Private school players earn state baseball, softball honors

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com

After standout seasons on the diamond, a number of local private high school baseball and softball players have earned their spots among the state’s best as the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) released their all-state teams on May 24.

St. Pius X’s softball team had four total players earn state honors in total, two firstteam selections and two second-team selections. Meanwhile, St. Thomas’ Division I state runner-up team had four total selections while St. Pius X had three baseball players selected.

University of Texas commit Victoria Hunter led SPX’s Lady Panthers in first-team selections following a season in which she led TAPPS Division I in batting average (.625), on-base percentage (.739), and OPS (1.864) according to MaxPreps while placing second in slugging percentage (1.145) and driving in 37 runs to tie for second on the team and smacking a team-leading nine home runs. Sophia Erazo was also a first-team selection after hitting .443 with a 1.092 OPS and 39 RBIs and stealing 10 bases.

Julianne Tresco earned second team honors after hit-

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ting .382/.418/.527 with a team-leading 13 doubles and 40 RBIs at the plate, as did Brooke Landry following a season where she hit .571 with a 1.368 OPS and the secondmost hits on the team with 48 along with stealing eight bases without bring caught.

Baseball St. Thomas, which made a run to the TAPPS Division I state final before losing to Addison Trinity Christian, had four players selected to the AllState team. Donte Lewis and Jack Clinton led the Eagles on the first team, while Braydan Salinas and Luke Edgecombe made it as second-team selections.

LSU commit Casan Evans led the way on the first team for St. Pius X following their run to the TAPPS regional round, while Ethan McMinn and Jorge Arcia represented the Panthers on the second team.