Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Katie Courter and Grant Lichauer
The spring sports season concluded with local teams competing in baseball, softball and track and field state tournaments. Here are this week’s selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week:
Katie Courter, Eudora
Eudora shortstop Katie Courter was a defensive playmaker in Eudora’s softball’s runner-up finish while also holding the leadoff position in the batting order for the Cardinals.

photo by: David Rodish/Journal-World
Eudora senior shortstop Katie Courter celebrates a Sam Claire strikeout in a 4-0 win over Rock Creek in the 4A state quarterfinal game in Salina on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
Grant Lichauer, Free State
Lichauer made the podium at the 6A state track and field meet twice, with a seventh-place finish in the 800-meter run and for being the anchor in Free State’s 4×800-meter relay team that placed fifth.

Grant Lichauer