The Hoosier Heritage Conference announced the 2023 All-Conference Softball squad.
The highly-competitive conference that has produced two regional champions in Pendleton Heights and Yorktown honored 20 athletes with its All-HHC designation.
Shelbyville seniors Kylee Edwards and Hailey Pogue, junior Cheyenne Eads and sophomore Addie Stieneker were selected to represent the Golden Bears.
Edwards, a Mississippi State commit, hit .557 this season with eight doubles, 16 home runs and 47 runs scored.
Pogue (main photo), an Indianapolis commit, hit .457 with 17 doubles, four triples, two home runs, 26 runs batted in and 32 runs scored. She also finished with a 7-2 record in the pitcher’s circle.
Eads, Shelbyville’s No. 1 pitcher, collected 13 wins and 193 strikeouts this season. She also hit .344 with nine doubles, four home runs and 23 RBIs.
Stieneker (photo) followed up her strong freshman season with a .436 batting average with 12 doubles, seven home runs and 40 RBIs.
Also selected All-HHC were:
- Greenfield-Central’s Camille Burelison and Olivia Roberts
- Mt. Vernon’s Shelby Rakosky and Easton Wampler
- New Castle’s Madi Moffitt
- New Palestine’s Aglaia Rudd, Allie Blum, Paige Ernstes and Sydney Oliver
- Pendleton Heights’ Bo Shelton, Katelin Goodwin, Kiah Hubble and Shelby Messer
- Yorktown’s Lexy Morris, Caitlyn LaFerney and Abbie Booher
Shelbyville head coach Mark Hensley was named HHC Coach of the Year after leading the Golden Bears to a share of the HHC title for a second-consecutive season.
Shelbyville (20-8, 6-1 HHC) and New Palestine (23-5, 6-1 HHC) shared the HHC team title.
Pendleton Heights (24-5-1, 5-2) finished third ahead of Yorktown (17-8, 4-3), Greenfield-Central (18-9, 3-4), Mt. Vernon (14-11, 3-4), New Castle (9-15, 1-6) and Delta (1-24, 0-7).
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