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Staunton River's Kailynne Keister Voted Virginia High School Softball Player of the Year for 2025

The sophomore was also named First Team All District, All-Region Shortstop, and All-Region Player of the Year

Harry Lichtman

SBLive Sports

Congratulations to Staunton River's Kailynne Keister on being voted High School on SI Virginia Softball Player of the Year for the 2025 season.

Keister, a sophomore shortstop on Staunton River's team, finished with 12 home runs, 35 hits, 30 RBIs 32 runs, nine stolen bases, and a .486 batting average. She was named First Team All District, All-Region Shortstop, and All-Region Player of the Year.

Keister led the poll with 58.69% of votes, while Marissa Bernheimer, a junior on Western Branch, was the only other nominee to come close and finished second with 38.04% of votes.

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Harry Lichtman
HARRY LICHTMAN

Harry Lichtman is a sports reporter based in Montgomery County, MD and the DC area. He also writes for Capitals Outsider and LastWordOnSports, and previously wrote for MLB Report, The Sports Pulse, the Baltimore Jewish Times, the Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Bottom Line newspaper at Frostburg State University. In 2020, Harry won an MDDC Press award for a story about former high school lacrosse head coach Jeff Fritz. Harry has been writing since 2016.

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