Wichita-area high school softball rankings: Meet the top players to know
Every high school softball season in the Wichita area produces its own mix of familiar names and fresh discoveries.
Some players entered the spring already circled on scouting reports with varsity resumes, college interest or all-league honors attached to their names. Others have used this season to announce themselves around the state on the more than 50 teams in the Wichita area.
This list is designed to capture that full picture. It is not a strict ranking of the area’s best players, but a broad look at many of the names worth knowing across every classification in the Wichita-area softball scene in Kansas.
Selections were made with an emphasis on success during the 2026 season, while also factoring in past production, career accomplishments, team success and coach input.
Note: All lists are sorted in alphabetical order.
Class 6A softball players to watch
- Ana Amador, North senior
- Sophia Bowers, Northwest junior
- Savannah Brown, East senior
- Brooklyn Burling, Campus junior
- Tryniti Bustos, Maize senior
- Alexis Butler, Campus junior
- Reagan Casey, Maize senior
- Kyra Caudillo, Campus senior
- Lily Clements, Campus junior
- Kelby Clingan, Derby junior
- Lila Collins, Maize senior
- Emerleigh Cooper, Campus junior
- Kayla Cooper, Derby senior
- Karlie Demel, Derby senior
- Leighton Farquhar, Derby junior
- Saige Fisher, North sophomore
- Kailiegh Griswold, North sophomore
- Rowan Guebara, East senior
- Addi Gutzmer, Derby sophomore
- Ashlyn Hamilton, Derby senior
- Brielle Hendrick, Derby junior
- Lilly Hoffman, Northwest senior
- Paige Jacobs, Southeast senior
- Amiyah Jones, West junior
- Olivia Parra, Derby senior
- Riley Philpott, East freshman
- Peyton Price, Northwest freshman
- Giana Ramos, Heights senior
- Kimberly Reyes, North senior
- Caylee Sallee, South junior
- Joslynn Stiglitz, Maize senior
- Grace Swart, Maize senior
- Tinley Travis, Maize senior
- Tharon Thomas, Northwest sophomore
- Gabi Uffendell, Maize senior
- Zoe Wallace, Heights senior
- Mackenzie West, South junior
Class 5A softball players to watch
- Aubrey Alberg, Goddard sophomore
- Kelsey Barscewski, Andover Central junior
- Breckyn Baxter, Goddard sophomore
- Seryn Bellick, Eisenhower freshman
- Gracie Bezdek, Kapaun Mt. Carmel junior
- Aubrey Brunswig, Eisenhower junior
- Paige Cassiday, Arkansas City senior
- Sophia Castorena, Goddard freshman
- Payton Converse, Andover Central junior
- Kohlbie Craft, Hutchinson senior
- Kinley Davis, Maize South senior
- Avery Davison, Valley Center senior
- Jaden Durant, Hutchinson senior
- Siena Ensz, Bishop Carroll sophomore
- Katelyn Foster, Valley Center sophomore
- Emily Freeby, Valley Center senior
- Chloe Gantz, Andover senior
- Zoey Gaskill, Maize South freshman
- Savannah Gering, Maize South freshman
- Lucie Glover, Kapaun Mt. Carmel senior
- Kylee Hahn, Eisenhower junior
- Grace Hargrove, Maize South freshman
- Madeline Heise, Kapaun Mt. Carmel freshman
- Emerson Hiebert, Bishop Carroll sophomore
- Brooke Hogan, Hutchinson senior
- Ava Jakubov, Maize South junior
- Kinsley Johnston, Valley Center freshman
- Kiersten Jones, Bishop Carroll senior
- Pozzy Krehbiel, Newton junior
- Kaycie Linn, Andover Central junior
- Emerson May, Bishop Carroll senior
- Gracie Newhouse, Newton junior
- Lakkyn Ngo, Andover freshman
- Vanessa Ornelas, Kapaun Mt. Carmel sophomore
- Allyson Orth, Bishop Carroll senior
- Ella Perkins, Arkansas City freshman
- Abreya Perry, Valley Center senior
- Sariah Potter, Goddard senior
- Caroline Rickard, Newton junior
- Ashtyn Rocha, Kapaun Mt. Carmel junior
- Chloe Rocha, Kapaun Mt. Carmel sophomore
- Bentlea Sampson, Arkansas City sophomore
- Haylea Sampson, Arkansas City senior
- Sadie Schopf, Eisenhower freshman
- Payton Southard, Maize South sophomore
- Finley Stevens, Goddard junior
- Keira Stripling, Bishop Carroll junior
- Paige Stroot, Bishop Carroll sophomore
- Allie Tabor, Andover Central senior
- Elleigh Tarpley, Eisenhower junior
- Kylie Thornquist, Maize South senior
- Kinlee Unruh, Newton senior
- Abrey Weakley, Arkansas City senior
- Allie Wells, Andover junior
- Addison Zerger, Newton sophomore
Class 4A softball players to watch
- Kendyl Acker, Circle senior
- Alexa Adame, Buhler senior
- Jaryn Baker, Mulvane senior
- Pera Bauer, McPherson junior
- Annistyn Cram, Buhler junior
- Gracyn Crow, Mulvane senior
- Abby Durham, Andale-Garden Plain freshman
- Emily Eck, Andale-Garden Plain junior
