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CLASS 6A PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Lexie Hames – Seneca Valley

2nd straight year winning Player of the Year

16-1 record, 265 strikeouts, 114 2/3 innings

.380 average, 9 homeruns, 27 RBIs

2024 Gatorade PA Softball Player of the Year

Committed to Clemson

CLASS 6A COACH OF THE YEAR

Brian Mesich – Norwin

Got to the WPIAL Championship as the 5-seed (6 teams make playoffs), finished with 10-11 record

CLASS 5A PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Emma Paul – Armstrong

Led Armstrong to 1st WPIAL title appearance and 1st PIAA victory in basketball, turned silver into WPIAL gold in softball.

.478 average, 7 homeruns, 38 runs scored, 26 RBIs, .609 on base percentage, .899 slugging percentage, 1.507 OPS

.985 fielding percentage

Committed to play softball at Fairmont State

CLASS 5A COACH OF THE YEAR

Heidi Karcher – Thomas Jefferson

Finished 3rd place in the section but got to the WPIAL Championship before falling to Latrobe.

Beat Solanco, West Chester East, Central Mountain and Pittston Area to win the program’s first ever state championship