By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural, which finished third in the Class 6A state soccer tournament had six players receive All-State recognition from the Kansas State Soccer Coaches Association while Seaman had a pair of honorees in 5A.
Rural, which won the Centennial League title and advanced to the 6A final four for the seventh straight season, is represented on the All-6A first team by senior forward Brynn Fitzgibbons, junior midfielders Hunter McWilliams and Belle Kennedy, with Kennedy being named the 6A midfielder of the year after leading the Junior Blues in goals and assists and earning first-team All-Shawnee County honors.
Belle Kennedy
Brynn Fitzgibbons
Hunter McWilliams
Junior Blues senior midfielder Joy Ngibuini and junior McKenna Merrick were named to the All-6A second team while sophomore Hailey Beck received honorable mention.
Seaman seniors Riley Cowan and Hailey Hershey were both named to the All-5A second-team.
KANSAS STATE SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE SOCCER
CLASS 6A
First team
Forwards -- Reese Birch, so., Shawnee Mission East; Brynn Fitzgibbons, sr., Washburn Rural; Reagan Geisbrecht, sr., Manhattan; Julia House, so., Shawnee Mission South; Izzy Joyce, fr., Shawnee Mission West; Ashley Koch, so., Shawnee Mission East; Kendall Starcevich, jr., Olathe West; Chelsea Wagner, jr., Blue Valley North.
Midfielders -- Grace Bartlett, jr., Blue Valley West; Taylor Berman, jr., Blue Valley West; Mackenzie Hammontree, jr., Blue Valley; Sydney Herpich, sr., Shawnee Mission East; Belle Kennedy, jr., Washburn Rural; Kourtney Koc, sr., Shawnee Mission East; Hunter McWilliams, jr., Washburn Rural.
Defenders -- Jenna Anderson, sr,. Blue Valley; Gracen Chaney, sr., Olathe West; Lily Hendrickson, so., Olathe West; Lindsey Kuhlman, sr., Blue Valley West; Lily Rosenbaum, sr., Olathe East; Sophia Ruadez, jr., Blue Valley West; Lauren Vestring, sr., Wichita Northwest.
Goalkeeper -- Tori Spurgeon, sr., Olathe Northwest.
Second team
Forwards -- Josie Hallier, sr., Hutchinson; Alexis Jennerwein, jr., Olathe West; Peyton Martin-Peterson, jr., Wichita East; Reese Snowden, fr., Manhattan; Alisia Solis, sr., Dodge City; Emma Thurston, jr., Shawnee Mission South.
Midfielders -- Sam Grynkiewicz, sr. Manhattan; Reese, Heaney, sr., Blue Valley; Olivia Kramer, sr., Blue Valley North; Samantha Lockett, so., Shawnee Mission Northwest; Olivia Morris, sr., Shawnee Mission West; Joy Ngibuini, sr., Washburn Rural; Yossimar Villagrana, sr., Wichita East.
Defenders -- Cate Holzbeirlein, so., Shawnee Mission East; Marleigh Hutchinson, sr., Manhattan; Addisyn Jones, sr., Olathe East; McKenna Merrick, jr., Washburn Rural; Joelie Riely, sr., Shawnee Mission West; Logan Riley, jr., Derby; Ella Ruliffson, jr., Manhattan; Ava Weiland, fr., Shawnee Mission East; Mia Yang, so., Blue Valley.
Goalkeepers -- Willow Good, sr., Shawnee Mission West; Maddi Meehan, sr., Olathe West.
Honorable mention
Forwards -- Ashley Carillo, jr., Liberal; Araziah Mendoza, sr., Wichita East; Trinity Perry, fr., Wichita East; Jimena Ramirez, fr., Wichita Heights.
Midfielders -- Payton Benoit, so., Wichita Northwest; Kristen Bourguois, so., Derby; Brenley Cunningham, so., Gardner-Edgerton; Stefany Ortuno, sr., Liberal; Giselle Vielmas, sr., Derby; Harlie Wilson, jr., Hutchinson.
