Four area players on Frontier League softball team

Four area softball players earned first-team All-Frontier League honors.

Ottawa senior Tatum Knight (pitcher) and junior Shea Mesik (infield), De Soto senior Sarah Salvini (outfield) and Baldwin senior Sierra Hall (outfield) were selected to the first team by the league’s coaches.

Baldwin outfielder Kassadie Burton and infielder Madeline Neufeld, Ottawa outfielder Bayliegh Nelson and catcher Amy Wilson, De Soto infielder Morgan Stonestreet and Eudora utility player Jordan Flakus earned second-team nods.

Eudora’s Brooklyn Beerbower and Madison McGinness, along with De Soto’s Kylee Cronin and Ottawa’s Kamryn Shaffer, received an honorable mention.

2015 All-Frontier League softball team

First team infielders: Dani Townley, Jr., Spring Hill; Allison Daggett, Soph., Paola; Shea Mesik, Jr., Ottawa; Chasity Ward, Sr., Spring Hill.

First team outfielders: Sarah Salvini, Sr., De Soto; Sierra Hall, Sr., Baldwin; Morgan Laudan, Jr., Paola.

First team catcher: Sierra Sanderson, Soph., Spring Hill.

First team pitchers: Sarah Brown, Soph., Spring Hill; Tatum Knight, Sr., Ottawa.

First team utility player: Jordan Johnson, Fr., Paola.

Second team infielders: Lyndsee Johnson, Sr., Paola; Matti Morgan, Soph., Paola; Morgan Stonestreet, Sr., De Soto; Madeline Neufeld, Jr., Baldwin.

Second team outfielders: Jenna Nevius, Sr., Spring Hill; Bayliegh Nelson, Jr., Ottawa; Miranda White, Jr., Louisburg.

Second team catcher: Amy Wilson, Sr., Ottawa.

Second team pitchers: Mary Kate Hale, Soph., Spring Hill; Kassadie Burton, Sr., Baldwin.

Second team utility player: Jordan Flakus, Soph., Eudora.

Honorable mentions: Elizabeth Hays, Fr., Spring Hill; Brooklyn Beerbower, Soph., Eudora; Kamryn Shaffer, Fr., Ottawa; Courtney Earring, Soph., Paola; Madison McGinness, Sr., Eudora; Kylee Cronin, Sr., De Soto.