SBLive's All-East Texas softball teams, awards for 2022: Montgomery Lake Creek's Ava Brown is MVP

With six newly-crowned state champions celebrating across the Lone Star State and the 2022 Texas high school softball season officially in the books, it’s time to hand out some hardware to the state’s most dominant players on the diamond.

SBLive Texas will recognize the top pitchers, slappers, power hitters and defensive stars in high school softball around the state this year with our All-Region - Central, East, North, South and West - Texas high school softball teams. After our All-Region teams are unveiled we will release SBLive’s All-State Softball teams.

We’ll begin our end-of-season softball honors in one of the most-densely talented regions of Texas - and the country - for high school softball. We’re kicking things off in the Brazos Valley, Golden Triangle, Houston area and beyond by revealing SBLive’s 2022 All-East Texas Softball.

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Our All-Region teams feature First Team, Second Team and Third Team selections, as well as awards for MVP, Pitcher of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Coach of the Year. 

The teams and awards were compiled by SBLive Texas reporter Andrew McCulloch. 

*Editor’s Note: College commitments and 2022 season stats are listed where available.

ALL-EAST TEXAS SOFTBALL AWARDS

All-East Texas MVP — Ava Brown, Junior, P/1B, Montgomery Lake Creek 

(Florida commit; 30-0 record, 0.46 ERA, 335 Ks, .109 opponents’ batting average, 68 hits allowed, 1.000 fielding percentage, Four no-hitters, 183.1 IP; .405 AVG, 49 hits, 43 RBI, 24 extra-base hits, 15 runs scored, 10 HRs in 41 GP)

All-East Texas Pitcher of the Year — Emma Strood, Senior, P/UTL, League City Clear Springs 

(LSU signee; 20-3 record, 1.06 ERA, 260 Ks, .141 opponents’ batting average, 70 hits allowed, .971 fielding percentage, Two no-hitters, 138.1 IP; .385 AVG, 35 hits, 26 RBI, 16 extra-base hits, 13 runs scored, Six HRs in 34 GP)

All-East Texas Offensive Player of the Year — Maddie McKee, Junior, SS/LF, Montgomery Lake Creek 

(LSU commit; .511 AVG, 72 hits, 70 runs scored, 47 RBI, 28 extra-base hits, Seven HRs, 1.405 OPS, 77 SBs, .927 fielding percentage in 41 GP)

All-East Texas Defensive Player of the Year — Hailey Golden, Junior, OF, Pearland 

(Texas A&M commit; .625 AVG, 75 hits, 61 runs scored, 37 SBs, 24 RBI, 10 extra-base hits, 1.416 OPS, 1.000 fielding percentage in 39 GP)

All-East Texas Newcomer of the Year — Addyson Sheppard, Freshman, 3B/C/SS, Kingwood 

(.406 AVG, 42 RBI, 39 hits, 31 runs scored, 23 extra-base hits, 1.387 OPS, 12 HRs in 34 GP)

All-East Texas Coach of the Year — Michelle Rochinski, Montgomery Lake Creek 

(4th season, led the Lady Lions to the 5A UIL State Championship)

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FIRST TEAM ALL-EAST TEXAS

Pitcher — Katy Sanders, Junior, P/UTL, Hampshire-Fannett 

(27-5 record, 1.22 ERA, 326 Ks, .138 opponents’ batting average, 105 hits allowed, 206.1 IP; .459 AVG, 55 RBI, 50 hits, 29 extra-base hits, Nine SBs, Nine HRs, 1.433 OPS in 38 GP)

Pitcher — Carson Fall, Sophomore, P, Bridge City 

(23-3 record, 0.55 ERA, 372 Ks, 55 hits allowed, 165.1 IP; .323 AVG, 14 RBI, Three HRs in 26 GP)

Catcher — Victoria Valdez, Senior, C/3B/1B, Alvin 

(Texas Tech signee; .541 AVG, 46 hits, 44 RBI, 33 runs scored, 25 extra-base hits, 1.613 OPS, Six HRs, Five Ks, .966 fielding percentage, 139 putouts in 32 GP)

First Base — Kasidi Pickering, Junior, 1B/P, Humble Atascocita 

(Oklahoma commit; .608 AVG, 59 hits, 52 runs scored, 49 RBI, 28 extra-base hits, 1.885 OPS, 14 HRs, 11 SBs, .967 fielding percentage in 34 GP)

Second Base — Kayla Zaid, Senior, 2B/INF, Deer Park 

(Houston signee)

Shortstop — Grace Thompson, Senior, SS/3B, Beaumont West Brook 

(Ole Miss signee)

Third Base — Kylie Bishop, Senior, 3B/LF, Liberty 

(Sam Houston State signee; .403 AVG in 44 GP)

Outfield — Mihyia Davis, Senior, CF/OF, Lovelady 

(Louisiana Lafayette signee; .659 AVG in 42 GP)

Outfield — D’Auna Jennings, Senior, OF, Galena Park North Shore 

(Duke signee; .533 AVG, 32 hits, 28 runs scored, 16 RBI, 1.333 OPS, Seven extra-base hits, .650 AVG with RISP, 22 SBs in 20 GP)

