The Huskies softball team named Emili Riggs its most valuable player at a dessert held on May 30.
Megan Graville and Katie Virtue were named Offensive Players of the Year in a tie vote of the team.
Megan Rubidoux and Riggs were tied for Defensive Player of the Year.
Riggs also was named Most Inspirational.
Hailey Hummer was voted Most Improved, and the coaching staff selected Shantel Pitts for the Coaches Award.
Earning their first-year letters were freshmen Sierra Thayer, Natalie Thorpe Caytlin Gillespie and McKenzie Cochran; sophomore Emily Marchbanks; and juniors Nicole Bell and Kacie Mauch.
Virtue, a sophomore, earned her second letter.
Juniors Hummer and Graville earned their third letters.
Seniors Riggs and Rubidoux earned their fourth.
“I thought we had a successful year,” said Coach Casey Humphrey. The team was 14-8, with three of its losses to league-leading Elmira. Two of those losses came at the hands of Cascade, once in preparation for playoffs and then in the first round of state bracket play, ending the Huskies’ season.
That was after starting the season with a 10-0 loss to Newport.
Yamhill-Carlton and Junction City managed to sneak wins in against the Huskies, while in one of the highlights of the year, the Huskies defeated Stayton 2-1 in the play-in round of state playoffs.
The Huskies advanced to face Cascade, which pushed on and fell to Banks in the state championship game. Cascade was the state champion the past two years.
The Huskies gave up four runs on their final game against Cascade, Humphrey said. The next two rounds, Cascade’s opponents, Madras and Henley, gave up five runs each, although Henley scored four runs.
“I thought it was a very successful year,” Humphrey said. “The girls were enthusiastic.”