Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Associate Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
GRINNELL, Iowa – Following a vote of the league's nine head coaches, the Midwest Conference (MWC) announced softball All-Conference and individual awards after Saturday's MWC Tournament.
Junior Taylynn Kizer represents Knox on the second team. She led the Prairie Fire with a .400 batting average, including a .417 mark in conference play. Kizer also added six doubles, two triples, and a home-run while holding down center field.
The full list of softball individual awards and All-Conference Team honorees can be found below:
2023 Midwest Conference Softball All-Conference & Individual Awards
Pitcher of the Year
Julia Drake, Illinois College
Position Player of the Year
Samantha Chu, Grinnell College
Newcomer of the Year
Peyton Souhrada, Cornell College
Team Sportsmanship Award
Cornell College
Coaching Staff of the Year
Grinnell College – Head Coach: Lexy Determan, Assistant Coaches: Dalton Meredith, Dana Harrold
All-Conference First Team
1B – Abby Gilbertson, Ripon College - Senior
2B – Annie Schimpf, Illinois College - Senior
3B – Samantha Chu, Grinnell College - Junior
SS – Amanda Ramirez, Grinnell College - Senior
C – Miranda Keith, Cornell College - Junior
OF – Peyton Souhrada, Cornell College - Freshman
OF – Kami Anson, Grinnell College - Junior
OF – Elena Chrisman, Lake Forest College - Senior
P – Christin Hartman, Grinnell College - Junior
P – Julia Drake, Illinois College - Junior
UT – Kyla Chevalier, Lake Forest College - Freshman
DP – Taylor Durak, Grinnell College - Junior
At-Large – Erin Puck, Cornell College - Senior
At-Large – Olivia Shimmin, Illinois College - Senior
At-Large – Kelly Collins, Lake Forest College - Sophomore
All-Conference Second Team
1B – Teagan Delarwelle, Lake Forest College - Junior
2B – Janessa Gonzalez, Lawrence University - Freshman
3B – Cheyenne Anderson, Illinois College - Junior
SS – Kayla Serpa, Illinois College - Sophomore
C – Maddie Hablewitz, Ripon College - Sophomore
OF – Taylynn Kizer, Knox College - Junior
OF – Claudia Adam, Illinois College - Junior
OF – Addie Bowman, Cornell College - Sophomore
P – Kathryn Vermeulen, Grinnell College - Junior
P – Abby Leber, Monmouth College - Senior
UT – Mattigan Haller, Lawrence University - Sophomore
At-Large – Angela Donath, Beloit College - Sophomore
At-Large – Claire Gugerty, Cornell College - Senior
At-Large – Cadence Dempsey, Lake Forest College - Freshman
At-Large – Mikaela Lawrence, Ripon College - Junior
