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NY all-state softball: Class C Player of Year Olivia Kennedy, Atalyia Rijo among Section 4 picks

kevin stevens, binghamton press & sun-bulletin
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Seniors Olivia Kennedy of Greene and Atalyia Rijo of Corning head Section 4 selections on all-state softball teams, so chosen by the New York State Sports Writers & Coaches Organization For Girls Sports.

Kennedy, pitcher for state runner-up Greene, is Class C Player of the Year for a second year running.

Arkansas-bound shortstop Rijo, 2022 Gatorade’s New York Player of the Year, is a three-time first-team all-state pick.

Deposit-Hancock’s Class D state champions are represented by four first-teamers — OF/P Kaitlyn Macumber, 2B Riley Martin, 3B/P Rylee Smith and P Leeanna West — as well as Coach of the Year Dan Briggs.

Other first-team picks from Section 4 were Vestal's Kendall Brady in Class A and Chenango Valley's Kate Hope in Class B.

Greene's Olivia Kennedy (5) delivers a pitch in the NYSPHSAA Class C semifinal against Seward at Moriches Athletic Complex in Moriches on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Greene's Olivia Kennedy (5) delivers a pitch in the NYSPHSAA Class C semifinal against Seward at Moriches Athletic Complex in Moriches on Saturday, June 11, 2022.

Class AA

Player of the Year: Brianna Roberts (Monroe-Woodbury-9).

Coach of the Year: Penny Roberts (Monroe-Woodbury-9).

First Team: 12 SS Alexa Galligani (White Plains); 12 P Kelsey Higgins (Shenendehowa); 12 OF Taylor Quinn (Colonie); 12 SS Atalyia Rijo (Corning); 12 P Madison Balk (Lancaster); 12 P Brianna Roberts (Monroe-Woodbury); 12 C Emma Lawson (Monroe-Woodbury); 12 CF Natalie Bottiglieri (LI Kellenberg); 10 P Mila Fiordalisi (St. Anthony's); 10 CF Bella Cruz (St. Anthony's).

Corning shortstop Atalyia Rijo tags out Elmira's Delaney Williams at second base during the Hawks' 12-4 win in softball April 21, 2022 at Corning-Painted Post High School.
Corning shortstop Atalyia Rijo tags out Elmira's Delaney Williams at second base during the Hawks' 12-4 win in softball April 21, 2022 at Corning-Painted Post High School.

Other Section 4 Selections

Second Team: 12 CF Ellie DeRosa (Corning).

Third Team: 12 1B Eva Koratsis (Horseheads).

Fourth Team: 12 3B Kellie Zoerb (Corning).

Fifth Team: 12 C/1B Kelsey Booker (Corning).

Sixth Team: 11 SS Molly Wolf (Horseheads).

Vestal's Kendall Brady rounds the bases following her solo home run in the second inning. Vestal defeated Section 1's Tappan Zee in the Class A softball regional final at Lakeland High School on Saturday, June 4, 2022.
Vestal's Kendall Brady rounds the bases following her solo home run in the second inning. Vestal defeated Section 1's Tappan Zee in the Class A softball regional final at Lakeland High School on Saturday, June 4, 2022.

Class A

Player of the Year: Ella Wesolowski (Williamsville East-6).

Coach of the Year: Meaghan Keil (Webster Schroeder-5).

First Team: 12 P Maya Servedio (Yorktown); 11 P Olivia DeCitise (Troy); 10 CF Kendall Brady (Vestal); 12 SS Krislyn Clement (Webster Schroeder); 12 P Molly Broccolo (Webster Schroeder); 11 C Ella Wesolowski (Williamsville East); 12 P Julianna Verni (Nardin); 12 3B Alanna Morse (Mepham); 12 SS Hailey Guerrero (Mepham); 12 P Kyra Kreuscher (East Islip).

Other Section 4 Selections

Second Team: 10 SS Caitlin Petteys (Vestal); 11 P Olivia Lewis Maine-Endwell).

Third Team: 11 LF Kymora Wang (Vestal).

Fourth Team: 11 SS Kaetlyn L'Amoreaux (Maine-Endwell).

Fifth Team: 12 SS Elena Pasquale (Union-Endicott).

