No season doesn’t mean no glory: Kentucky tennis coaches announce All-State teams
.jpg "Michael Chou (Trinity) and Sophia Shiben (McCracken County) were named Mr. and Miss Tennis by the Kentucky High School Tennis Coaches Association on Tuesday.")
There was no high school tennis season or state tournament in Kentucky this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that didn’t mean the state’s top players would go unrecognized.
The Kentucky High School Tennis Coaches Association named its 2020 All-State teams as well as Mr. and Miss Tennis recipients for the year on Tuesday. Trinity senior Michael Chou and McCracken County senior Sophia Shiben were recognized as the state’s top tennis players.
Chou was an All-State selection in 2018 and 2019 and was a runner-up for the 2018 KHSAA state doubles title. He was the singles runner-up for Region 7 in 2019.
Shiben was part of three state team champions in her time with the Mustangs, collected from 2015 to 2017, and two state runner-up teams. She finished her career with a 21-5 singles record at the state level and a 110-26 overall record at the prep level.
Members of the KYHSTCA submitted nominations for Mr. and Miss Tennis, the winners of which were selected by the KYHSTCA board.
The All-State teams had 16 automatic qualifiers representing each of the state’s 16 regions. Those representatives were gathered from senior nominees submitted by member coaches, which were then voted on by head coaches from each school in those respective regions. The leading vote-getter became the automatic qualifier for each region.
At-large selections to the All-State teams were made by the KYHSTCA from remaining nominees who were submitted to the board. All nominees who weren’t named to their All-State teams were recognized as honorable mentions.
KYHSTCA All-State teams
(Presented in order given by the KYHSTCA)
BOYS
Isaac Carrico — Graves County
Tanner Ray — Madisonville
Nick Boarman — Owensboro Catholic
Nicholas Morosa — Glasgow
Joshua Parker Young — Greenwood
Landon Gann — Greenwood
Ethan Jackson — Elizabethtown
Jordan Miller — Bullitt Central
Aidan Sheridan-Rabideau — Manual
Hart Howard — Manual
Adrian Bello-Cruz — Ballard
Joey Keal — St. Xavier
Logan Beaver — St. Xavier
Bo Bush — St. Xavier
Justin Lee — Trinity
Michael Chou — Trinity
Joe Kowalke — Woodford County
David Schlachter — Covington Catholic
Evan Gardner — Covington Catholic
Anderson McDowell — Campbell County
Palmer Collett — Western Hills
Chase Frisby — Boyle County
Grant Morton — Corbin
Haydon Caudill — Letcher Central
Scott Daniel — Johnson Central
Ashton Whitt — Morgan County
GIRLS
Sophia Shiben — McCracken County
Danni Poat — McCracken County
Isabella McKinney — McCracken County
Belle Englebright — Caldwell County
Jillian Kruse — Hancock County
Christie Lin — Greenwood
Addison Sutton — North Hardin
Ann Bell — Elizabethtown
Lexi Lutz — Bullitt East
Anna Littlefield — Manual
Hamilton Nichols — Assumption
Julia Wagner — Sacred Heart
Cassie Saner — Simon Kenton
Lauren Fley — Notre Dame
Isabelle Bailey — Notre Dame
Haley White — Mason County
Amanda Miller — Lexington Catholic
Katie Robeson — Henry Clay
Ann Kathryn Shashy — Lexington Catholic
Grace Gardner — Scott County
Devan Neely — Somerset
Samantha Spady — Corbin
Hannah Craft — Knott County Central
Eden Webb — Lawrence County
Emma Hill — Ashland Blazer
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Boys
Tate Puckett — Mayfield
Ty Crabtree — McCracken County
Bryce Dhom -— Henderson County
Richard Chen — Greenwood
Donald “Trey” Seibert — Butler
AJ Bruckert — Whitefield Academy
Sam Bischoff — Boyle County
Camden Moseley — Mercer County
Andrew Hamilton — Pikeville
Girls
Kally Priest — Henderson County
Cameron Blan — Hancock County
Ella Duryea — Greenwood
Harper Popplewell — Greenwood
Leigha Guffey — Monroe County
Sarah Jiranek — Central Hardin
Nicole Feldner — Woodford County
Abigail Crew — Casey County
Kiersten Bryant — Mercer County
Kristen Howard — Pikeville
This story was originally published June 2, 2020 at 4:05 PM.
