Lexington Catholic High School senior pitcher Abby Hammond has been named 2025 Miss Softball by the Kentucky Softball Coaches Association.
Hammond posted a 14-7 record and 0.97 ERA while striking out 196 batters over 136 2/3 innings. She also batted .371 with seven home runs and 14 RBIs.
A University of Kentucky signee, Hammond posted a career record of 118-29 in five seasons on the Lexington Catholic varsity team, finishing with 1,328 strikeouts. She was named Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year as a freshman and a junior.
Two players from state champion Assumption earned first-team All-State honors in Class 3A – Lauren Satterly and Lauren Campisano.
Player of the Year honors in each class went to South Warren’s Layla Ogden (3A), Harrison County’s Bella Persinger (2A) and Livingston Central’s Addison Tramble (A).
Softball in Kentucky is a one-class sport, but the coaches association uses a three-class system (based on enrollments) for postseason awards.
Here are the complete All-State teams:
Kentucky Class 3A All-State softball team
Player of the Year – Layla Ogden, South Warren.
Coaching Staff of the Year – South Warren.
First team – Layla Ogden (South Warren), McLaine Hudson (South Warren), Courtney Norwood (South Warren), Lauren Satterly (Assumption), Ada Little (Scott County), Anna Kemp (Henderson County), Annie Newman (Daviess County), Avery Adcock (Christian County), Karsyn Rockvoan (Bryan Station), Lauren Campisano (Assumption).
Second team – Haley McGuire (Frederick Douglass), Abigail Byrd (Greenwood), Kamryn Timmons (Daviess County), Ayden Bennett (Henderson County), Kinleigh Russell (South Warren), Kenzie Williams (South Laurel), Kaitlyn Dixon (Highlands), Addie Bryant (Woodford County), Ava Knight (McCracken County), Rylan Music (Lafayette), Molly Hancock (Daviess County).
Honorable mention – Jozie Lashley (Oldham County), Allicen Harris (Marshall County), Saige McClure (North Laurel), Payton Brown (Highlands), Makenzie Stoltz (Madisonville-North Hopkins), Jordyn Abner (George Rogers Clark), Maleya Giddens (Assumption), Cali Huff (Greenwood), Addley Leidecker (McCracken County), Araballa Guinn (George Rogers Clark), Lacey Osborne (Anderson County), Lauren Jones (Scott County), Paige Crain (Assumption), Sophia Cain (Daviess County), Bella Ellis (Pulaski County).
Kentucky Class 2A All-State softball team
Miss Softball – Abby Hammond, Lexington Catholic.
Player of the Year – Bella Persinger (Harrison County).
Coaching Staff of the Year – Warren East.
First team – Abby Hammond (Lexington Catholic), Bella Persinger (Harrison County), Diamond Wills (Rowan County), Shyanne Ross (Harrison County), Alyssa Dixon (Perry County Central), Mayson Delong (Johnson Central), Tember Oliver (Trigg County), Kassi Perkins (Rowan County), Bree Jones (Lawrence County), Payton Rice (East Carter), Lydia Jones (Warren East), Taytum Spiers (Elizabethtown).
Second team – Heidi Tipton (LaRue County), Danni Foley (Corbin), Brianna Knochelman (Grant County), Kady Fuller (Trigg County), Hailey Mooney (Paducah Tilghman), Addison Lee (Warren East), Jenna Delaney (Ashland Blazer), Josey Kegley (Greenup County), Lauryn Eastham (Rowan County), Alyssa Philpot (Elizabethtown), Abby Turnpaugh (Notre Dame), Taylan Hoskins (Perry County Central).
Honorable mention – Mia Bobbitt (Paducah Tilghman), Payton Hopkins (Allen County-Scottsville), Jacie Rice (Allen County-Scottsville), Ally Anderson (Allen County-Scottsville), Aubrey Robbins (Nelson County), Jordan Brooks (Warren East), Remie Smith (East Jessamine), Chloe Papineau (Webster County), Malana Hamm (Rowan County), Abby Peavler (Boyle County), Kenzie Gulley (Mason County).
Kentucky Class A All-State softball team
Player of the Year – Addison Tramble (Livingston Central).
Coaching Staff of the Year – Livingston Central.
First team – Addison Tramble (Livingston Central), Hadley Hargrove (Livingston Central), Chloy Creech (Wolfe County), Brylee Butts (Caldwell County), Molly Fahm (Belfry), Jenna Coursey (Lyon County), Victoria Joiner (Livingston Central), Baylee Estes (Hancock County), Kyra McAlarnis (Knott County Central), Courtney Collins (Lyon County).
Second team – Myra Bevins (Belfry), Lily Logsdon (Owensboro Catholic), Sami Noble (Wolfe County), Hannah Tignor (Owensboro Catholic), Aubrie Messer (Clinton County), Lexi Messer (Clinton County), Emersyn Ramage (Livingston Central), Kali Vance (Raceland), Candice Williams (Jackson County), Davanna Grubb (Raceland), Peyton Fields (Hazard).
Honorable mention – Molly Music (Paintsville), Anna Beth Hamilton (Owensboro Catholic), Harper Holeman (Caldwell County), Alexis Hume (Bethlehem), Whitney Lippert (Bracken County), Bryna Wellman (Raceland), Lauren Winningham (Clinton County), Mallory Combs (Hazard), Malorie Thiel (Bethlehem), Kyndall Johnson (Bracken County), Blair Byassee (Hickman County), Alara Adkins (Belfry).
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