HSSR's SCISA Softball Superlatives

Billy Baker • July 1, 2025

Clarendon Hall Academy's Mandy Wells the 2025 HSSR-SCISA Career Miss Softball.

2025 HSSR-SCISA Softball Superlatives


2025 HSSR-SCISA Miss Softball - Maddie Coward -Pee Dee Academy

2025 HSSR-SCISA Career Miss Softball - Mandy Wells - Clarendon Hall  

2025 HSSR-SCISA Co-AAAA Player of Year - Laini Kosinski - Laurence Manning

2025 HSSR-SCISA Co-AAAA Player of Year - Lyza Prickelmeyer - Laurence Manning 

2025 HSSR-SCISA AAA Player of Year - Preston Schurlknight - Orangeburg Prep

2025 HSSR-SCISA AA Player of Year - Raley Frye - Carolina Academy

2025 HSSR-SCISA Class A Player of Year - Taylor Wright - Holly Hill Academy  

2025 HSSR-SCISA AAAA Coach of Year - Buddy Truett - Laurence Manning

2025 HSSR-SCISA AAA Coach of Year - Will Eskridge - Pee Dee Academy

2025 HSSR-SCISA AA Coach of Year - Scotty Phillips - The Carolina Academy

2025 HSSR-SCISA Class A Coach of Year - Kally Knight - Holly Hill Academy

 

2025 HSSR-SCISA AAAA All-State Softball 

  *Tori Brandon - Cardinal Newman

  *Bailey Brown - Augusta Christian

  * Ali Dorrington - Hammond

  *Ava Sapp - Hammond

  *Stephanie Jones - Ben Lippen

  *Francis Laughlin - Heathwood Hall

  *Talan Griffin - Wilson Hall

  *Ashley Rae Hodge - Laurence Manning

  *Marlee Black - Laurence Manning

  *Lilly Grace Prybyla - Wilson Hall

  *Marsha Cate Skey - Wilson Hall

  *Lauren Majorkiewiz - John Paul II

 

HSSR-SCISA 2024 AAA All-State Softball

  *Addison Hasty - Pee Dee Academy

  *Hannah Lambrecht - Orangeburg Prep

  *Lauren Ballew - Orangeburg Prep

  *Jane Walker Yonce - Orangeburg-Prep 

  *Anslea Aaron - Calhoun Academy

  *Coker Carson - Calhoun Academy 

  *Calli Yount - Clarendon Hall

  *Skylar Dymond - Clarendon Hall

  *Maggie Harrington - Clarendon Hall

  *Sydney Stivender - Colleton Prep

  *Molly Andrews - Dillon Christian

  *Abby Ward - Williamsburg Academy

  *Elizaberh Thompson - Spartanburg Christian

HSSR-SCISA 2024 Class AA All-State Softball

  *Carly Smith - The Carolina Academy

  *Ella Ham - The Carolina Academy

  *Emery McClure - Dorchester Academy

  *Lily Canaday - Dorchester Academy

  *Alaysia Hollings - Cross Schools

  *Savannah Hollings - Cross Schools

  *Ansley Nesbit - Lee Academy

 

HSSR-SCISA 2025 Class A All-State Softball

  *Zoey Livingston - WW King

  *Claire Massey - WW King

  *Braylee Burke - Laurens Academy

  *Carrigan Moore - Andrew Jackson Academy

  *Kaylee Brabham - Holly Hill Academy

  *Shelby Hinson - Holly Hill Academy

  *Kinlee Ray -Jefferson Davis

  *Brianna McNeil - Wardlaw Academy

  *Madelyn Roscoe - Marlboro Academy

  *Kate Leslie - Marlboro Academy

 

HSSR Statewide All-Rookie 2025 Softball Team

  *Garrison Aiken - Byrnes

  *Wren Gaines - Byrnes

  *Alexa Miller - Oceanside Collegiate

  *Hannah Tilley - Woodmont

  *Kyndal Parker - Crescent

  *Ella Cate Plyer - Buford

  *Ellie Yonce - Wardlaw Academy

  *Zoey Culick - East Clarendon

  *Kinsley Terrapin - Barnwell

  *Maevin Morino - Summerville


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