CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The 2025 softball season was filled with success and postseason unpredictability, and it culminated in two teams from Clarksville finishing as one of the top in their respective state tournaments. It’s now time to honor players representing Montgomery County schools with the 2025 Clarksville Now All-Area Softball Team and Player of the Year.
A wide variety of talented individuals make up each high school team, but these players separated themselves from the rest. All statistics were contributed by Clarksville-area coaches, and the All-Area Team is listed by class in alphabetical order by last name.
Clarksville Now All-Area Team
Madelyn Fillers: Senior First Baseman, Rossview High – In addition to hitting .451 on the season, Fillers finished 2025 with 41 hits, 20 RBI’s, along with six home runs, enroute to a state tournament appearance for Rossview High School.
KayLee Carnall: Junior Catcher/Utility, Kirkwood High – Carnall had a batting average of .451 during the 2024-25 high school softball season. She also collected 17 RBI’s and a slugging percentage of .535, which helped lead the Kirkwood Cobras to their first district title in program history. In addition, Carnall also stole 12 bases.
Ashlee Phillips: Junior Outfielder, Montgomery Central – Phillips was the heart of the Montgomery Central Indians’ lineup. She collected 29 hits with a batting average of .358. She also had 16 RBI’s and an OPS of .859.
McKenzie Quick: Junior Outfielder, Rossview High – Quick was an efficient slap hitter for the Hawks, who also lives up to her name with her speed. The junior outfielder had a .443 batting average this year and collected 47 hits, 20 RBI’s and scored 27 runs.
Caroline Watts: Junior Outfielder, Clarksville High – Watts was a speedster on the basepaths for CHS this season as she stole 22 bases. At the plate, Watts was also dominant with a batting average of .397 and an on-base percentage of .559. She also blasted 2 homeruns and had 18 RBIs.
Evon Dowlen: Sophomore Third Basemen, Rossview High – Dowlen was an efficient hitter at the plate for the Rossview Hawks during the 2025 campaign. She finished the year batting .418 with on 41 hits, 18 RBIs and scoring 21 runs scored. Dowlen also reached based on balls 15 times.
Charlsee Teasley: Sophomore Outfielder, Clarksville Christian – Teasley was a force in the batter’s box for the Centurions, as she also batted above .500 and had a .714 slugging percentage. In addition, Teasley knocked in 26 RBIs on 30 hits and scored 23 runs.
Kiara Conley: Freshman Utility, Kirkwood High – Conley was an on-base machine for Kirkwood High School, batting .526 throughout the 2025 season. She also collected 40 hits and 13 RBIs from the leadoff spot and stole 14 bases as the district 13-4A freshman of the year.
Ella Harp: Freshman Third Basemen, Montgomery Central – Harp was a slugger for MCHS, after compiling a .993 OPS in 2025. The freshmen third basemen knocked in 25 RBIs, including 2 home runs, with a batting average of .338.
Maggie Smith: Freshman Second Basemen, Clarksville High – Smith was another force at the plate for the Clarksville-Montgomery County area this past season of play. She finished the year with a batting average of .480 and collected 34 RBIs on 36 hits, which included 12 doubles. The second basemen also stole 17 bases.
Reese Cocke: 8th Grade Shortstop, Clarksville Christian – Cocke was efficient at the plate with a .545 batting average on the year with a .615 on-base percentage as well. Cocke was also perfect in the field, with a 1.000 fielding percentage, committing no errors as an eighth grader.
Bella Mansfield: 8th Grade Two-Way Player, Clarksville Christian – Mansfield did a little bit of everything to aid the Centurions on their run to the TSIAA championship. Mansfield had a .551 average at the plate, while collecting 27 RBIs on 27 hits. As a pitcher, Mansfield went 4-1, striking out 30 batters and allowing only a .256 batting average against.
Clarksville Now POTY, among other awards
Player of the Year: Avery Rauscher, Senior Right-Handed Pitcher, Rossview High – Rauscher was the most dominant player in Clarksville this year, powering her Hawks to a Cinderella run to the state tournament, pitching nearly every postseason game. Rauscher struck out 215 batters in 140 innings pitched, over doubling the number of hits she gave up (100). Rauscher ended the season with a 1.90 ERA and a .185 batting average against. Rauscher also helped out at the plate, collecting 18 RBIs and 3 home runs.
Offensive Player of the Year: Mackenzie White, Freshman First Basemen, Clarksville High – White, who’s only a freshman, finished the year with a .545 batting average, the highest in Clarksville High’s program history in the last 25 years. White collected 42 hits in 2025, including 10 doubles and 3 home runs. She also made a difference on the base paths with 17 stolen bases.
Pitcher of the Year: Madison Ratcliff, Senior Right-Handed Pitcher, Kirkwood High – Ratcliff was electric in the pitchers circle this past season for the Cobras. She accumulated a 15-4 record while pitching and recorded 113 strikeouts in 104 innings pitched. Ratcliff ended the year with a 1.75 ERA. She was also an effective and efficient hitter for Kirkwood, as she compiled a .486 batting average, while also collecting 35 hits and 35 RBIs.
Coach of the Year: Keli Storz, Kirkwood High – Several coaches could’ve landed the Clarksville Now Coach of the Year Award, however, the nod goes to Keli Storz. The Cobras, after not existing two years ago, put a team together, and they were able to quickly mesh together. In just their second year of existence, Kirkwood High softball won their first-ever district title, while also making their first regional appearance. The Cobras compiled an 18-5 record in year two, and for that amazing turnaround, Storz earns Coach of the Year honors.
Team of the Year: Rossview High Hawks – Yet another tough decision, however, from going to the four seed in your own district tournament to winning a game in the state tournament, that’s something straight out of a storybook. The Hawks defied the odds time and time again and stayed alive all the way to the TSSAA state tournament in Murfreesboro, where they placed as one of the top five teams in the state at the class 4A level.
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