OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference announced its 2025 Division II softball regular season honors, and Johnson County Community College once again showcased its depth with 11 players earning all-conference recognition. It marks the second straight season the Cavaliers have produced 11 honorees and just the third time in program history.
Leading the way are freshman outfielder Kennedy Glassford and freshman pitcher Kylie Whitehurst, both first-team selections. Glassford was also named KJCCC Division II Freshman of the Year, becoming the ninth player in program history to earn the honor, while Whitehurst was selected as Pitcher of the Year—the first Cavalier to receive that distinction.
Sophomore infielder Katie Kolarik and sophomore outfielder Makenzie Yoder also earned first-team honors. Second-team selections included Reagan Neitzel, Alaryce Millard, Elsa Carrillo, Reese Pattison and Katie Courter. Olivia Ellis and Mariah Herrera were named honorable mention.
Glassford has been the centerpiece of Johnson County's dominant offense, earning conference Player of the Week honors four times—more than any other player—and adding NJCAA Division II Player of the Week recognition in week seven. She enters the postseason batting .468 with 18 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, 52 runs scored and 59 RBI. She leads the team with 18 multiple-RBI games and ranks among conference leaders in nearly every major offensive category.
Whitehurst quickly emerged as one of the conference's top arms, posting a 17-4 record with three saves, a 2.89 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 152.2 innings. Her 17 wins are tied for the conference lead, and she ranks among the top in strikeouts, saves and ERA. She was named KJCCC Pitcher of the Week four times this season, the most of any pitcher in the league
Kolarik continues to build on an already outstanding career, batting .455 with 17 doubles and 14 home runs while driving in 59 runs. She delivered one of the season's most memorable performances in a sweep of Independence, highlighted grand slam and three-run homer in the first inning as part of 3-for-5 performance with seven RBI in the second game. That performance earned the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week. She ranks among the conference leaders in home runs, RBI and extra-base hits, and continues to climb JCCC's all-time lists in multiple categories. She is tied for fourth in multi-RBI games (31) and fourth in home runs (25), extra-base hits (62) and walks (51). She is also one of just 12 players in program history to surpass 100 career RBIs and is currently tied for fifth with 110.
Yoder has also been a key contributor, batting .400 (48-for-120) with 19 stolen bases, seven doubles, four home runs, 40 runs and 35 RBI. She capped the regular season by going 5-for-7 with a grand slam and eight RBI against Independence. Earlier this year, she became the first KJCCC Division II player to earn both conference and national Player of the Week honors in the same week.
Neitzel remains one of the team's most consistent offensive threats, hitting .407 (56-for-135) with 18 doubles , a triple, five home runs, 34 runs and 56 RBI, while also reaching the 100-career RBI milestone. She has produced 15 multiple-hit and 14 multiple-RBI games. She is tied for fifth in the conference in doubles, sixth in RBI, and tied for 10th in extra base hits (24).
Millard has been a steady presence since transferring in, riding an 18-game hitting streak as the team enters the postseason, the 15th longest in program history. She is batting .462 (60-for-13) with 19 doubles, four home runs, 35 runs scored and 28 RBI. She leads the team with 20 multiple-hit games and has eight multi-RBI games. She is tied for second in the conference in doubles, ranks sixth in batting average and 10th in hits.
In the circle, Carrillo added another strong season with an 11-4 record, three shutouts and a no-hitter earlier this year against Cloud County, further cementing her place among the program's top pitchers. She has struck out 61 batters over 94 and one-third innings and her 11 wins tie for fifth in the conference.
Pattison has excelled on both sides of the ball, hitting .389 49-for-126) with 17 doubles, nine home runs, 28 runs and 46 RBI. She is tied for fifth in the conference in extra base hits (26), ranks seventh in doubles and tied for eighth in home runs. Two of her nine homers were grand slams. Pattison has collected multiple-hits in 13 games and has 12 multiple-RBI games. She has been nearly flawless with her glove work, sporting a .986 fielding percentage while committing only three errors in 218 fielding chances.
Courter is the team's and KJCCC's top hitter this season batting a .500 clip (37-for-74) with nine doubles, 12 stolen bases, 31 runs scored and 15 driven in. She has produced nine multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games.
Ellis is hitting .409 (45-for-110) with six doubles, two triples, two home runs, 35 runs and 22 RBI. She has produced 11 multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI games, highlighted by a four-RBI effort in a victory over Fort Hays Tech Northwest in mid-March.
Herrera joined Johnson County after her freshman season at Iowa Western and has been a key contributor both offensively and defensively. She is batting .430 (58-for-135) with nine doubles, a triple, a home run, 28 runs scored and 23 driven in. She has produced 17 multiple-hit games and six multi-RBI games. highlighted by a five-RBI performance that included a triple and home run against Fort Hays Tech Northwest. Defensively, she boasts a .935 fielding percentage with 54 putouts and 76assists.
Together, these 11 players have powered Johnson County to its 19th conference championship—and fourth in the last six seasons.
The Cavaliers will open postseason play Wednesday, May 6 at 11 a.m. against Coffeyville as they look to carry their momentum into the Region 6 Tournament and continue their championship pursuit.