Hayden's Bill Arnold has been named the Centennial League Baseball Coach of the Year after the Wildcats won the undefeated league title.

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Hayden senior Cooper Grace has been named the Centennial League Baseball Player of the Year after helping lead the Wildcats to the undefeated league title.

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Shawnee Heights senior Grace Proctor has been named the UKC Softball Pitcher of the Year by conference coaches.

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Seaman junior infielder Aubrey Warren has been tapped as the UKC Softball Player of the Year by conference coaches.

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Shawnee Heights softball coach Tara Griffith has been named the UKC Coach of the Year by conference coaches.

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Washburn Rural, which captured three Class 6A state championships, including a state-meet record, headlines the 2025 All-Shawnee County boys track and field team.

IsaiahTerry2025State400 4Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural

LiamMorrison2025State 1Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural

RuralRelay2025 2Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison, Draden Chooncharoen, Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural

Rural senior Isaiah Terry won the 6A state title in the 400-meter dash in 47.92 seconds and junior Liam Morrison won the 300 hurdles in 37.68 before Morrison and Terry teamed with senior Matthew Houser and junior Draden Chooncharoen for a 6A meet-record time of 3:16.23 in the 4x400 relay.

PeytonHolmes2025State 5Peyton Holmes, Seaman

BryceCochran2025State 6Bryce Cochran, Seaman

BrodyAnderson2025 5Brody Anderson, Seaman

Seaman senior Peyton Holmes was the 5A runnerup in the 100 dash (10.82) while Viking senior Bryce Cochran finished third in the 400 (48.85) and Seaman junior Brody Anderson placed third in the 800 (1:55.52).

BenRoeder2025State 1 Ben Roeder, CPLS/Topeka High

Senior Ben Roeder, who competed for Cair Paravel Latin in postseason after running for Topeka High in the regular season, finished third in the 2A 400 (49.37).

Silver Lake's foursome of seniors Trent Rollenhagen and Evan Scheid and juniors Joel Miller and Braxton Rupp posted a third-place finish in the 3A 4x100 relay (42.57).

JensenSchrickel2025City 4Jensen Schrickel, Hayden

Despite missing the state meet after an injury at regionals, Hayden senior multi-time state champion Jensen Schrickel earned All-City honors for the fourth straight season.

In addition to its state champions, Washburn Rural put seniors Braylon Badger, Ben Buesing, Connor Olsen and Chris Quarles, junior Brooks Kehoe and sophomore Christian Hartman-Babb on the All-City team.

AdrianLehman2025trackCity 2Adrian Lehman and Mark Wilkie, Topeka West

Topeka West is represented on the All-City team by senior distance standouts Adrian Lehman and Mark Wilkie, who were both 5A state medalists, while Shawnee Heights senior Liam Benz and Seaman sophomore Jack Esser were also state medalists.

All-Shawnee County picks were based on meeting minimum performance standards as well as coaches' recommendations and postseason performances.

ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY 2025 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Name, school                                             Class      Events

Brody Anderson, Seaman                              Jr.           Distance

Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural                   Sr.           Hurdles

Liam Benz, Shawnee Heights                         Sr.           Sprints

Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural                        Sr.           Distance

Draden Chooncharoen, Washburn Rural       Jr.            Sprints, relays

Bryce Cochran, Seaman                                 Sr.            Sprints

Jack Esser, Seaman                                        So.            Jumps

Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural    So.            Sprints, hurdles

Peyton Holmes, Seaman                                Sr.             Jumps, relays

Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural                 Sr.             Sprints, relays

Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural                      Jr.             Distance

Adrian Lehman, Topeka West                        Sr.             Distance

Joel Miller, Silver Lake                                    Jr.             Relays

Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural                     Jr.           Hurdles, relays

Connor Olsen, Washburn Rural                      Sr.           Distance

Chris Quarles, Washburn Rural                       Sr.           Distance

Ben Roeder, Topeka High/CPLS                     Sr.           Sprints

Trent Rollenhagen, Silver Lake                       Sr.           Relays

Braxton Rupp, Silver Lake                              Jr.            Relays

Jensen Schrickel, Hayden                               Sr.           Sprints, jumps, relays

Evan Scheid, Silver Lake                                 Sr.            Sprints, relays

Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural                          Jr.            Sprints, relays

Mark Wilkie, Topeka West                              Sr.            Distance

Honorable mention

Hayden: Rondell Harris, jr.; Kelton Meier, so.; Liam Stegman, sr.; Jonah Stewart, sr. Highland Park: Tremaine Savage, jr. Rossville: Landon Lewis, fr. Seaman: Brogen Brown, jr.; Josh Brown, jr.; Kameron Flores, Josh Hochard, jr.; Tad McGee, sr.; Blake Toyne, sr.; Kaden Whitehurst, sr. Shawnee Heights: Isaac Song, sr.; Tyler Wedl, sr. Silver Lake: Aemon Coffman, sr.; Myles Fisher, so.; Jared Johnson, sr.; Deondre Razzano, sr. Topeka High: Stuart Campbell, Robert Dingle, Oliver Ellis, Tevante Ewing, Anthony Jones, Lucas Marichal, Malachi Murphy, Greg Njorge, Jonel Tibbs. Topeka West: Elijah Berg, sr.; Nasir Helton, so.; Jayden Lindsey, jr.; Dorian Rhoten, so. Washburn Rural: Luke Deering, so.; Clayton Fink, fr.; Zach Hancock, fr.; Bodie King, sr.; Henry Laubach, fr.; Oliver Perez, jr.; Sam Scott, so.; Jackson Svaty, so.; Gabriel Taylor, so.; Cohen Thiessen, so.; Jackson Tuckwin, jr.

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