Defenders -- Keilann Heath, fr., Wichita Northwest; Kenia Martinez, sr., Liberal; Roxzana Martinez, sr., Wichita East; Rebekah Reed, sr., Wichita Heights; Kira Stambaugh, so., Olathe West.
Goalkeeper -- Hailey Beck, so., Washburn Rural; Morgan Dunn, jr., Wichita Northwest; Annie Jolly, sr., Wichita Heights; Taylor McHugh, so., Manhattan.
Co-Forwards of the Year -- Reagan Geisbrecht, Manhattan, and Ashley Koch, Shawnee Mission East.
Midfielder of the Year -- Belle Kennedy, Washburn Rural
Defender of the Year -- Jenna Anderson, Blue Valley.
Goalkeeper of the Year -- Tori Spurgeon, Olathe Northwest.
Co-Coaches of the year -- Austin Clifton, Wichita Northwest, and Jamie Kelly, Shawnee Mission East.
CLASS 5A
First team
Forwards -- Lexi Dillon, sr., Spring Hill; Destiny Hoy, jr., Bishop Carroll; Hadlie Lowe, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Grace O'Keefe, sr., St. Thomas Aquinas; Khloe Schuckman, sr., Bishop Carroll; Halery Sparks, sr., Valley Center; Peyton Wagoner, sr., Mill Valley; Lexi Watts, jr., St. James Academy; Sydney Watts, so., St. Thomas Aquinas; Jordan Zade, sr., De Soto.
Midfielders -- Jaden Allen, sr., Bishop Carroll; Carlin Blake, sr., Blue Valley Southwest; Jaylie Hicklin, sr., Blue Valley Southwest; Makenzie Orr, jr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Mallory Putnam, sr., Spring Hill; Lexi Rasmussen, sr., St. James Academy; Lexi Ruf, sr., Blue Valley Southwest.
Defenders -- Taylor Bockover, sr., Bishop Carroll; Assa Kante, jr., St. Thomas Aquinas; Kaylee Wilcox, sr., Maize; Natalie Wilson, sr., Blue Valley Southwest.
Goalkeepers -- Sydney Beck, sr., Blue Valley Southwest; Madi Wingler, jr., Bishop Carroll.
Second team
Forwards -- Ryann Clark, so., Piper; Kyndal Ewertz, fr., Maize South; Hadley Lockhart, so., Mill Valley; Cassandra Moeder, sr., Andover Central; Sierra Montez, so., Piper; Hannah Palmer, fr., Blue Valley Southwest; Haley Rogers, jr., Maize.
Midfielders -- Macie Albright, sr., De Soto; Madalyn Crow, sr., Salina South; Reagan Downes, jr., Spring Hill; Jane Hanson, fr., St. Thomas Aquinas; Grace Long, so., Bishop Carroll; Molly Ricker, sr. Mill Valley; Kaylyn Truong, jr., Maize South.
Defenders -- Riley Cowan, sr., Seaman; Eden Hadley, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Emma Hawley, sr., Piper; Hailey Hershey, sr., Seaman; Gracie Knight, so., Mill Valley; Mia Long, sr., Maize South; Olivia Page, so., De Soto; Brooke Powell, jr., Spring Hill; Alayna Runck, jr., Maize; Kaelyn Sueper, so., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Lainey Waldron, sr., Mill Valley; Reagan Weimer, sr., St. Thomas Aquinas.
Goalkeeper -- Taylor James, sr., St. Thomas Aquinas.
Honorable mention
Forwards -- Kyndell Letcher, so., Piper; Giselle Nash, so., Salina South; Lauren O'Connor, jr., St. Thomas Aquinas; Caroline Robben, jr., Hays.
Midfielders -- Ruby Aguilar, jr,. Valley Center; Hannah Boa, jr., Emporia; Chloe Collins, so., De Soto; Lexy Eddy, sr., Valley Center; Isabelle Jones, fr., De Soto; Alexa Meyer, sr., Maize South; Elyce Pfeifer, jr., Maize; Paige Putter, so., Maize; Ryia Richardson, sr., Piper; Maggie Robben, sr., Hays; Maggie Severs, so., Kapaun Mt. Carmel.
