Hayden's Bill Arnold has been named the Centennial League Baseball Coach of the Year after the Wildcats won the undefeated league title.

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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.

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Shawnee Heights senior Grace Proctor has been named the UKC Softball Pitcher of the Year by conference coaches.

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Seaman junior infielder Aubrey Warren has been tapped as the UKC Softball Player of the Year by conference coaches.

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Shawnee Heights softball coach Tara Griffith has been named the UKC Coach of the Year by conference coaches.

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Shawnee Heights, which won the United Kansas Conference championship and advanced to the Class 5A state baseball tournament, put three players on the All-United Kansas Conference first team.

 TrevorSchattillyShawnee Heights senior pitcher Trevor Schattilly has been named to the All-United Kansas Conference baseball first team along with senior Caden Walker and freshman Deacon Pomeroy. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]

Senior pitcher Trevor Schattilly, senior outfielder Caden Walker and freshman infielder Deacon Pomeroy were all named to the all-conference first team for the T-Birds while Shawnee Heights coach Ryan Schmidt was named the UKC coach of the year after Heights posted a 13-10 record. Shawnee Heights' season ended with a 2-0 loss to Bishop Carroll in the first round of the 5A state tournament.

Heights juniors Evan Smith and Nic Perez and sophomore Jacob Malcom received All-UKC second-team recognition while seniors Braedon Ginter and Savon Scott received honorable mention.

ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE BASEBALL

First team

Carter Bergman, sr. catcher, Basehor-Linwood; Jackson Herbel, sr. infielder, Basehor-Linwood; Mason Morgan, jr. pitcher, Basehor-Linwood; Cooper Schwindt, sr. infielder, De Soto; Zach Schwarzenberger, sr., outfielder, De Soto; Landon Reith, sr. pitcher, De Soto; Kaid Keller, sr., designated hitter, Lansing; Tonio Mendez, so. infielder, Lansing; Blake Slaughter, jr. outfielder, Lansing; Kylar Jaccard, sr. outfielder, Lansing; Bryce Turner, sr. utility, Lansing; Angel Rosario, sr. infielder, Leavenworth; Deacon Pomeroy, fr. infielder, Shawnee Heights; Caden Walker, sr. outfielder, Shawnee Heights; Trevor Schattilly, sr. pitcher, Shawnee Heights.

Second team

Jackson Bizzell, jr. designated hitter, Basehor-Linwood; Will Howard, fr. infielder, Basehor-Linwood; Alec Sharp, sr. outfielder, Basehor-Linwood; Bryce Englehart, sr. infielder, De Soto; Ethan McCombs, sr. outfielder, DeSoto; Will Thurman, sr. pitcher, De Soto; Dalton Jorgensen, so. utility, Lansing; Jackson Harding, so. catcher, Leavenworth; Dalton Gaspard, sr. infielder, Leavenworth; Brandon Jones, jr. pitcher, Leavenworth; Evan Smith, jr. infielder, Shawnee Heights; Jacob Malcom, so. outfielder, Shawnee Heights; Nic Perez, jr. pitcher, Shawnee Heights; Erikson George, fr. infielder, Turner; Brett Langley, sr. outfielder, Turner.

Honorable mention

Basehor-Linwood: Brady Garrison, sr. De Soto: Sam Fox, sr.; Wyatt Lowry, sr. Lansing: Dakota Schick, sr.; James Umbarger, so. Leavenworth: Devon Bruning, sr.; Tristan Simpson, sr. Shawnee Heights: Braedon Ginter, sr.; Savon Scott, sr. Turner: Silas Soto, sr.; Matt Jimenez, sr.

Player of the year -- Cooper Schwindt, De Soto.

Pitcher of the year -- Landon Reith, De Soto.

Coach of the year -- Ryan Schmidt, Shawnee Heights.

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