Pictured: Kendyl Lindaman hits a home run to set the Iowa career record which is currently at 63.


Over the next week we’ll be honoring prep standouts who dominated and excelled at the high school level with the following schedule of lists and honors:

• Wed., June 22 - FloSoftball 2nd Team All-Americans
• Thu., June 23 - FloSoftball 1st Team All-Americans (Pitchers)
• Fri., June 24 - FloSoftball 1st Team All-Americans (Catchers)
• Sat., June 25 - FloSoftball 1st Team All-Americans (Infielders)
• Sun., June 26 - FloSoftball 1st Team All-Americans (Outfielders)
• Mon., June 27 - FloSoftball 1st Team All-Americans (Multi-Purpose)
• Tue., June 28 - FloSoftball High School Player & Coach of the Year

Our list is the deepest and most thorough you will see as we feel it necessary to honor all those who earned the right to be considered as a FloSoftball All-American!



The criteria for selection includes a combination of all the following factors:

• performance on the field
• overall contribution to the team’s success
• talent and skills (athletic and softball-specific)
• off the field success (academic, community, charity, etc.)

Congratulations to all those who excelled and earned the right to be recognized and taking their game to another level!



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1st Team FloSoftball All-Americans: Catchers

Jr. Mia Davidson Orange (Hillsborough NC)—Mississippi State
Mia is one of the most dangerous power hitters in the nation and demolished opponents’ pitching, batting .740 with 18 home runs and 49 RBI to repeat as a 1st Team All-State honoree as well as this year’s Gatorade State Player of the Year. Her slugging percentage was a 2.060 and is just two home runs away from setting the North Carolina career record of 43. Mia is rated as the No. 8 prospect in the FloSofball 2017 Hot 100.

Sr. Montana Dixon Lakewood (CA)—Stanford
Montana is a four-time All-State catcher and helped lead the Lancers to a 25-5 record including hitting a pair of home runs in its CIFSS D1 playoff loss to Orange Lutheran.  A CalHiSports.com All-State honoree, the future Cardinal backstop hit .480 on the year with a .640 on-base percentage with 11 homers.  She only struck out five times all year while drawing 18 walks and getting hit by pitches 19 times.  She’s No. 33 in the 2016 Hot 100.

Sr. Bailey Hemphill St. Thomas More (Lafayette LA) —Alabama
A three-time FloSoftball All-American, Bailey has won two state championships in her prep career and is such a feared and respect hitter she drew 49 walks in 99 plate appearances this spring. When she was allowed to hit, she batted .560 with 29 RBI and struck out only one time all season. The Tide signee is the No. 3 prospect in the FloSoftball 2016 Hot 100.

Sr. Kayla Konwent Central Westosha (WI) —Wisconsin
A two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year, Kayla had an explosive season batting .627 with 21 home runs and 46 RBI in 81 official plate appearances. She also had 19 intentional walks and eight more unintentional ones and when she wasn’t drawing a free pass she was hitting 28 extra-base hits including a home run every six at-bats.  She is No. 19 in the FloSoftball 2016 Hot 100.

Sr. Kendyl Lindaman Centennial Ankeny (IA) —Minnesota
In Iowa, the softball season runs into July so Kendyl’s season is still ongoing; in her first 25 games this summer she is hitting .589 with seven home runs and a stellar .769 on-base percentage including 36 walks, four times intentionally with the bases loaded. Last year, in her complete season, she hit .538 and had an amazing 67 walks in just 40 games including 17 intentional passes in a row at one point. Kendyl holds the Iowa career record with 63 so far after hitting a state-record 24 in 2013. She’s also a state champ in basketball.

Sr. Dejah Mulipola Pacifica (Garden Grove CA)—Arizona
Dejah is a three-time All-Orange County (California) selection, perhaps the most talent-heavy area in the country, after batting .484 this spring with three homers and 14 RBI, but it’s her defense that makes her one of the top catches in the nation. Dejah is rated as the No. 5 prospect in the FloSoftball 2016 Hot 100 and has won back-to-back PGF Nationals championships with the OC Batbusters.

Sr. Marilyn Rizzato North Forney (Forney TX)—Louisiana Tech
Marilyn was an RBI machine, knocking in 73 runners in 39 games for the Falcons and also was 2nd in the Dallas area with 16 home runs while batting .615.  The Dallas Morning News Offensive Player of the Year, Marilyn was also the District 12-5A MVP and almost half of her hits were for extra bases.  Marilyn also turned up the heat in the playoffs with four home runs with 17 RBI in eight post-season games.

Jr. Danielle Romanello Canterbury (St. Petersburg FL)—Florida
Danielle has played varsity ball since the 7th grade and won Florida state titles her 8th and 9th grade campaigns.  Each year she has improved up to this season in which she hit .597 with 31 RBI in 25 games. The future Gator also had an on-base percentage of .670 with an OPS of 1.760. A lefty catcher and hitter she also plays first and off the field is a black belt in Taekwondo.