The 2008 Tucson Citizen all-star teams and player and coach of the year honors are based on staff selections, season statistics and results, all-region team selections and the input of area coaches who returned ballots distributed to each school’s athletic director.

The 2008 Tucson Citizen Southern Arizona All-Stars

Player of the Year: Kenzie Fowler, Jr., Canyon del Oro

Small School Player of the Year: Megan Ellsworth, Sr., Benson

Coach of the Year: Amy Swiderski, Canyon del Oro

Class 4A-5A – FIRST TEAM
C – Adriana DiMatteo, Sr., Ironwood Ridge (.463 avg., IR career record 142 hits)

C – Melina Trujillo, Sr., Sunnyside (.403 avg., 16 runners picked off)

IF – Katie Asher, Jr., Canyon del Oro (.476 avg., 14 HR, 39 RBI, 35 runs)

IF – Logan Hall, Sr., Sahuaro (.311 avg., .486 slg., 3 HR)

IF – Shannell Blackshear, Jr., Sierra Vista Buena (.483 avg., 56 hits, 43 RBI, 6 HR)

IF – Alicia Banks, Sr., Sierra Vista Buena (.341 avg., 13 doubles, 25 RBIs, 14 BB)

OF – Karissa Buchanan, Sr., Sabino (.505 avg., 56 hits, 38 runs, 46 stolen bases)

OF – Dani Bravo, Sr., Amphi (.491 avg., 41 runs, 52 hits, 24 stolen bases)

OF – Brittany Keiser, Jr., Cienega (.570, 9 doubles, 5 triples, 31 stolen bases)

UT/P – Mari Contreras, Jr., Sunnyside (12-2, 1.66 ERA, plays 1B when not pitching)

P – Kenzie Fowler, Jr., Canyon del Oro (0.282 ERA, 24 wins, 309 Ks, 2.08 K/inn.)

P – Kira White, So., Sahuaro (262 Ks, 17 wins, 1.90 K/inn.)

P – Alexa Cash, So., Cienega (0.838 ERA, 268 Ks, 21 wins, 1.78 K/inn.)

P – Meghan McIntosh, Jr., Sierra Vista Buena (0.800 ERA, 261 Ks, 18 wins, 1.76 K/inn.)

Class 4A-5A – SECOND TEAM
C – Alexa Straton, Sr., Sierra Vista Buena

C – Rose Magaddino, Sr., Canyon del Oro

IF – Megan Franklin, Sr., Canyon del Oro

IF – Torey Craddock, Sr., Salpointe

IF – Ashlee Brawley, Sr., Cienega

IF – Lindsey Weldon, Jr., Canyon del Oro

OF – Breanna Beckel, Sr., Sahuaro

OF – Rachel Chapman, Sr., Ironwood Ridge

OF – Morghan Doughty, So., Cienega

OF – Claudia Nuñez, Sr., Sunnyside

UT – Melissa Hardy, Sr., Sierra Vista Buena

UT – Morgan Long, Sr., Ironwood Ridge

P – Jillian Ware, Sr., Amphi

P – Yvette Alvarez, Fr., Sahuarita

P – Kelsey Groff, Sr., Ironwood Ridge

P – Ivy Campas, Sr., Sunnyside

Small School All-Stars
Brittney Batten, Sr., Benson

Jessica Bergendorff, Sr., Pusch Ridge

Shawna Bleyl, Sr., Pusch Ridge

Jessica Brink, Fr., St. Augustine

Megan Ellsworth, Sr., Benson

Chelsea Harris, So., Desert Christian

Cyndal Mayberry, So., St. David

Emily Miller, Sr., Green Fields

Tiffany Moore, Sr., St. Augustine

Abriana Romero, Fr., St. Gregory

Shalena Solis, So., Benson

Brooke Tibbitts, Sr., Benson

Morgan Van Stelle, Jr., Pusch Ridge

Jessica Wilcox, So., Academy of Tucson

HONORABLE MENTION
AMPHI: Megan Huerta, Marisa Zuniga. BENSON: Gabi Cardenas, Kayla Haro, Chelsey Layton. BUENA: Ariel Morbeck, Jordan Trujillo, Jenna Wright, Carissa Youngblood. CANYON DEL ORO: Matti Fowler, Kayla Henry, Taylor Watkins. CASA GRANDE: Marissa Gomez, Analycia Villar, Bailey Wigness. CATALINA: Christina Blair, Alexis Vasquez. CATALINA FOOTHILLS: Stephanie Carramusa, Kaity Ingram, Missy Rambow. CHOLLA: Lori Lopez, Nicole Rosales. CIENEGA: Chelsea Hendryk, Brandi Klein, Emily Pohl. DESERT VIEW: Teresa Othon, Lahneen Federico. DOUGLAS: Erika Tapia, Stephanie Ybarra. FLOWING WELLS: Danielle Burnette, Allisa Daniels, Mari Mata, Jenifer Montano. IRONWOOD RIDGE: Laken Anway, Alexandra Martinez, Alyssa Welch. MARANA: Shayna Binnion, Jacqueline Deen, Marlina Delisa, Sammie Merriman, Alex Steinmehl. PALO VERDE: Janelle Klassen, Chela Romero. PUSCH RIDGE: Erin Bleyl. RINCON/UNIVERSITY: Brooke Bohannon, Karina Lopez. SABINO: Molly Brossart, Chelsea Slama, Kaity Sitzman, Veronica Swanson. SAHUARITA: Abrie Bustamante, Lyzette Creason, Monique Martinez. SAHUARO: Kayla Basye, Lauren Hostetler, Rebecca Mullin, Hanna Parrish. SALPOINTE: Tiffany Havens, Nicole Rascon. SUNNYSIDE: Domonique Marquez, Nicole Marquez, Estela Piñon. TUCSON HIGH: Alisandra Arandules, Vanessa Arandules, Alexis Gallego.

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