Marty Gordon
Sean Gaynor took over a Christiansburg program this past spring that had been experiencing a playoff drought.
Not only did that make the playoffs, the Blue Demons rolled to the school’s first state title in softball and a 24-3 mark.
For his accomplishment, Gaynor has been named the 2024 all-county/all-city softball coach of the year. He was also named the all-district, all-region and all-state coach of the year.
His pitcher, Kadyn Camper, was named the all-county/all-city player of the year, and co-pitcher of the year.
Blacksburg’s Lorelei Spradlin was the other co-pitcher of the year after completing a 7-0 record with 109 strikeouts.
Spradlin and Camper led a mound group that was outstanding this season. Joining the two on the all-county/all-city team were Machenzie Booth from Auburn and Mary Miller of Eastern Montgomery.
Miller finished with 433 strikeouts with only 34 walks. Booth was 9-3 with 120 k’s, not giving up a single run in the district tournament and three rounds of regional tournament.
This year’s unit included Blacksburg’s Lindsay Polan at the first-base position. She was a major headache for opposing team’s pitchers, hitting 11 homeruns and 32 RBI’s. She finished with a .459 average.
Auburn’s Kaylee Ramrattan was this year’s second baseman. As a freshman, she was named first team all-district, first team all-region and second all-state. She would finish the year with a .431 average, 31 hits, five doubles, 21 RBIs, 26 runs scored and 10 stolen bases.
UVA-commit Addison Reasor of Christiansburg was named the all-county/all-city third baseman. Kathyn Price of Radford was the unit’s shortstop.
Eastern Montgomery’s Alexis Artrip led the outfield group with .382 batting average. She was joined by Auburn’s Ariel Mullns and Blacksburg’s Maddie Williams and Clara McMahon.
Blacksburg’s Katey Mathena was the all-county/all-city catcher as she collected eight doubles, 38 hits, 32 RBIs while still stealing 16 bases.
Christiansburg’s Kirsten Lowe was named to the all-county/all-city team as a utility player, and Radford’s Addie Saunders was the team’s designated hitter. Saunders finished with a .485 batting average from her leadoff position.
