Softball | 5/6/2026 9:58:00 AM

Four Cloud County Community College softball players earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) Division 2 honors for the 2026 season on Wednesday, May 6.

Freshman pitcher Maddie Harold secured First-Team honors. Harold also claimed Second-Team accolades as an outfielder, while sophomore catcher Emalee Johnson, freshman infielder Allison Adams and freshman outfielder Brooke Lougheed were named honorable mention selections.

A native of Milford, Kansas, Harold took First-Team honors in the circle after leading KJCCC D2 in total strikeouts and strikeouts per seven innings pitched. Harold paces the T-Birds with a 4.53 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 102 innings of work. Harold's 111 punchouts are the most for a T-Bird pitcher since Taylor Dekok collected 112 in 2022.

Harold was also named Second-Team All-KJCCC as an outfielder. Harold leads the T-Birds and ranks sixth in KJCCC D2 with a .443 batting average. She also ranks second in KJCCC D2 with 15 home runs, fifth in the conference in extra-base hits with 26, and eighth in the conference with 51 RBI.

Johnson, who hails from Concordia, Kansas, was named an honorable mention All-KJCCC D2 selection for the second consecutive year. Johnson has started just 16 games since returning from an off-season injury. Johnson is hitting .354 on the season, including a team-best .469 in KJCCC play. Johnson has 17 hits, one double, two triples and one home run. She also has 46 put outs behind the plate.

Adams, who is from Wakefield, Kansas, garners All-KJCCC D2 honorable mention recognition for her freshman campaign. Adams is hitting at a .342 clip with 27 hits, including seven doubles, one triple, one home run, 19 runs scored and 16 RBI. In conference play alone, Adams is batting .400 with 20 hits.

A native of Spruce View, Alberta, Canada, Lougheed boasts a .371 batting average on a team-best 52 hits, including 16 doubles, one triple, five home runs, 43 RBI and 30 runs scored. Lougheed ranks ninth in KJCCC D2 in doubles. Lougheed has a .407 on-base percentage and her 85 total bases rank as the second-most on the team.

Allen Community College freshman infielder Taylor Damme was tabbed KJCCC D2 Most Valuable Player of the Year, Johnson County Community College freshman Kyleigh Whitehurst was voted Pitcher of the Year, Johnson County freshman outfielder Kennedy Glassford was named the conference's Freshman of the Year, and Allen Community College's Nicole Peters garnered KJCCC D2 Coach of the Year.

No. 6 Cloud County opens play against No. 3 Kansas City Kansas Community College in the first round of the 2026 NJCAA Division 2 Plains District Tournament. First pitch is set for 3 pm at the JCCC Softball Field in Overland Park, Kansas.

The loser of the Cloud County/Kansas City Kansas game would play in an elimination game at 1 pm on Thursday, May 7 against the loser of No. 2 Cowley and No. 7 Neosho County, while the winner will advance to play in the second round on Thursday, May 7 at 5 pm.

This week's NJCAA Division 2 Plains District Tournament will stream live on the KJCCC Sports Network. A subscription is required to view the games on https://kjcccsports.net/.

Live stat links for this week's tournament can be found via a link on the Cloud County softball's schedule page at https://cloudtbirds.com/sports/softball/schedule.
   
Scoring updates and infographics will be provided on the Cloud County Athletic Department's social media channels on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.