The 25-player Softball Coaches Association of Indiana Class 3A/4A First Team All-State squad includes a pair of Golden Bears.

Shelbyville’s Karissa Hamilton and Kylee Edwards earned the postseason honor after leading the Golden Bears to the 4A semistate championship game.

Hamilton (main photo) hit .526 this season with nine doubles, five triples, 11 home runs and 39 runs batted in. For her career, the University of Kentucky recruit hit .533 with 28 doubles, 14 triples and a program-record 40 home runs.

Edwards (photo) led Shelbyville with a .538 batting average this season with 17 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 41 RBIs and 43 runs. In her first two seasons with the Golden Bears, the Mississippi State recruit is hitting .490 with 26 doubles, five triples, nine home runs, 64 RBIs and 87 runs.

Also named 3A/4A First Team All-State were Valparaiso’s Charlotte Dombrowski and Paiton Illiff, Lake Central’s Kiley Conner, Crown Point’s Emily Phillips, Munster’s Char Lorenz, Goshen’s Tyra Marcum, Leo’s Ellie Sander, Kokomo’s Karley Trine, Northridge’s Abigail Hostetler, South Bend St. Joe’s Berkley Zache, Roncalli’s Keagan Rothrock and Lyla Blackwell, Mooresville’s Alexandra Cooper, Westfield’s Avery Parker, Guerin Catholic’s Izzy Kemp, Whiteland’s Debbie Hill, Columbus North’s Maddi Rutan, Center Grove’s Ryley Henson, Gibson Southern’s Brenna Blume, Castle’s Jackie Lis, Bedford North Lawrence’s Annie Waggoner and Ava Ratliff, and Corydon Central’s Bella Gerlach.

Hamilton is one of five Miss Softball finalists.

Also part of the final five are Pioneer’s Hailey Cripe, Kokomo’s Karley Trine, Westfield’s Avery Parker and Gibson Southern’s Brenna Blume.