SB: Tilbury named Lady Dog offensive MVP
2010-11 CHS Female Athletic Banquet include (front row, from left) Payton
Peace, Chelsea Tilbury, Sarah Clakley, Brooklyn Peace, Morgan Wedgeworth,
(back row) Jessica Pride, Tori Jo White, Kendall Hightower, Meagan Davis and
Casey McLemore. (Photo by John Krueger)
CARTHAGE, Tx -- A playoff trip in 2011 was just one of the highlights for the Carthage Lady Bulldog softball team as the team's athletes were honored recently at the 2010-11 Carthage High School Female Athletic Banquet held in the high school commons.
Senior Chelsea Tilbury was named the Lady Dawg Offensive Most Valuable Player. She was also a First-Team All-District 16-3A Infielder and a member of the all-district academic squad.
Kendall Hightower was named to the Lady Dawg Defensive MVP Award. The senior was a First-Team All-District 16-3A outfielder, was a Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) All-Academic All-State performer, as well as a member of the all-district all-academic team.
The Lady Dawg Awesome Attitude Award went to three members of the 2011 team that posted an overall mark of 14-13. Senior Casey McLemore was named to the award, along with sophomores Katelyn Pope and Shelby Soape.
Pope was an all-district outfield honorable mention and a member of the all-district all-academic squad. Soape was also a member of the All-District 16-3A All-Academic squad.
The Lady Dawg Hustle Award went to senior Kara Barr. She was a first-team all-district outfielder, a member of the TGCA Academic All-State team and the all-district all-academic squad.
The Most Improved Award went to freshman Morgan Wedgeworth. She was a second-team all-district catcher and a member of the 16-3A All-Academic All-District team.
Freshman Brooklyn Peace received the Lady Dawg Newcomer of the Year Award. She was a Second-Team All-District 16-3A Infielder and was named to the all-district all-academic squad.
Other members of the squad recognized for league honors included: senior Tori Jo White (All-District 16-3A Defensive MVP); senior Payton Peace (all-district second-team outfield, TGCA All Academic All-State, all-district all-academic team); senior Jessica Pride (all-district first-team pitcher, all-academic all-state and all-academic all-district); junior Sheila Williams (honorable mention all-district infielder, academic all-district); junior Sarah Clakley (honorable mention all-district infielder, academic all-district); and junior Meagan Davis (honorable mention all-district infielder).
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