In its 30^th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, the Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced its honorees for the 2015 Softball State Players of the Year.

The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field and distinguishes each state’s best high school softball player.

Each state selection also becomes a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year award announced later in June.

The alumni of past state award-winners in 12 sports includes such celebrated athletes as Alicia Hollowell (2000-01, Fairfield HS, Calif.), Derek Jeter (1991-92, Kalamazoo HS, Mich.), Candace Parker (2001-02, Naperville Central HS, Ill.), Abby Wambach (1997-98, Our Lady of Mercy, N.Y.), Mark Sanchez (2004-05, Mission Viejo HS, Calif.), Angela Tincher (2002-03, James River HS, Va.) and Kenzie Fowler (2006-07, Canyon del Oro HS, Ariz.).

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport.

The selection process is administered by the Gatorade high school sports leadership team in partnership with USA TODAY High School Sports, which work with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport.

ST	First	Last	Pos	School	Year
AK	Taria	Page	SS	East Anchorage	Sr.
AL	Lacey	Sumerlin	SS	Baker	Sr.
AR	Autumn	Humes	P	Bald Knob	Jr.
AZ	Arissa	Paulson	P	Payson	Jr.
CA	Rachel	Garcia	P/IF	Highland	Sr.
CO	Savannah	Heebner	P	Castle View	Sr.
CT	Caroline	Taber	P/1B	Fitch	Jr.
DC	Alee	Burke	P	Georgetown Visitation	Sr.
DE	Regan	Green	P/1B	Laurel	Sr.
FL	Jenna	Goodrich	P	American Heritage	Sr.
GA	Kelly	Barnhill	P	Pope	Sr.
HI	Shearyna	Labasan	P	Maryknoll	Sr.
IA	DoniRae	Mayhew	IF/PF	Bettendorf	Jr.
ID	Bradie	Fillmore	P/SS	Eagle	Jr.
IL	Taylor	Johnson	C/3B	Beecher	So.
IN	Miranda	Elish	P	Crown Point	Jr.
KS	Brittany	Finney	P/1B	Bishop Carroll	Sr.
KY	Megan	Hensley	P/OF	Paul G. Blazer	Sr.
LA	Kara	Gremillion	SS	St. Amant	Sr.
MA	Erin	Gallo	P	St. Peter-Marian	Sr.
MD	Nicole	Stockinger	SS/CF	Sherwood	Sr.
ME	Men	Jones	P/OF	Sanford	Jr.
MI	Meghan	Beaubien	P	St. Mary Catholic Central	So.
MN	Sydney	Smith	P/1B	Maple Grove	Sr.
MO	Brittany	Nimmo	P	Ozark	Sr.
MS	Hailey	Lundermann	SS	Neshoba	Sr.
MT	Morgan	Ray	P	Frenchtown	Sr.
NC	Mary	Williams	P	Cape Fear	Sr.
ND	Hannah	Stewart	P/SS	Bishop Ryan	Sr.
NE	Erin	Lockhart	SS	Lincoln Southeast	Sr.
NH	Kaycee	Carbone	SS	Alvirne	Sr.
NJ	Kelsey	Oh	P	Mt. St. Dominic	So.
NM	BreOnna	Castaneda	SS	Rio Rancho	Jr.
NV	Julia	Jensen	P	Reed	So.
NY	Toni	Polk	SS	Niagara Falls	Sr.
OH	Tara	Trainer	P/2B	Lebanon	Sr.
OK	Jayden	Chestnut	P/1B	Mustang	Sr.
OR	Emily	Sorem	P	Tualatin	Sr.
PA	Maggie	Balint	P	Avon Grove	Jr.
RI	Rachel	Kantor	P/IF	North Kingstown	Sr.
SC	Cayla	Drotar	P/IF	Hartsville	Jr.
TN	Brooklin	Lee	P	Dickson Co.	Jr.
TX	Samantha	Show	P	East Bernard	Sr.
UT	Kaycie	Jensen	P	Springville	Jr.
VA	Maddy	Morris	P	Kecoughtan	Sr.
VT	Baylee	Ports	P	Mt. Anthony Union	Sr.
WA	Quinn	Breidenback	P	Enumclaw	Jr.
WI	Kayla	Konwent	C/3B	Westosha Central	Jr.
WV	Ali	Burdette	P	Buffalo	Sr.