- Ryin Gibbens, Andale-Garden Plain freshman
- Annalis Gross, McPherson freshman
- Haley Gulick, Wellington senior
- Bailey Hall, Mulvane sophomore
- Makena Hampton, Clearwater junior
- Lilly Horne, Buhler senior
- Kynedi Huggard, McPherson junior
- Logan James, Circle junior
- Kaylynn Konkel, Clearwater senior
- Bracyn Landers, Augusta senior
- Harley McLaughlin, Circle sophomore
- Liv Miller, Clearwater junior
- Bridget Mohr, Rose Hill senior
- Rose Molitor, Andale-Garden Plain junior
- Caroline Mott, Wellington junior
- Isla Nesmith, El Dorado senior
- Taylor Nielson, Clearwater senior
- Kamryn Parker, El Dorado junior
- Carmin Pavlovich, McPherson junior
- Rylee Pfeifer, Augusta senior
- Izy Schmidt, Buhler senior
- Ashlyn Schroeder, McPherson junior
- Brooklyn Sele, Andale-Garden Plain junior
- Becca Skov, Augusta senior
- Lauren Swilley, Circle senior
- Ella Thiessen, Buhler junior
- Ali Thompson, Clearwater freshman
- Ava Tunnell, Circle junior
- Tori Tustian, Buhler junior
- Gracie Warner, Mulvane sophomore
- Hadley Wells, Augusta senior
- Trista Welty, Clearwater senior
- Ava West, Winfield sophomore
- Rylie Whitfield, McPherson junior
- Whitney Wilbur, Circle senior
Class 3A softball players to watch
- Joslin Bartelson, Conway Springs junior
- Thea Boese, Halstead senior
- Ella Bontrager, Haven sophomore
- Avery Brawner, Haven senior
- Karman Carson, Hesston junior
- Quinn Conard, Halstead freshman
- Jayanna Cornejo, Nickerson senior
- Madison Cross, Wichita Trinity senior
- Jules Deutsch, Wichita Trinity sophomore
- Teagan Dick, Kingman-Norwich junior
- Kennedy Eastman, Cheney sophomore
- Katharine Engel, Halstead senior
- Alexis Gordon, Smoky Valley senior
- Elyse Griffin, Hesston senior
- Kate Griffin, Smoky Valley junior
- Emily Harding, Chaparral senior
- Haidyn Hartley, Kingman-Norwich junior
- Macie Hartman, Conway Springs senior
- Kenzley Haxton, Smoky Valley junior
- Caylor Helm, Kingman-Norwich senior
- Sam Howard, Conway Springs freshman
- Karli Inslee, Cheney senior
- Reece Johnson, Conway Springs senior
- Liberty Lewis, Wichita Trinity senior
- Onnyka Nedich, Halstead junior
- Alexia Nelson, Wichita Trinity sophomore
- Rylie Neywick, Smoky Valley sophomore
- Morgan O’Neal, Haven senior
- Paige O’Neal, Haven freshman
- Shalie Powell, Nickerson junior
- Brenlynn Richmond, Hesston junior
- Wendy Roth, Hesston junior
- Dominique Schellenger, Wichita Trinity senior
- Lilly Stanley, Cheney freshman
- Kenadi Thome, Cheney junior
- Addison Thompson, Halstead junior
- Isabel Velazquez-Wallace, Wichita Trinity senior
- Kendyll Walker, Cheney junior
- Mayzie Warden, Haven senior
- Briley Yoder, Hesston freshman
Class 2-1A softball players to watch
- Adi Alcala, Inman senior
- Emma Arbuckle, West Elk junior
- Ava Ast, Douglass sophomore
- Abby Beavers, Hillsboro junior
- Gentry Bergsten, Douglass senior
- Alivia Burns, Sedgwick senior
- Addie Cope, Medicine Lodge sophomore
- Zoe Davidson, Cedar Vale-Dexter junior
- Joliene Dragoo, Flinthills senior
- Gracelyn Fields, Sedgwick sophomore
- Taylor Froese, Inman junior
- Emmy Gerdes, Medicine Lodge junior
- Cora Gillenwater, Oxford sophomore
- Katelyn Gillenwater, Oxford senior
- Karynn Gleason, Flinthills senior
- Bailey Hedgecock, Cedar Vale-Dexter senior
- Lillie Husman, Bluestem junior
- Macy Kaminkow, Moundridge senior
- Marah Kaufman, Moundridge junior
- Kynzee Klaassen, Remington junior
- Cambree Lawler, Remington senior
- Lyla Levin, Inman junior
- Blaine Locke, Sterling junior
- Katie Margreiter, Remington senior
- Breana Maxwell, Udall senior
- Melanie Maya, Hutchinson Trinity junior
- Madison Mayfield, Oxford junior
- Lena McGee, Burden-Central sophomore
- Levi Miller, Sterling sophomore
- Madelyn Miller, Eureka senior
- Dani Orpen, Bluestem junior
- Maddi Parsons, Inman sophomore
- Jessilyn Parsons, Burden-Central junior
- Brylee Schooley, Burden-Central sophomore
- Alex Scribner, Flinthills senior
- Emery Shinliver, Medicine Lodge junior
- Samantha Stinnett, Belle Plaine senior
- Aspyn Stos, Moundridge junior
- Adyson Surface, Sterling junior
- Ellie Thimmesch, Inman junior
- Lillian Triboulet, West Elk sophomore
- Rylee Voran, Hillsboro sophomore
- Gracie Webb, Cedar Vale-Dexter senior
- Lela Winsor, Moundridge senior
- Aliya Wolf, Udall junior
- Anna Wolfe, Burden-Central freshman
This story was originally published May 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM.
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Taylor Eldridge
The Wichita Eagle