Defenders -- Madison Bliss, sr., Maize South; Monique Fair, sr., Salina South.
Goalkeepers -- Alli Harrington, sr., Spring Hill; Kyrah Klumpp, sr., Valley Center; Haley Koster, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Sara Lake, sr., Piper; Larissa Thomas, jr., Mill Valley.
Forward of the Year -- Grace O'Keefe, St. Thomas Aquinas.
Midfielder of the Year -- Jaylie Hicklin, Blue Valley Southwest.
Defender of the Year -- Natalie Wilson, Blue Valley Southwest.
Goalkeeper of the Year -- Madi Wingler, Bishop Carroll.
Coach of the Year -- Adam Lamb, St. Thomas Aquinas.
CLASS 4-1A
First team
Forwards -- Megan Everhart, jr., McPherson; Kenzee Godwin, sr., McPherson; Alexis Hutton, sr., Buhler; Karlie Kanaga, so., Mulvane; Olivia Kenas, sr., Wichita Collegiate; Lauren Labertew, jr., McPherson; Rose Lenihan, so., Bishop Miege.
Midfielders -- Olivia Barber, sr., Louisburg; Emily Carrasco, sr., Bishop Miege; Kate Erpelding, sr., Eudora; Ella Howard, jr., Bishop Miege; Brooklyn Hunter, sr., Circle; Reese Johnson, jr., Louisburg; Emma Kolbe, jr., Mulvane; Lexi Kynaston, sr., McPherson; Riley Smith, jr., Baldwin; Carsyn Soto, sr., Circle; Aubrey Tanksley, jr., Buhler.
Defenders -- Sydney Achilles, jr., McPherson; Kenzi Gillispie, sr., Circle; Ayden Green, sr., Bishop Miege; Kate Pedrotti, fr., Bishop Miege; Lauren Russell, sr., Baldwin.
Goalkeeper -- Caroline Gyllenborg, sr., Bishop Miege.
Second team
Forwards -- Lola Edwards, fr., Louisburg; Jayla Erpelding, fr., Eudora; Hannah Thong, fr., Olathe Heritage Christian.
Midfielders -- Belle Alexander, sr., McPherson; Maddie Boman, sr., Wichita Collegiate; Carrie Cunningham, fr., Olathe Heritage Christian; Sophia Klaver, jr., Wichita Trinity; Maren Lackey, jr., Buhler; Emma Liebelt, jr., Olathe Heritage Christian; Amaleigh Mattison, sr., Buhler; Alex Pascua, sr., Eudora.
Defenders -- Grace Brown, jr., Wichita Collegiate; Lanna Chase, sr., Circle; Kilar Gilliespie, fr., Circle; Mallory Hanen, sr., Buhler; Zamauria Herring, sr., Atchison; Haley Hughes, sr., Mulvane; Hailey Sword, fr., Louisburg.
Goalkeepers -- Jessi Ferneau, sr., Buhler; Ryleigh Schiffelbein, so., Mulvane; Hannah Stipp, so., Circle; Leah Williams, sr., Eudora.
Honorable mention
Forwards -- Cambria Crowe, sr., Baldwin; Aubrey Winter, jr., Wichita Trinity.
Midfielders -- Emerie Boman, so., Wichita Collegiate; Abby Patterson, jr., Baldwin.
Defenders -- Anna Schenk, fr., Olathe Heritage Christian; Leia Shank, jr., Wichita Collegiate; Mallory Vickers, jr., Eudora.
Goalkeepers -- Katherine Harris, jr., Atchison; Jenna Wright, sr., Olathe Heritage Christian.
Forward of the Year -- Alexis Hutton, Buhler.
Midfielder of the Year -- Emily Carrasco, Bishop Miege.
Defender of the Year -- Ayden Greene, Bishop Miege.
Goalkeeper of the Year -- Caroline Gyllenborg, Bishop Miege.
Coach of the Year -- Nate Huppe, Bishop Miege.
