Who will be the Lakeshore Elite girls athlete for 2025? Vote here

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It’s been a busy year for girls athletes across Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties in 2025.

Here is a list of the top 46 girls athletes, in alphabetical order.

I’ll be focusing on the athletes top accomplishments, not necessarily every sport they competed in or accolade they received.

At the bottom of the list will be a poll to choose who you feel was the best of 2025.

The poll will be open one week until Jan. 7 at noon.

Madelyn Abler, class of 2025, Random Lake

Abler made second team all-state in Division 4 and 5 by the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association, hitting .585 with seven home runs, 43 RBIs and 38 runs scored.

Kaelin Adair, class of 2025, Mishicot

Adair was second team all-Divisions 4 and 5 by the WFSCA after batting .459 and had 32 RBIs with five home runs.

Brooke Arnoldi, sr., Sheboygan Falls

Arnoldi placed fourth in diving at the WIAA Division 2 state swimming and diving meet with a score of 349.70 for the Kohler/Lutheran/Falls girls swimming team.

Olivia Bahr, class of 2025, Cedar Grove-Belgium

Bahr was honorable mention all-state as a defender for the Cedar Grove-Belgium girls soccer team by the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association.

Abigail Beaumont, jr., Sheboygan Falls

Beaumont was honorable mention all-state in Division 2 by the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association.

Maggie Behler, jr., Kohler

Behler, the 2024 Lakeshore Elite girls cross country runner of the year, won the WIAA Division 3 state cross country title with a time of 18 minutes and 22.5 seconds. She was also the 2025 Lakeshore Elite girls track and field athlete of the year after winning silver at the WIAA Division 3 state meet in the 3,200-meters with a time of 10 minutes and 37.11 seconds and taking bronze in the 1,600 (4:56.84). She was also a member, along with teammates Lillian Pociask, Sophia Kwacz and Ella Loest, of the Blue Bombers state-champion 3,200 relay (9:34.31).

Angie Bianchi, sr., Two Rivers

Bianchi won the WIAA state girls wrestling championship at 120-pounds. The 2025 Lakeshore Elite girls wrestler of the year defeated Manitowoc Lincoln’s Emjay Neumann in the state title match in a 7-5 decision.

Two Rivers High School's Angie Bianchi celebrates her victory over Manitowoc Lincoln High School's Emjay Neumann in the girls 120-pound championship match March 1, 2025, during the WIAA state individual wrestling tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

Taylor Brigham, class of 2025, Sheboygan Lutheran

Brigham averaged 16.8 ppg and 8.6 rpg while making honorable mention all-state in Division 5 by the Wisconsin Basketball Association.

Kasey Brouchoud, class of 2025, Mishicot

Brouchoud was first team all-state in Divisions 4 and 5 by the WFSCA. She had 34 RBIs and hit five home runs while hitting .414.

Macy Bruggink, sr., Oostburg

Bruggink made honorable mention all-state in Division 3 by the WVCA.

Tessa Campbell, class of 2025, Manitowoc Lincoln

Campbell earned bronze in the Division 1 400 (56.70) at the WIAA state track and field meet.

Makayla Dallas, class of 2025, Valders

Dallas batted .486 with four home runs, 25 RBIs and 30 runs scored while being named honorable mention all-state in Divisions 2 and 3 by the WFSCA.

Jenna Dirks, sr., Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah

Dirks placed third to win bronze in the discus with a distance of 129-feet and 6-inches at the WIAA Division 3 state track and field meet.

Cora Erickson, class of 2025, Cedar Grove-Belgium

Erickson, a standout on the Cedar Grove-Belgium girls soccer team, became the state’s all-time leader in goals (246) and points (566) while scoring 59 goals this season which was second in the state. The 2025 Lakeshore Elite girls soccer player of the year was second team all-state from the WSCA.

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Arden Getschman, jr., Cedar Grove-Belgium

Getschman has a terrific sophomore season for the Cedar Grove-Belgium girls soccer team. She was tied for seventh in the state with 100 points, tied for 10^th with 36 goals and was third in the state with 28 assists.

Madyson Gutschow, sr., Kiel

Gutschow was honorable mention all-state in Division 3 by the WVCA.

Mya Grams, sr., Sheboygan North

Grams made honorable mention all-state as a forward for the Sheboygan North girls soccer team.

Brielle Hamilton, class of 2025, Sheboygan North

The defender on the Golden Raiders girls soccer team earned honorable mention all-state honors by the WSCA.

Megan Hochkammer, sr., Valders

Hochkammer earned honorable mention all-state honors by the WVCA in Division 3.

Mollie Junk, jr., Manitowoc Lincoln

Junk was named honorable mention all-state in Division 1 by the WVCA.

Ady Ketterhagen, sr., Oostburg

Ketterhagen, the 2025 Lakeshore Elite girls basketball player of the year, was named first-team Division 3 by the WBCA. She averaged 22.5 ppg for the state-champion Oostburg girls basketball team, and became the program’s leading scorer in 2025.

