Three area softball players were named to the all-Iowa Star Conference's elite team as voted on by the league's coaches.
Senior shortstops Emily Havelka of GMG and Molly Anderson from Colo-NESCO, and North Tama junior center fielder Allison Zobel were honored with selection to the 10-player team - the first such honor for each of them.
Havelka finished second in the Iowa Star Conference with a school-record .542 batting average, adding five doubles and a league-high four triples. She also stole 11 bases for the Wolverines this summer.
Anderson had a .917 fielding percentage and batted .364 with 33 RBIs and 12 stolen bases for the Royals.
Both Havelka and Anderson were first-team all-South Division last season.
Zobel hit .477 with seven doubles and 12 RBIs for the Redhawks, whose statistics on quikstatsiowa.com had not yet been finalized.
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All-Iowa Star Conference Softball Teams
(* - unanimous selection)
ELITE TEAM
Kimberley Wedeking, jr., P, Clarksville
Cate Paulsen, jr., C, Don Bosco
Olivia Rigdon, jr., INF, Don Bosco
Molly Anderson, sr., INF, Colo-NESCO
Emily Havelka, sr., INF, GMG
Kendyl Sorge, fr., INF, Janesville
Morgan Frost, fr., OF, Don Bosco
Bailey Epling, fr., OF, Dunkerton
Allison Zobel, jr., OF, North Tama
Karli Welter, jr., UT, Don Bosco
SOUTH DIVISION
First Team
*Karli Welter, jr., P, Don Bosco
*Brittany Hickson, jr., P, Don Bosco
Cate Paulsen, jr., C, Don Bosco
Olivia Rigdon, jr., INF, Don Bosco
Kara Robinson, sr., INF, Colo-NESCO
Molly Anderson, sr., INF, Colo-NESCO
Emily Havelka, sr., INF, GMG
*Morgan Frost, fr., OF, Don Bosco
Allison Zobel, jr., OF, North Tama
Melody Beane, sr., OF, GMG
Dana Baker, sr., UT, Colo-NESCO
Second Team
Erica Babinat, jr., P, Colo-NESCO
Sam Zobel, so., C, North Tama
Kaitlyn McGarvey, so., INF, Don Bosco
Tori Even, fr., INF, Don Bosco
Sydney Fehr, sr., INF, North Tama
Caitlin Appelgate, so., INF, GMG
Olivia Schmit, so., OF, Don Bosco
Madison Farren, so., OF, Colo-NESCO
Christy Calderwood, jr., OF, North Tama
NORTH DIVISION
First Team
*Kimberly Wedeking, jr., P, Clarksville
*Aubrey Duncan, so., P, Dunkerton
Megan Backer, jr., C, Clarksville
*Carissa Kelm, sr., INF, Clarksville
*Lizzy Fangman, sr., INF, Dunkerton
*Kendyl Sorge, fr., INF, Janesville
*Kaitlyn Muhlenbruch, sr., INF, CAL
*Kayla Mennenga, jr., OF, Clarksville
*Bailey Epling, fr., OF, Dunkerton
*Victoria Leyh, so., OF, Janesville
Jenn Jeffers, jr., UT, NE Hamilton
Second Team
Molly Greenfield, jr., P, NE Hamilton
Delana Smith, so., C, Dunkerton
Emily Mennenga, so., INF, Clarksville
Mary Hovenga, so., INF, Janesville
Destiny Christopher, so., INF, Janesville
Caity Hassebrock, sr., INF, NE Hamilton
Dani Reicherts, 8th, OF, Dunkerton
Natalie Brace, sr., OF, Janesville
Dani Roberts, 8th, OF, Dunkerton
HONORABLE MENTION
Karter Miller, so., CAL; Hannah Faust, so., Clarksville; Kylie Sarver, so., Colo-NESCO; Baylee Roads, so., Don Bosco; Morgan Boeschen, jr., Dunkerton; Abby Kulhavy, sr., GMG; Shelby Schnurstein, fr., Janesville; Serena Jefferson, jr., Meskwaki; Sarah Howard, fr., North Tama.
Each local elite selection was also a member of the Iowa Star's South Division first team.
Anderson was joined by senior first baseman Kara Robinson and senior right fielder Dana Baker, while GMG senior center fielder Melody Beane earned her third all-conference honor.
Beane, a second-team selection in 2010 and elite-teamer last summer, batted .365 with 18 runs scored and 11 stolen bases for GMG.
Robinson hit .303 with 19 RBIs and 14 stolen bases, while Baker hit .432 with 28 runs scored and 14 stolen bases.
Second-team South Division honors went to Sam Zobel, Sydney Fehr and Christy Calderwood of North Tama, Erica Babinat and Madison Farren of Colo-NESCO, and Caitlin Appelgate of GMG.
Receiving honorable mention were Kylie Sarver of Colo-NESCO, Abby Kulhavy from GMG, Sarah Howard of North Tama, and Meskwaki Settlement's Serena Jefferson.