Coupeville Sports

   Hope Lodell was one of four First-Team All-Conference picks for CHS softball. (John Fisken photos)

Lauren Rose has been a First-Team pick three years running.

Epic home runs and laser throws led coaches to praise Mikayla Elfrank.

   A two-way terror, Wolf pitcher Katrina McGranahan shares league MVP honors with Chimacum’s Shanya Nisbet.

   The Wolves wrap up their season with a Friday night shindig. (Rebecca Lodell photo)

Killer Kat’s school year was all that, and more.

Coupeville High School junior pitcher Katrina McGranahan shared 1A Olympic League softball MVP honors with Chimacum senior shortstop Shanya Nisbet when league coaches announced All-Conference picks.

The selection follows on the heels of McGranahan being tabbed league MVP during volleyball season.

With Mia Littlejohn winning co-MVP honors for soccer, CHS had at least a share of three of the four top awards given to female athletes by Olympic League coaches in 2016-2017.

The selection of McGranahan and Nisbet broke a two-year run by Klahowya’s Amber Bumbalough.

The Eagle junior pitcher/shortstop was MVP as a freshman and shared honors with Chimacum’s Ryley Eldridge last season.

McGranahan, who led Coupeville in virtually every offensive category, while also going 18-5 in the pitcher’s circle, was honored by league coaches for a third consecutive season.

Junior third-baseman Lauren Rose was also an All-Conference First-Team pick for the third time, while junior center fielder Hope Lodell was honored for a second time.

Junior shortstop Mikayla Elfrank, a first-time honoree, rounds out Coupeville’s All-League picks.

When CHS coaches handed out their own awards Friday, McGranahan and sophomore catcher Sarah Wright shared team MVP honors.

Also bringing home awards were Veronica Crownover (Offensive MVP), Rose (Defensive MVP), Tamika Nastali (Hustle Award), Kyla Briscoe (Most Improved), Scout Smith (Rookie of the Year) and Elfrank (Coaches Award).

Coupeville finished 19-5 after splitting four games in 26 hours at districts. It was the second-best record in program history.

To acknowledge his player’s accomplishments, Wolf head coach Kevin McGranahan lettered everyone on the roster.

“All of them did everything as a team. Practice, long bus rides and everybody played in varsity games this year,” he said. “It took the whole team to do what we did this year.”

Varsity letter winners:

Kyla Briscoe
Tiffany Briscoe
Robin Cedillo
Veronica Crownover
Mackenzie Davis
Mikayla Elfrank
Nicole Lester
Jae LeVine
Hope Lodell
Emma Mathusek
Katrina McGranahan
Tamika Nastali
Lauren Rose
Scout Smith
Melia Welling
Sarah Wright