Williamsburg, Xavier claim four spots apiece on IGCA all-state softball teams

All-tournament captain one week, all-stater the next.

The Iowa Girls Coaches Association released its 2025 all-state softball teams late Monday night, and junior pitcher Jersey Metz highlights a trio of Williamsburg players named to the Class 3A first team.

Seniors Alley Gorsh and Makenna Hughes also were honored after helping lead the Raiders (36-7) to their third consecutive 3A state championship.

Despite modest strikeout numbers, Metz (21-5) was a master of placement and spin, posting a 2.03 ERA. She was the winning pitcher in the Raiders’ 3-2 win over No. 1 Dubuque Wahlert in the 3A final.

Gorsh (.469) and Hughes (.432) combined to score 100 runs and drive in 73.

The top-ranked 4A team for much of the season (it finished fifth at state), Cedar Rapids Xavier (38-6) matched Williamsburg as the area leader in total all-staters, with four — including first-teamers Braylen Conlon and Katie Pilcher.

Bound for the University of Iowa, Conlon (27-1) racked up 318 strikeouts (in 164 innings) and posted a 0.55 ERA. Pilcher (.379) hit 21 home runs — tied for second in the state — and drove in 55 runs.

Those senior batterymates are among seven Metro/Iowa City players to earn first-team all-state status.

Linn-Mar senior pitcher Emily Koranda, who led the Lions to second place in Class 5A, made the big-school first team, as did Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Morgan Hewitt, Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Lily Knutson, Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Riley Redig and Iowa City High’s Molly Carlson.

In the 5A final, Koranda (20-3, 0.85) limited top-ranked Waukee Northwest to a single run in the eight-inning championship-game defeat. She struck out 219 throughout the season and is bound for Missouri State University.

Conlon and Pilcher are joined on the 4A first team by Clear Creek Amana’s Kyla Schulte and Western Dubuque’s Melanie Runde.

The Williamsburg trio are among nine area players to garner first-team honors in 3A. They are accompanied by Ana Glawe of Benton Community, Mya Hillers of Center Point-Urbana, Hayden Gookin of Mount Vernon, Ella Greiner and Leighton Salazer of Washington and Pearson Hall of West Liberty.

Cascade’s Addison Frake, Jesup’s Sarah Mead and Lisbon’s Addie Clark are 2A first-teamers, while the 1A first team includes Rachel Eglseder of Edgewood-Colesburg, Kamryn Fink of Highland, Addison Winters of Lansing Kee, Kenzie Bridgewater of North Linn and Josephine Moore of Sigourney.

Xavier’s Nikki Gahring and Williamsburg’s Adam Berte are the state coaches of the year in 4A and 3A, respectively.

2025 IOWA GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE SOFTBALL TEAMS

Class 5A

FIRST TEAM

Jordyn Kennedy, jr., Ankeny Centennial; Mady Ott, jr., Ankeny Centennial; Brooklyn Teerlinck, sr., Bettendorf; Morgan Hewitt, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Lily Knutson, jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Riley Redig, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Kaylynn Shorter, sr., Davenport North; Clara Page, soph., Des Moines Roosevelt; Sam Gripp, soph., Indianola; Molly Carlson, jr., Iowa City High; Grace Anderson, sr., Johnston; Emily Koranda, sr., Linn-Mar; Kasey Kane, sr., Pleasant Valley; Leah Conlon, sr., Sioux City East; Kennedy Borud, sr., Southeast Polk; Tatum Johnson, jr., Urbandale; Aunya Van Zetten, sr., Waukee Northwest; Sophia Schlader, fr., Waukee Northwest; Kari Rose, soph., West Des Moines Valley; Mackenzie Mohler, sr., West Des Moines Valley.

Coach of the year — Carrie Eby, Waukee Northwest.

SECOND TEAM (area only)

Sophia Kevitt, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Lianna Hull, sr., Iowa City High.

THIRD TEAM (area only)

Ava Erger, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Adalyn Thorstenson, fr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Tatum Goerdt, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Avy Lindsey, sr., Iowa City High; Kaelyn Rickels, sr., Iowa City Liberty; Annie Cassidy, soph., Linn-Mar.

Class 4A

FIRST TEAM

Lauren Hagedorn, jr., Adel ADM; Chloe Roling, fr., Carlisle; Braylen Conlon, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Katie Pilcher, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Kyla Schulte, jr., Clear Creek Amana; Jenah Gray, soph., Dallas Center-Grimes; Addison Lyddon, jr., Dallas Center-Grimes; Hope Allstot, soph., Fort Dodge; Ellie Doster, soph., Fort Dodge; Katie Sniezek, jr., Gilbert; Aubree Davis, jr., Lewis Central; Mack Sims, jr., Newton; Ava Husak, sr., North Polk; Adalynn Johnson, jr., North Scott; Carly Brewer, sr., Norwalk; Nyah Hulbert, sr., Norwalk; Emma Eekhoff, sr., Pella; Brooklyn Ocker, sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton; Melanie Runde, jr., Western Dubuque; Zoey Breeding, sr., Winterset.

