The 13th Region was represented well when the Girls’ All-State teams were released on Monday.
Corbin’s Grace Gibson, who has already earned 13th Region Player of the Year honors a few weeks ago, was named All-First Team while teammate Olivia Jones was named All-Second Team.
South Laurel’s Ella Rison earned Honorable Mention honors.
Gibson and Jones played key roles on the Lady Redhound squad this season that posted a 17-5-1 mark that won the 49th District, and 13th Region titles along with making a trip to the Elite Eight.
Gibson said a school record with 55 goals in a season while finishing with 19 assists, and 129 points. Jones set a school record for most assists in a season at 36 while also scoring 36 goals, and finishing with 108 points.
“Making the all-state team is an amazing accomplishment, and I’m extremely proud of both of these ladies,” Corbin coach Hannah Goins said. “They are obviously very talented individuals. They both had record breaking seasons, which is also a huge accomplishment. Not only are they skilled individuals but they demonstrated amazing teamwork and leadership abilities as well.
“Grace and Olivia, as well as my other seniors, Kaiden Walden, Riley Childers, and Kaitlyn Will, really bought into our “Team Over Me” goal for the season,” she added. “All five of these ladies were very strong leaders for our team this season and we owe a lot of our success to that. They are very selfless players that worked very well together and with the rest of the team.
“Olivia has incredible field vision and was able to distribute the ball very well for us this year,” she continued. “And once we moved Grace up top, she was able to find the back of net nearly every game. They were definitely our driving force offensively this year, and were very hard to stop. A lot of teams would man mark them both and they were still able to find the back of the net.
“The best thing about these two young ladies though is their selflessness,” Goins added. “They understood it takes the entire team to be successful. They lifted each other up, and played extremely well as a team. I couldn’t be more proud of every member of this team. We had a lot of players step up and contribute this year and I think their success as well our team success has a lot to do with how well we played together all over the field.”
Rison helped guide South Laurel to a runner-up finish in the 49th District, and 13th Region Tournaments along with an 11-8 record.
She also scored 19 goals, finished with 10 assists, and totaled 48 points.
“Very proud and well-deserved recognition for a player who brings her ‘A’ game every time she steps on the field,” South Laurel coach Lora Rison said. “Ella’s maturity and composure shows up really well in her play, and she serves as a great leader for her team.”