Kinsley Ketterhagen, so., Oostburg

The freshman, who holds multiple NCAA Division 1 offers including from Wisconsin and Michigan State, was first team all-state in Division 3 by the WBCA after averaging 20.1 ppg for the state-champion Flying Dutchmen.

Riley Ketterhagen, sr., Oostburg

Riley earned honorable mention all-state honors in Division 3 by the WBCA after averaging 16.2 ppg and 3.4 assists per game. She also crossed the 1,000-point plateau for her career with the Oostburg girls basketball team.

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Kennedy Kneser, sr., Oostburg

Kneser placed third in the discus (131-6) at the WIAA Division 2 state track and field meet.

Kalli Knowles, sr., Plymouth

Knowles was ninth in the state in goals with 39 and 10^th in points with 87 for the Plymouth girls soccer team and was second team all-state by the WSCA.

Paige Kurtz, class of 2025, Plymouth

Kurtz, a goalkeeper for the Plymouth girls soccer team, was honorable mention all-state by the WSCA.

Karsyn Krause, class of 2025, Mishicot

Krause was honorable mention all-state in Divisions 4 and 5, batting .386 with 20 RBIs and 29 runs scored.

Maddison McDole, sr., Kiel

McDole earned a bronze medal in the high jump (5-5) at the WIAA Division 2 state track and field meet.

Marissa Mehlhorn, sr., Manitowoc Lutheran

Mehlhorn, a member of the state-champion Manitowoc Lutheran volleyball team, was first team all-state in Division 3 by the WVCA. She was also honorable mention all-state in Division 4 by the WBCA for the Lancers girls basketball team, averaging 13.9 ppg, 8.7 rpg and shooting 55.5% from the field.

Lydia Neeb, sr., Sheboygan Christian

Neeb made honorable mention all-state in Division 4 for the Eagles volleyball team.

Liz Neils, Sr., Kiel

Neils was honorable mention all-state in Division 3 by the WVCA.

Emjay Neumann, sr., Manitowoc Lincoln

Neumann finished second at 120, falling to Two Rivers’ Bianchi in the championship match.

Anna Olson, sr., Valders

Olson earned honorable mention all-state by the WVCA in Division 3.

Lillian Pociask, jr., Kohler

Pociask was eighth at the Division 3 state cross country championships, crossing the finish line in 19:25.7.

Sofia Rodriguez, sr., Sheboygan Christian

Rodriguez earned honorable mention all-state honors in Division 4 by the WVCA for the Sheboygan Christian volleyball team.

Ava Rothe, sr., Kiel

The Kiel volleyball player made honorable mention all-state in Division 3 by the WVCA.

Taavi Saeger, sr., Kiel

Saeger, the Kiel girls soccer player, was fourth in the state in both goals (48) and points (113) en route to being named honorable mentions all-state by the WSCA.

Kiran Sanford, class of 2025, Mishicot

Sanford, the 2025 Lakeshore Elite softball player of the year, struck out a Division 4 single-game record 20 batters in the state title game and her 31 strikeouts total in the two games were also a Division 4 record. She holds Mishicot’s record for most single-season and career strikeouts, wins and earned run average. Sanford had a .234 ERA with 355 strikeouts and just 18 walks. The WFSCA named Sanford the Division 4 player of the year while she also was the unanimous Big East North player of the year.

Addison Schliewe, class of 2025, Sheboygan Falls

Schliewe became the all-time leading scorer in school history, boys or girls, in 2025. She averaged a double-double with 18 ppg and 10.2 rpg en route to being named first team all-state in Division 3 by the WBCA. In the spring, Schliewe was honorable mention all-state as a defender for the Falcons girls soccer team by the WSCA.

Gracie Schmidt, sr., Cedar Grove-Belgium

The Cedar Grove-Belgium girls soccer player was second in the state in assists with 30 while her 64 points were 21^st.

Mia Stolle, sr., Kohler

Stolle earned a sixth-place medal at the WIAA Division 2 state swim meet in diving with a score of 337.55 for the Kohler/Lutheran/Falls co-op.

Ava Stuebs, jr., Manitowoc Lutheran

Stuebs, the 2025 Lakeshore Elite volleyball player of the year, was named first team all-Division 3 by the WVCA.

Samantha Veldkamp, jr., Sheboygan Christian

Veldkamp was honorable mention all-state in Division 4 by the WVCA.

Addison Verhagen, class of 2025, Sheboygan Lutheran

Verhagen became the all-time leading scorer in Sheboygan Lutheran girls basketball history in 2025, averaging 20.5 ppg and being named first team all-state in Division 5 by the WBCA.

Abby Weidmayer, jr., Manitowoc Lincoln

The Manitowoc Lincoln volleyball player was named honorable mention all-state in Division 1 by the WVCA.

Nora Williams, jr., Sheboygan Falls

Williams won a pair of state medals at the WIAA Division 2 state swim meet, taking sixth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.04) and silver in the 500 freestyle (5:15.48).

Contact Tom Dombeck at 920-686-2965 or tdombeck@htrnews.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @Tom_Dombeck.

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