Meet the 2024 All-Metro Business Competition Team

Here is The Commercial Appeal’s All-Metro softball team for the 2024 TSSAA season.

Player of the year

Addie Graham

Arlington

Infielder | Sr.

Why choose : Graham hit hard with a .692 batting average and 59 RBIs for the Tigers, who advanced to the Class 4A state tournament.

The rest of the first team

Emma Abrams

Lewisburg

Pitcher | Jr.

Why choose : Abrams had one of the best arms in DeSoto County, going 16-3 with a 1.38 ERA for the Patriots. She also struck out 168 batters in 121 innings pitched.

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Kate Johnson

Hernando

Pitcher | Jr.

Why choose : Johnson went 15-2 with a 2.18 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 99⅓ innings pitched for the Tigers, who finished second in the MHSAA Class 7A state championship.

Jorja Wheeler

Saint Benedict

Pitcher | Jr.

Why choose : Wheeler propelled the Eagles to the Division II-AA state tournament with an 18-6 record, 1.31 ERA and 277 strikeouts in 164⅔ innings pitched. At the plate, she hit .339 with 19 RBIs.

Macie Dever Boaz

North point

Receiver | So.

Why choose : Dever Boaz displayed both power and speed, batting .544, with 14 home runs and 37 RBIs. She also scored 51 runs and stole 36 bases.

Brooke Harrison

Tipton-Rosemark Academy

Infielder | Sr.

Why choose : Harrison hit .422 with 50 runs scored and 24 stolen bases.

Adin Shelton

Brighton

Infielder | Sr.

Why choose : Shelton, a TSCA All-State selection, hit .346 with 13 homers and 35 RBIs for the 23-win Cardinals.

Charlee Smith

Saint Benedict

Infielder | Sr.

Why choose : Smith excelled for the Eagles, who reached the Division II-AA state tournament, hitting .487 with two home runs, 33 RBIs and 40 runs scored.

Kaitlyn Gentry

Hernando

Vaulter | P.

Why choose : En route to the MHSAA Class 7A championship series, Gentry hit .442 from the leadoff position. She also scored 43 runs, had 23 RBIs and stole 12 bases.

Keagan Stepp

Brighton

Voltigeur | So.

Why choose : Stepp, the Cardinals’ leadoff hitter, finished the season with a .362 average, three home runs, 24 RBIs and 39 runs scored.

Lea Walker

Lewisburg

Voltigeur | Sr.

Why choose : The Patriots advanced to the second round of the MHSAA Class 7A playoffs on a strong performance from Walker, who hit .456 with 24 RBIs, 37 runs scored and 14 stolen bases. As a pitcher, she was 7-3 with a 2.71 ERA.

Brittanie Layton

Arlington

Utility | Jr.

Why choose : Layton was a stalwart pitcher with a 17-4 record and 77 strikeouts, and a catcher for the Tigers with a .418 batting average and 31 RBIs.

SECOND TEAM

P: Laney Lawson, Brighton, Jr.

P: Kendall Wilkie, Arlington, Sr.

P: Colby Young, DeSoto Central, South.

VS: Gracie Williams, Munford, P.

INF: Kendall Harper, Collierville, Jr.

INF: Olivia Higginbotham, Hernando, Jr.

INF: Lola Sprenkle, Tipton-Rosemark Academy, So.

INF: Neely Wilder, ECS, So.

OF: Ashlyn Bartholomew, Arlington, Sr.

OF: Zoie Bernard, Saint Benedict, Jr.

OF: Maci Frederick, Houston, Sr.

Utility: Addie Thorpe, Tipton-Rosemark Academy, Jr.