Player of the year

BROOKE VESTAL

School: New Braunfels Canyon Position: Pitcher/first baseman Class: Senior

College choice: Oklahoma Rundown: Despite a reduced workload, in part to depth on the pitching staff and injury, still put together a dominating season to help the Cougarettes advanced to the UIL Class 6A state tournament for the first time since 2010 and the third overall. Canyon lost to Atascocita 5-3 in the state final, squandering a late 3-2 advantage. … Struggled early in the postseason but found her form when it mattered, combining with Aliyah Pritchett for a no-hitter in the Region IV-6A final vs. Warren, allowed only one run in an 8-1 triumph over Conroe

Oak Ridge in the state semifinals, and left after four innings with a 1-0 lead and seven strikeouts in the state final against Atascocita.

Highlights: Had a 16-2 record with a 0.89 earned-run average and 128 strikeouts in 86 2⁄ in

3 nings. … Opponents had a .122 batting average against her. … Batted .471 with seven home runs, including a game-winning solo blast against Warren in the Region IV-6A final, seven doubles and 32 RBIs. … Finished her career with an 83-21 pitching record and 1,066 strikeouts.

Honors: All-District 27-6A coMVP, the fourth straight season she earned the district’s top accolade, shared or outright. … Made E-N Super Team in each of the her four seasons. … Was E-N player of the year as a freshman in 2015.

Quotable: “The season didn’t end exactly how we wanted, but we accomplished a lot of things as a team and we came together as a family. Just seeing what our team was capable of when we were a family and played as one, it was just incredible.”

Also considered for E-N honor: Johnson’s Kailey Brown, New Braunfels Canyon’s Aliyah Pritchett, Incarnate Word’s Megan Jimenez