Humboldt softball team has 8 all-conference selections
Humboldt's Ellie Jacobson (right), shown here being congratulated after hitting a home run, is among eight Wildcats selected all-conference. Independent photo.
Wildcats won NCC title, finished 28-3 overall
North Central Conference softball champion Humboldt dominated the coaches’ post-season all-conference team with eight players selected.
The Wildcats, who went 13-1 to win their fourth straight NCC crown, finished the year ranked No. 3 in Class 3A and compiled a sizzling 28-3 overall record under 23-year head coach Doug Van Pelt.
Humboldt had five players named to the first-team unit. Ellie Jacobson was a unanimous choice at pitcher while Mady Lange was a unanimous choice at catcher.
Kendal Clark and Jori Hajek were first-team infield selections. Clark was a unanimous pick. Outfielder Carlie Thompson was also named first-team and was a unanimous pick. Thompson, Jacobson and Lange are all juniors while Clark and Hajek were sophomores this past season.
The second-team unit includes junior Claire Varangkounh at utility and senior Ashlyn Clark in the outfield. Humboldt second baseman Addie Thompson, who just graduated from eighth grade, was named to the third-team unit.
“All of our girls named were very deserving. When you have this many girls selected is shows how much success your team had,” Humboldt head coach Doug Van Pelt said.
“Everybody should take pride in it. To have four unanimous picks and follow up with some more first and second-team picks, I’d say we were well represented,” Van Pelt said.
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