Softball: Loudoun Athletes Selected to VHSCA All-Star Game

Ashburn (May 1, 2012) - Briar Woods High School senior Macy Jones, Woodgrove seniors Allie Reid and Courtney Bogan and Park View senior Samantha Thomas have been selected to play in the Virginia High School Coaches Association Softball All-Star Game July 12 at Christopher Newport University in Newport News. Loudoun County senior Renay Aubel has been chosen as an alternate.

Jones and Co. will play for the East Team, and Briar Woods head coach Jennifer Traina and Woodgrove head coach Joe Spicer will serve on the East Team’s coaching staff.



“This is a great honor for Macy, and I am really excited to get a chance to coach this game,” Traina said. “I was selected to play when I was in high school, and it was such a great event. I'm looking forward to sharing this opportunity with Macy this year.”

The VHSCA All-Star Game features the best senior athletes from all over the state of Virginia at all three levels (A, AA and AAA). Players are selected by a vote of a pool of coaches throughout the state.

Jones, who signed to play for Penn State University next year, is wrapping up a record-setting career at Briar Woods. Through 15 games this season, Jones is hitting .519 with a staggering 1.074 slugging percentage and a .759 on-base percentage. She has drawn 30 walks as many teams have worked around her. Of her 14 hits, nine have gone for extra bases (five doubles, two triples and two home runs). She leads Briar Woods with 22 runs scored. In the circle, Jones is 11-2 with a 1.09 earned run average.

In 90 innings pitched, she has struck out 172 and walked just 13.