping lead the Wildcats to the undefeated league title. [File photo/TSN]
Grace, who shared the player of the year honor with Topeka High's Nate Plankinton in 2024, was one of five Hayden players to receive first-team honors.
Hayden's Bill Arnold has been named the Centennial League baseball coach of the year after the Wildcats won the undefeated league title. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden's Bill Arnold was voted the Centennial coach of the year.
Grace was a first-team pick as a pitcher and is joined on the first team for the Wildcats by senior infielder Liam Annand, junior outfielders Kade Mitchell and Aiden Roberts and sophomore designated hitter Caleb Menke.
Washburn Rural, which posted a 15-12 record and advanced to Class 6A state tournament this spring, is represented on the first team by junior infielder Austin Ditch while Junior Blues junior pitcher Isaac Ansley, sophomore pitcher Tyler Edmiston and junior infielder Nate Selm all earned second-team honors.
Hayden junior pitcher Connor Hanika, sophomore infielder Mason Becker, senior outfielder Brady Heinen and junior catcher Brady Deutsch were second-team picks along with Topeka High junior utility player Drayden Acosta. .
A total of four city players received all-league honorable mention.
Manhattan freshman Asher Newton was named the league's newcomer of the year.
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City schools Seaman, Shawnee Heights and Topeka West had 21 players receive All-United Kansas Conference softball recognition, led by junior player of the year Aubrey Warren of Seaman and senior pitcher of the year Grace Proctor of Shawnee Heights.
Seaman junior infielder Aubrey Warren has been tapped as the United Kansas Conference player of the year by conference coaches. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights senior Grace Proctor has been named the United Kansas Conference pitcher of the year by conference coaches. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Shawnee Heights' Tara Griffith was named the UKC coach of the year after leading the T-Birds to a 20-8 record on the season.
Shawnee Heights softball coach Tara Griffith has been named the United Kansas Conference coach of the year by conference coaches. [File photo/TSN]
Class 5A state tournment qualifiers Seaman and Shawnee Heights combined for eight of the 15 spots on the all-conference first team.
The Vikings led the UKC with five first-team selections -- infielder Warren, senior pitcher Kaelyn O'Rourke, senior catcher Reagan McConnell, senior outfielder Anna McLaughlin and junior designated player Avery Phelps.
Shawnee Heights is represented on the first team by Proctor, senior infielder Taylor Brees and junior outfielder Addison Cooper.
Seaman put freshman pitcher Lydia Dreher and senior infielder Kayleigh Neill on the second team while Shawnee Heights is represented by junior outfielder Shylee Harrington and senior utility player Dayana Miller.
Nine city players received All-UKC honorable mention, including junior Addaline Hall senior infielder Callie Jones, junior infielder Christina Briggs, junior infielder Isabelle Kutina, freshman outfielders Kendall Munoz and Mya Miller and freshman pitcher Jordyn White of Topeka West and sophomore infielder Natalee Simpson and junior utility player Addison Sibley of Seaman.
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WICHITA -- Seaman junior Ryin Miller entered the weekend with a dream and went out and made it a reality Friday and Saturday at Cessna Stadium.
Seaman junior Ryin Miller finishes off Saturday's Class 5A championship in the 1,600 meters at Cessna Stadium. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
After coming from behind to top Salina Central senior star Katelyn Rupe in Friday night's Class 5A girls 3,200 meters Miller returned on Saturday to add championships in the 1,600 and 800, raising her career state victory total to five.
"I'm so excited,'' Miller said. "That probably was like unfathonable freshman year. Like even one would just be crazy to me but that definitely one of my season goals (this spring).
"I have a whiteboard and I write down all my goals and that was like the biggest one in all caps was 'Go three for three at state,' so I'm really happy with it.''
After winning her first 3,200 title in 10 minutes, 19.53 seconds Friday night to thwart Rupe's bid for a fourth title in the event, Miller and Rupe went one-two again in the 1,600, with Miller winning in 4:57.33, and the Viking star picked up her third straight win on Saturday, taking the 800 crown in 2:11.14 to finish her season undefeated individually.
Like she had in the 3,200, Miller ran second to Rupe for most of the 1,600 before taking the lead on the final lap.
Seaman junior Ryin Miller leads the field in Saturday's Class 5A 800 meters race. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Conversely, Miller took control of the 800 from the outset, with Leavenworth sophomore Kelsie Kudzia second in 2:12.99.
"I've had the opportunity to learn from one of my past teammates (Bethany Druse),'' Miller said. "She's a great runner and just one time didn't get out hard enough and got boxed in the 800, which is really easy to do. I think the 800 is probably one of the most tactical races in track and field so I was like, 'Just get out, don't get boxed and just push it and see what happens.' ''
