This is the complete list of the Statesman Journal All-Mid-Valley softball team.
The player of the year was announced at the Mid-Valley Sports Awards on June 7.
Silverton shortstop Maggie Buckholz waits for the ball against Central during the first game of a doubleheader, on Friday, April 24, 2015, in Independence.
Player of the year: Maggie Buckholz, Silverton.
Silverton High School athlete Maggie Buckholz is photographed for the Mid Valley Sports Awards on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.
Maggie Buckholz
School: Silverton
Year: Sophomore
Position: Shortstop
Statistics: Buckholz batted .624 with .683 on-base and .917 slugging percentages. She hit 15 doubles, two triples, two home runs, stole 24 bases, had 23 RBIs, scored 21 runs and had a .958 fielding percentage.
Honors: First-team all-Mid-Willamette Conference; second-team Class 5A all-state.
Dayton junior pitcher Haley Couch
Haley Couch
School: Dayton
Year: Junior
Position: Pitcher
Statistics: Couch batted .455 with .515 on-base and .602 slugging percentages. She hit seven doubles and three triples, had 36 RBIs, scored 22 runs and had a .911 fielding percentage. She also was 27-4 with a 1.36 ERA and struck out 178 batters against 33 walks in 126 1/3 innings pitched.
Honors: First-team all-West Valley League; West Valley League Player of the Year; first-team Class 3A all-state.
Mid Valley Sports Award nominee Tayler Gunesch stands for a portrait at West Salem High School on Monday, May 23, 2016.
Tayler Gunesch
School: West Salem
Year: Senior
Position: Shortstop
Statistics: Gunesch batted .519 with .613 on-base and .716 slugging percentages. She hit nine doubles, three triples, two home runs, stole 19 bases and had 26 RBIs.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Valley Conference; Greater Valley Conference Player of the Year; first-team Class 6A all-state.
Kylee Hill of Dayton
Kylee Hill
School: Dayton
Year: Junior
Position: Catcher
Statistics: Hill batted .570 with .624 on-base and 1.100 slugging percentages. She hit 13 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, had 61 RBIs, scored 42 runs and had a .986 fielding percentage.
Honors: First-team all-West Valley League; first-team Class 3A all-state; Class 3A state player of the year.
West Salem junior Bailey Holmquist
Bailey Holmquist
School: West Salem
Year: Junior
Position: Second base
Statistics: Holmquist batted .533 with .570 on-base and .638 slugging percentages. She hit seven doubles, two triples, stole 32 bases and had 42 RBIs.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Valley Conference; second-team Class 6A all-state.
Dayton’s Teddi Hop
Teddi Hop
School: Dayton
Year: Senior
Position: Center fielder
Statistics: Hop batted .486 with .548 on-base and .514 slugging percentages. She had three doubles, stole eight bases, had 19 RBIs, scored 54 runs and had a .943 fielding percentage.
Honors: First-team all-West Valley League; first-team Class 3A all-state.
Sprague senior Alex Ledgerwood
Alex Ledgerwood
School: Sprague
Year: Senior
Position: Catcher
Statistics: Ledgerwood batted. 453 with .605 on-base and .811 slugging percentages. She hit five doubles, two triples, five home runs, had 29 RBIs and a .973 fielding percentage.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Valley Conference; first-team Class 6A all-state.
Scio High School student athlete Ashton Phillips is photographed for the Mid Valley Sports Awards on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.
Ashton Phillips
School: Scio
Year: Sophomore
Position: Shortstop
Statistics: Phillips batted .554 with .619 on-base and .821 slugging percentages. She hit 10 doubles, four triples, three home runs, stole 29 bases, had 34 RBIs, scored 41 runs and had a .922 fielding percentage.
Honors: First-team all-PacWest Conference; first-team Class 3A all-state.
Kennedy’s Tressa Riedman
Tressa Riedman
School: Kennedy
Year: Sophomore
Position: Pitcher
Statistics: Riedman batted .424 with .462 on-base and .635 slugging percentages. She had 11 doubles, two triples, a home run, had 29 RBIs and scored 21 runs. She also was 18-6 with a 3.87 ERA, struck out 135 batters against 65 walks in 126 1/3 innings pitched.
Honors: First-team all-Tri-River Conference; Tri-River Conference Player of the Year.
Kennedy coach Walt Simmons was named the 2A/1A Special District 2 coach of the year.
COACH
Walt Simmons
School: Kennedy
Year: 13th.
Honors: Tri-River Conference Coach of the Year.
Team accomplishments: The Trojans went 18-6, swept the Tri-River Conference at 10-0, and reached the 2A/1A state semifinals for the first time since 2010.