Here are the 2026 Lexington All-City softball teams and player of the year
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- Karsyn Rockvoan won 2026 All‑City Player of the Year for the third straight season.
- Rockvoan totaled a career-high 301 strikeouts in 2026 with a 13-11 record and 2.18 ERA.
- Coaches voted on two All-City teams using a points system with no self-voting allowed.
The Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com present the 2026 All-City Softball Team and Player of the Year as voted on by the eight high school coaches of Lexington’s varsity KHSAA programs.
Bryan Station senior pitcher Karsyn Rockvoan earned All-City Player of the Year honors for the third consecutive season. She shared the award with Lexington Catholic’s Abby Hammond as a sophomore and held it outright as a junior.
This season, the Northwest Florida State College signee helped lead the Defenders to their second 42nd District title in three years and their first appearances in the 11th Region Tournament semis and final.
Rockvoan rang up a career-high 301 strikeouts in 2026 with a 13-11 record and a 2.18 earned run average. For her six-year varsity career, she totaled 1,331 strikeouts, a record for Bryan Station and among the top 15 all-time in KHSAA history.
Rockvoan earned six top player nods from the city’s coaches. Frederick Douglass’ Haley McGuire and Henry Clay’s Ella Smith each got one top player vote and joined Rockvoan on the first team.
Rounding out the first team were Lafayette’s Anna Clay Denton, Brynna Harris and McKenzie Harney; Frederick Douglass’ Jarynn Bowman and Emma Dunn; and Tates Creek’s Alexis Bazzell and Alexis Sempsrott.
Lexington’s eight varsity softball coaches were asked to nominate players for All-City consideration. Later, the coaches ranked, one through 10, their top players from that list of nominees. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own players on the final ballot.
Selections were made regardless of position, and each team was limited to a maximum of five All-City honorees. Point values were assigned to each voting position (10 points for first-place votes, nine points for second-place votes, etc.), and the accumulation of those points was used to create the first and second teams, each composed of 10 players.
Lexington All-City Softball First Team
Player, position(s), class, school, voting points (first-place votes)
Karsyn Rockvoan, P, Sr., Bryan Station, 69 (6)
Haley McGuire, P/INF, Jr., Frederick Douglass, 55 (1)
Ella Smith, P/1B, Sr., Henry Clay, 36 (1)
Anna Clay Denton, SS, Sr., Lafayette, 35
Jarynn Bowman, INF, Jr., Frederick Douglass, 34
Brynna Harris, CF, Sr., Lafayette, 33
Alexis Bazzell, SS, Jr., Tates Creek, 29
Alexis Sempsrott, P, So., Tates Creek, 23
Emma Dunn, SS/3B, Jr., Frederick Douglass, 15
McKenzie Harney, OF, Sr., Lafayette, 13
Lexington All-City Softball Second Team
Jayne Skaggs, P/C, So., Henry Clay
Lauren Kelley, CF/P, Sr., Lexington Catholic
Adrienn Arcure, SS/CF, Jr., Bryan Station
Kathryn Skaggs, OF, So., Henry Clay
Mia Urbaneja, CF/SS, 7th, Bryan Station
Kylie Howell, 3B, Jr., Tates Creek
Ella Deaton, P, Fr., Lexington Christian
Payton Coomer, SS, Sr., Lexington Catholic
Mackenzie Waits, 1B/UT, Sr., Lexington Christian
Ellie Thompson, C, Fr., Lexington Catholic
Honorable mention
Bryan Station: Carrington Clark, Bekah Clark.
Frederick Douglass: Savannah Wombles, Riley Baker.
Henry Clay: Elise Pearson, Abby Watts-Claunch.
Lafayette: Lyla Hould, Aarilyn Waletich-Silverio.
Lexington Catholic: Ava Carpenter, Payton Avilez.
Lexington Christian: Madison Wertzler, Emery Trogdon, Megan Moore.
Paul Laurence Dunbar: Cortney Diersen, Lily Sawyers, Ellie Brajuha, Samantha Dixon, Sophia Schweighardt.
Tates Creek: Hannah Jones, Megan Predmore.
This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM.
