5 Highland County softball players selected to OHSFSCA ’25 All-Ohio Team

With the 2025 softball season in the books, there was one last honor to be had for five players from Highland County, that being selections to the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association All-Ohio Team. 

Four schools were represented from Highland County in the postseason honors, with two players named in Division IV and three players selected in Division VI. 

There were two first-team selections made, with the Division IV first-team selection being Hillsboro senior Camryn Spruell, and in Division VI, the first-team selection was Jobey Hattan, a senior from Fairfield. 

Named to the Division VI second team All-Ohio was Lynchburg-Clay junior Noel Barnhill. Highland County also had two honorable mention All-Ohio selections, those being McClain junior Brie Cummins in Division IV, and in Division VI, Fairfield junior Rilee Quickle. 

Below is information on each All-Ohio selection from Highland County: 

Camryn Spruell, Hillsboro, Senior, Div. IV First Team 

Looking at the season of Spruell, the Hillsboro senior led the Lady Indians from the circle and at the plate all the way to the Division IV State Finals. 

Spruell was a part of a Hillsboro team that not only increased their Frontier Athletic Conference win streak to 50 consecutive games, but she and her senior teammates never lost a FAC game in their four years of high school. 

The HHS senior also was a big reason why the Lady Indians won their first district championship since 2002 (23 years), and HHS also won the regional championship for the first time in program and school history. HHS also won a state semifinal game where the winning pitcher was Spruell. 

In 170 innings pitched, Spruell played in 27 games. She faced 680 batters and threw 2,794 pitches her senior season. Spruell finished the season at 23-4 overall, totaling 353 strikeouts in ’25. She also allowed 78 hits, 58 runs (30 earned runs), 65 walks and had a 1.23 ERA, with a .841 WHIP. While Spruell was in the circle, the opposing team left 112 batters on the bases. 

Spruell also was strong from the plate, as in 27 games she had 103 plate appearances (78 at-bats), finishing with a .449 batting average, a 1.448 OPS, a.563 on-base percentage and a .885 slugging percentage.  

In her senior season, Spruell totaled 35 hits (19 singles, five doubles, four triples, seven home runs), 35 RBI, 38 runs, 21 walks and struck out just twice all season. She was also hit by a pitch twice, had two sacrifice flies and collected 12 stolen bases. 

From the field, Spruell finished with a .917 fielding percentage, with one assist and 32 putouts. For her career, Spruell had over 1,000 strikeouts. 

Jobey Hattan, Fairfield, Senior, Div. VI First Team

Fairfield senior Jobey Hattan ended her senior season with a first-team All-Ohio selection in Division VI, and for good reason. Hattan in ’25 played in 25 games, totaling 79 at-bats where she scored 38 runs while collecting 44 hits and 34 RBI. 

Hattan ended the ’25 season with a .557 batting average, with 10 doubles, two triples and five home runs. The Fairfield senior captain also walked seven times, struck out only four times, had 19 stolen bases, and she also finished with four sacrifice flies. 

In her senior season, Hattan also was hit by a pitch twice, and she finished with an on-base percentage of .576 with a .924 slugging percentage. 

Hattan in four seasons with the Lady Lions had a .498 batting average in 100 games played, with other career totals that included 162 hits, 107 RBI and 15 home runs. She also had 57 career stolen bases. 

As a shortstop, Hattan in ’25 finished with 47 putouts, 49 assists and had a .914 fielding percentage.  

In ’25, Fairfield won Division II of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference and had an overall record of 18-7, including a SHAC record of 12-1. 

Noel Barnhill, Lynchburg-Clay, Junior, Div. VI Second Team  

In her third varsity season, Lynchburg-Clay pitcher Noel Barnhill cut her ERA down over one point, plus she had her best season to date, as the junior had a third consecutive season of 100-plus strikeouts en route to being named Division VI second-team All-Ohio. 

In ’25, Barnhill pitched in 19 games, pitching 112.0 innings. The junior allowed 74 hits, 40 runs (17 earned) and 14 walks, as she went 11-6 from the circle this season. Barnhill finished with a 1.063 ERA. 

From the plate during her junior season, Barnhill in 23 games had 71 at-bats where she scored 13 runs and had 27 hits, including five doubles, one triple and eight home runs. Barnhill also collected 26 RBI and had a .380 batting average with six walks, three stolen bases and she was hit by a pitch twice. The LCHS junior also finished with a .443 on-base percentage and a .817 slugging percentage. 

From a fielding aspect, Barnhill had a .934 fielding percentage with 41 putouts and 30 assists in 23 games. This season, LCHS won Division I of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference with a 10-3 record, and overall the Lady Mustangs finished 15-8. 

Brie Cummins, McClain, Junior, Division IV Honorable Mention 

In ’25, McClain’s Brie Cummings showed why she was named to the All-Ohio team in Division IV, where her honorable mention selection season saw her play in 19 games as a junior. In 73 plate appearances (66 at-bats), Cummins scored 24 runs and also collected 32 hits (five doubles, three triples, three home runs), plus she finished the year with 25 RBI. 

Cummins also was hit by a pitch once, and she finished the season with a .485 batting average, a .534 on-base percentage and a .788 slugging percentage. She also had an OPS of 1.322. 

On the bases, Cummins totaled 15 steals in 19 games, and in the field she totaled 32 putouts with four assists. Cummins also pitched three times this past season, finishing with 12 strikeouts in 9.2 innings. 

Rilee Quickle, Fairfield, Junior, Div. VI Honorable Mention 

Fairfield junior Rilee Quickle completed her junior season as a member of the 2025 Division VI All-Ohio team as an honorable mention, and her success tells the story why she was named to the statewide postseason team. 

As a junior, Quickle pitched in 25 games, with 24 complete games where she pitched 146.1 innings. Quickle allowed 151 hits, but just 54 earned runs and 39 walks. She totaled 160 strikeouts in her first season as the top starter for Fairfield, as she went 18-5 from the circle, with a 2.583 ERA and 1.298 WHIP. 

At the plate, Quickle in 25 games had 88 at-bats, totaling 36 runs, 40 hits, 10 RBI and she had a .455 batting average. Of her 40 hits, Quickle had 11 doubles, two triples and one home run. Quickle also walked nine times and struck out only nine times her junior season. The Fairfield junior also had one sacrifice fly, 18 stolen bases and was hit by a pitch four times.

Also at the plate, Quickle had a .520 on-base percentage and a .659 slugging percentage. 

In ’25, Fairfield won Division II of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference and had an overall record of 18-7, including a SHAC record of 12-1.