Kate Hope, whose eighth-inning, RBI single sent Chenango Valley to Class B state softball playoffs.
Kate Hope, whose eighth-inning, RBI single sent Chenango Valley to Class B state softball playoffs.

Class B

Player of the Year: Clare Knapp (Ichabod Crane-2).

Coach of the Year: Tracy Nytransky (Ichabod Crane-2).

First team: 12 1B Clare Knapp (Ichabod Crane); 11 SS Emma Scheitinger (Ichabod Crane); 10 C Makayla Walsh (Ichabod Crane); 12 P Aubrey Fraher (Marcellus); 12 SS Kaylin Curro (Oneida); 11 CF Kate Hope (Chenango Valley); 10 P Makenzie Cowburn (Wellsville); 10 C Mia Vanelli (Depew); 12 P Ava DelSalto (Marlboro); 12 SS Emily McGurk (Babylon).

Other Section 4 Selections

Second Team: 12 C Makenna DeMoney (Susquehanna Valley); 12 P Lauren Gilbert (Owego); 11 SS Sarah Nickerson (Chenango Forks).

Third Team: 08 P/SS Kylee Richardson (Susquehanna Valley).

Fourth Team: 12 P Peyton Swartwout (Windsor); 11 SS Madeline Trisket (Chenango Valley).

Class C

Player of the Year: Olivia Kennedy (Greene-4).

Coach of the Year: Bill Curley (Greenwich-2).

First Team: 11 P Lilly McCauliffe (Greenwich); 12 CF Abby Taylor (Chatham); 12 P Olivia Kennedy (Greene); 12 P Jessica Majot (Bolivar-Richburg); 12 P JoLeigh Crye (Avon); 11 P Aurora Sabins (Keshequa); 12 P/SS Anna Dovey (Lancaster St. Mary’s); 11 P/1B Alexandra Packard (Lancaster St. Mary's); 12 SS Lourdes Belanger (Pine Plains); 11 P Kailey Stolowski (Florida).

Elmira Notre Dame's Olivia Switzer pitches during a 16-0 win over Newark Valley in softball May 7, 2022 at Notre Dame High School.
Elmira Notre Dame's Olivia Switzer pitches during a 16-0 win over Newark Valley in softball May 7, 2022 at Notre Dame High School.

Other Section 4 Selections

Second Team: 11 P Olivia Switzer (Elmira Notre Dame); 10 P Ava Cirigliano (Sidney).

Third Team: 12 P Ashley Bell (Lansing); 11 2B/P Payton Yahner (Greene).

Fourth Team: 11 3B Ellie Brozon (Southern Cayuga); 11 C Lawson Bigelow (Elmira Notre Dame); 11 C McKenzie Scott (Greene).

Fifth Team: 11 2B Ava Mustico (Elmira Notre Dame).

Deposit/Hancock's Riley Martin (6) pulls in a grounder in the NYSPHSAA Class D final against Oriskany at Moriches Athletic Complex in Moriches on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Deposit/Hancock's Riley Martin (6) pulls in a grounder in the NYSPHSAA Class D final against Oriskany at Moriches Athletic Complex in Moriches on Saturday, June 11, 2022.

Class D

Player of the Year: Kaitlyn Kibling (Bishop Ludden-3).

Coach of the Year: Dan Briggs (Deposit-Hancock-4).

First Team: 11 C Kylee Humiston (Argyle); 12 SS Kaitlyn Kibling (Bishop Ludden); 11 OF/P Kaitlyn Macumber (Deposit-Hancock); 12 2B Riley Martin (Deposit-Hancock); 12 3B/P Rylee Smith (Deposit-Hancock); 12 P Leeanna West (Deposit-Hancock); 10 P Neveah Ross (Friendship/Scio); 12 P Haleigh Dellow (Westfield); 12 P Dana Donnelly (Eldred); 12 C Lily Gonzalez (Eldred).

Other Section 4 Selections

Second Team: 12 P Kara Dumas (Gilboa-Conesville); 09 P Hannah Wist (Edmeston-Morris).

Third Team: 12 P Bryanna Meehan (Roxbury). Fourth Team: 12 1B Zoe Gifford (Deposit-Hancock).

This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: NY all-state softball: Olivia Kennedy is Class C's top player