Hewitt-Trussville's Corey Goguts wins ASWA Miss. Softball 2026 award
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Corey Goguts of Hewitt-Trussville High School has won the 2026 ASWA Miss. Softball award, a recognition from the Alabama Sportswriters Association that honors excellence in the sport. The award caps off what appears to be a standout season for Goguts, who earned the distinction among competitors across the state. The ASWA Miss. Softball award represents one of the top individual honors available to high school players in Alabama.
JACKSONVILLE, Corey Goguts was named the Miss. Softball for the 2026 Alabama high school softball season.
Goguts was named the winner during the Alabama Sports Writers Association 2026 summer conference at Jacksonville State University. Goguts hit for .618 with 29 home runs, 94 hits and 91 RBIs.
Corey Goguts from Hewitt-Trussville (7A), Myleigh Dobbins from Saraland (6A), McKinley McCaghren of Lawrence County (5A), Katie King of Orange Beach (4A), Emily Needham from Saint James (3A) Harper Myers from Lamar County (2A), Braylynn Pope of Hackleburg (1A) and Kennedy Childers of Bessemer Academy (AISA) all won player of the year honors.
Last year, Curry's Ambrey Taylor won the Miss Softball award after hitting .597 with an OPS of 1.929. She had 36 doubles and 24 home runs. Taylor started 33 games for Alabama softball this season.
2026 ASWA Super All-State team
Corey Goguts, Hewitt-Trussville
Katie King, Orange Beach
Myleigh Dobbins, Saraland
Emily Needham, Saint James
MK McMullan, Orange Beach
McKinley McCaghren, Lawrence County
Kate Flanagan, Vestavia Hills
Arden Breedlove, Austin
Braylynn Pope, Hackleburg
Makayli Davis, Colbert County
All-Time ASWA Miss. Softball Winners
2026: Corey Goguts, Hewitt-Trussville
2025: Ambrey Taylor, Curry
2024: Vic Moten, Daphne
2023: Ryley Harrison, Fairhope
2022: Kenleigh Cahalan, Hewitt-Trussville
2021: Annabelle Widra, Spain Park
2020: No award because of COVID-19 pandemic
2019: Libby Baker, G.W. Long
2018: Leanna Johnson, Brantley
2017: Annie Willis, Westminster-Huntsville
2016: Ashlee Swindle, Curry
2015: Lacey Sumerlin, Baker
2014: Madi Moore, Winfield
2013: Kasey Cooper, Dothan
2012: Haylie McCleney, Mortimer Jordan
2011: Shelby Holley, Pisgah
2010: Leigh Streetman, Hueytown
2009: Hilary Phillips, Ider
2008: Lindsey Dunlap, Hueytown
2007: Whitney Larsen, Vestavia Hills
2006: Anna Thompson, Grissom
2005: Tara Donaldson, Baker
2004: Anna Thompson, Grissom
2003: Holly Currie, Pisgah
Maxwell Donaldson covers high school sports, Jax State athletics, the outdoors in Alabama and more for the Gadsden Times and USA TODAY Network. Find him on Twitter/X @_Max_Donaldson and contact him at MDonaldson@usatodayco.com.Jaeden Day covers high school sports, Alabama State football and Auburn recruiting for the Montgomery Advertiser/USA Today. You can find him on X at dayjaeden12, or reach him at JDay@montgome.gannett.com.
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