Coach of the year — Nikki Gahring, Cedar Rapids Xavier.

SECOND TEAM (area only)

Carley Jonker, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Brenna Williams, jr., Clear Creek Amana; Kaitlyn Thole, sr., Western Dubuque.

THIRD TEAM (area only)

Maddyn Gates, soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Lauren Luzum, jr., Decorah; Kalyn Hackman, sr., Maquoketa; Kyla Ramler, soph., Western Dubuque.

Class 3A

FIRST TEAM

Grace Pence, jr., Albia; Reagan Haynes, soph., Algona; Ana Glawe, sr., Benton Community; Kavri Van Kekerix, sr., Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley; Mya Hillers, sr., Center Point-Urbana; Julia Roth, jr., Dubuque Wahlert; Ruth Tauber, jr., Dubuque Wahlert; Addyson Jeske, sr., Eagle Grove; Hillary Ruschy, sr., Estherville ELC; Rylee Yager, sr., Estherville ELC; Camden Webb, fr., Monroe PCM; Libby Winters, fr., Monroe PCM; Rylee Parsons, jr., Monroe PCM; Hayden Gookin, soph., Mount Vernon; Peyton Jeter, sr., Roland-Story; Isabel Bernard, sr., Sumner-Fredericksburg; Ella Greiner, sr., Washington; Leighton Salazar, jr., Washington; Pearson Hall, sr., West Liberty; Alley Gorsh, sr., Williamsburg; Jersey Metz, jr., Williamsburg; Makenna Hughes, sr., Williamsburg.

Coach of the year — Adam Berte, Williamsburg

SECOND TEAM (area only)

Hannah Greiner, sr., Benton Community; Adelyn Miller, sr., Solon; Susie Funke, jr., West Delaware; Sully Hall, soph., West Liberty; Mallory Wulf, jr., West Liberty; Taylor Sanchez, soph., Williamsburg.

THIRD TEAM (area only)

Layna DeMoss, soph., Benton Community.

Class 2A

FIRST TEAM

Addison Frake, jr., Cascade; Allison Toft, soph., Durant; Haley Glade, sr., Earlham; Peyton Grabenbauer, jr., East Marshall; Sarah Mead, jr., Jesup; Addie Clark, sr., Lisbon; Grace Kissell, fr., Louisa-Muscatine; Hannah Kissell, jr., Louisa-Muscatine; Brenna Staab, sr., Marcus MMCRU; Olivia Chapman, fr., Osage; Chloe Snyder, soph., Pella Christian; Halee Hauswirth, jr., Pocahontas Area; Delaney Matthews, jr., Treynor; Mary Stephens, sr., Underwood; Finley Netten, fr., Van Meter; Ava Hohenadel, sr., Van Meter; Cali Richards, sr., Van Meter; Libby Trewin, sr., West Fork; JoAnna Wallace, sr., West Fork; Ella Langenhorst, sr., West Lyon; Jersey Hawf, sr., West Lyon; Savannah Lucas, sr., West Monona.

Coach of the year — James Flaws, Van Meter.

SECOND TEAM (area only)

Ingrid Landa, jr., Alburnett; Maggie Cassidy, fr., Dyersville Beckman; Hayden Kresser, jr., Jesup; Kallie Freiburger, jr., Maquoketa Valley.

THIRD TEAM (area only)

Kate Green, sr., Cascade.

Class 1A

FIRST TEAM

Katie Quick, sr., Ankeny Christian; Claire Lodge, sr., Clarksville; Emmalee Manwarren, sr., Clarksville; Rachel Eglseder, jr., Edgewood-Colesburg; Mariah Myers, sr., Fort Dodge St. Edmond; Lauren Gibb, sr., Fort Dodge St. Edmond; Lana Alley, soph., Fremont-Mills; Kamryn Fink, fr., Highland; Addison Winters, jr., Lansing Kee; Ellie Baker, sr., Martensdale St. Marys; Sami Kruckenberg, jr., Mason City Newman; Keirsten Klein, jr., Murray; Kinzee Hinders, sr., Newell-Fonda; Kenzie Bridgewater, sr., North Linn; Elly Henderson, sr., Oakland Riverside; Madison Kelley, jr., Oakland Riverside; Josephine Moore, sr., Sigourney; Jaycee Neer, sr., Southeast Warren; Taylor Buhr, jr., Wapsie Valley; Izzie Moore, sr., Wayne; Allie Jo Fortune, sr., Wayne; Charlie Pryor, sr., Woodbine.

Coach of the year — Kate Bauman, Clarksville.

SECOND TEAM (area only)

Faith Dugan, fr., Edgewood-Colesburg; Taylor Mikesell, sr., English Valleys; Lilly Barre, sr., Highland; Lydia Kriegel, sr., Iowa Valley.

THIRD TEAM (area only)

Karagyn Minnaert, sr., BGM; McKenna Hoefer, jr., Edgewood-Colesburg; Delaney Shaw, sr., Hillcrest Academy; Ayla Hall, sr., HLV-TC; Lilah Strong, soph., Lansing Kee; Dani Aller, sr., Sigourney; Addison Merritt, soph., Springville.

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