Lady Bulldogs Softball Team Presents 2026 Season Awards

The Lady Bulldogs fastpitch softball team held a gathering of players and coaches at Pizza Ranch on Friday, June 26. Head coach Nancy Hoeke and assistant coach Brady Femling celebrated a successful season and presented awards.

Milbank High School Fastpitch Softball Awards 2026

Payton Lamp
Co-Most Valuable
Offensive Player of the Year
Highest Batting Average .472
Most Hits-25
Most Singles – 21
Second-Most RBIs – 16

Paisley Ericsson
Co-Most Valuable
Defensive Player of the Year
Most Stolen Bases – 17
Second-Highest Batting Average – .364
Second Most Hits – 20
Most Triples – 3
Most Runs Scored – 27

Ashlynn Lamp
Senior Award
Captain
Pitching Award
Strikeouts 64

Allie Meyer
Senior Award
Captain
Most Walks – 14

Elyssa Tomac
Senior Award
Captain

Kennedi Sayler
Captain
Most RBIs – 17

Bella Hicks
Most Improved
Second-Highest Batting Average .364
Third-Highest  in Hits – 16
Most Doubles – 5
Third in RBIs – 15
Third in Walks – 12

Payton Westfield
Rookie of the Year

Hallee Green
Team Spirit and Communicator Award

Kaci Zinter
Up and Coming Award

Lauren Lester
Catchers Award
Most Home Runs – 2
Most Walks – 14

BULLDOG AWARD
Elyssa Tomac

Home Runs
Payton Lamp 1 (in the park)
Allie Meyer 1 (in the park)
Lauren Lester – 2 (1 over the fence!)

Injured Reserve
Aubree Madsen

Improved Batting Average:
Elyssa Tomac +.250
Paisley Ericsson +.075
Allie Meyer +.019
Macy Mueller +..052
Kennedi Sayler +020
Payton Lamp +334
Bella Hicks +253

Named All-Conference
Paisley Ericsson and Payton Lamp

Academic All-State
Ashlynn Lamp and Elyssa Tomac

Head Coach
Nancy Hoeke

Assistant Coach
Brady Femling

Volunteer Coaches
Tracey Boll, Wade Ericsson, and Justin Downes

2026 Team members:

Seniors – Ashlynn Lamp, Allie Meyer, and Elyssa Tomac

Juniors – Hallee Green, Heyden Montag, Macy Mueller, and Kennedi Sayler

Freshmen – Paisley Ericsson, Bella Hicks, Payton Lamp, Lauren Lester, and Kaci Zinter

Eighth Graders – Riley Brown, Aubree Madsen, and Payton Westfield

Seventh Grader – Whitney Weyh

2026 Letterwinners:
Ashlynn Lamp, Allie Meyer, Elyssa Tomac, Hallee Green, Heyden Montag, Macy Mueller, Kennedi Sayler, Paisley Ericsson, Bella Hicks, Payton Lamp, Lauren Lester, Kaci Zinter, and Payton Westfield.