Outfield — Gabby Rawls, Senior, CF/OF, Conroe Grand Oaks 

(Texas Tech signee)

Utility — Ariel Kowaleski, Junior, C/UTL, Fort Bend Travis 

(Florida commit; .663 AVG, 55 hits, 47 runs scored, 25 RBI, 22 extra-base hits, 1.837 OPS, Four HRs; in 28 GP)

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SECOND TEAM ALL-EAST TEXAS

Pitcher — Lexie Warncke, Junior, P, East Bernard 

(Baylor commit; 22-5 record, 1.39 ERA, 340 Ks, 87 hits allowed, .137 opponents’ batting average, 176.2 IP; .448 AVG, 47 hits, 35 RBI, 23 runs scored, 20 extra-base hits in 35 GP)

Pitcher — Grace Sparks, Senior, P, Crosby 

(Ole Miss signee)

Catcher — Abigail Flores, Senior, C/INF, Beaumont United 

(Baylor signee)

First Base — Aiyana Coleman, Senior, 1B, College Station A&M Consolidated 

(Texas A&M signee)

Second Base — Sage Scarmardo, Senior, 2B/SS, College Station 

(Purdue signee; .529 AVG, 41 runs scored, 36 hits, 18 extra-base hits, 11 RBI, 1.570 OPS, 23 SBs, .971 fielding percentage in 26 GP)

Shortstop — Ella McDowell, Sophomore, SS/C/INF, Richmond Foster

Third Base — Kate Bubela, Junior, 3B/SS, El Campo 

(North Carolina commit)

Outfield — Alannah Leach, Junior, OF, The Woodlands 

(Tennessee commit; .478 AVG, 66 hits, 45 RBI, 42 runs scored, 21 extra-base hits, 1.238 OPS, 17 SBs, Four HRs, 1.000 fielding percentage in 43 GP)

Outfield — Bailey Edwards, Senior, OF, Lumberton 

(North Carolina State signee)

Outfield — Delaney Dunham, Senior, CF/OF, Barbers Hill 

(McNeese State signee)

Utility — Katie Lott, Senior, UTL, Cypress Woods 

(Oklahoma State signee; .500 AVG, 51 hits, 45 runs scored, 35 RBI, 22 extra-base hits, 1.450 OPS, Nine SBs, Six HRs, Two Ks, .914 fielding percentage in 35 GP)

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THIRD TEAM ALL-EAST TEXAS

Pitcher — Reese Cottrell, Sophomore, P, Franklin 

(34-5 record, 1.71 ERA, 253 Ks; .526 AVG, 65 RBI, 26 extra-base hits in 39 GP)

Pitcher — Chloe Riassetto, Senior, P/1B, Friendswood 

(Louisiana-Lafayette signee; 15-3 record, 1.28 ERA, 187 Ks, .175 opponents’ batting average, 86 hits allowed, 131.2 IP; .430 AVG, 46 hits, 44 RBI, 24 extra-base hits, 21 runs scored, 10 HRs, 1.316 OPS in 37 GP)

Catcher — Ellington Whitaker, Senior, C/INF, Houston Kinkaid 

(Baylor signee)

First Base — Grace Janik, Senior, 1B/3B, Fort Bend Ridge Point 

(McNeese State signee)

Second Base — Shelby Frazier, Senior, UTL/INF, Cypress Bridgeland 

(Pitt signee; .365 AVG, 31 hits, 23 RBI, 23 runs scored, 16 extra-base hits, Nine SBs in 32 GP)

Shortstop — Avery Hodge, Senior, SS/2B, Fort Bend Christian Academy 

(Oklahoma signee)

Third Base — Madelyn Lopez, Senior, 3B/OF, Montgomery Lake Creek 

(Syracuse signee; .466 AVG, 54 hits, 48 RBI, 38 runs scored, 22 extra-base hits, Four HRs, Three Ks, 1.250 OPS, 17 SBs, .958 fielding percentage in 35 GP)

Outfield — Carmen Uribe, Sophomore, OF/2B, Montgomery Lake Creek 

(.504 AVG, 63 hits, 45 runs scored, 29 RBI, 1.088 OPS, 29 SBs, 1.000 fielding percentage in 32 GP)

Outfield — Jensen Vienne, Senior, OF/UTL, Huntsville 

(Baylor signee; .415 AVG, 39 hits, 35 runs scored, 24 RBI, .979 fielding percentage, 18 extra-base hits, 23 SBs, Six HRs, 1.311 OPS in 36 GP)

Outfield — Gabby Leach, Junior, OF, The Woodlands 

(Tennessee commit; .396 AVG, 57 hits, 54 runs, 42 SBs, 28 RBI, 15 extra-base hits, 1.053 OPS, Five HRs, .957 fielding percentage in 43 GP)

Utility — Kiarra Sells, Senior, C/2B/SS, Jasper 

(Mississippi State commit; .429 AVG, 43 runs scored, 36 RBI, 33 hits, 28 extra-base hits, 15 SBs, 12 HRs, 1.700 OPS in 32 GP)