Thirty Troubadours Honored with SportStars All-City Honors

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis had 30 Troubadours represented on the 2016-17 SportStars River Cats All-City teams announced before Sunday’s game with against the Nashville Sounds. Overall, SportStars Magazine celebrated 500 athletes at the eighth annual event.

Track and field led the athletic department with five selections to the all-city teams, including seniors Meaghan Rogers and Elizabeth Hennessy, as well as freshman Meghan Ladd. Rogers and Hennessy are double qualifiers in the Sac-Joaquin Sections Masters meet, while Ladd finished third this past weekend at Sections in the pole vault.

The NorCal semifinalist St. Francis volleyball team had four student-athletes, including freshman Alexa Edwards, senior Claire Schutz, junior Aiyu Aimufua and junior Madelyn Schildmeyer. Edwards led the Troubadours to a 29-17 mark in 2016 and within one win of a berth in the California Div. II finals. She led the team with 526 kills and digs with 425. She was named to the Delta League first team and was named to the MaxPreps Freshman All-America Team.

The swimming and diving team also had four representatives, including CIF State Diving finalist Molly Wilson.

St. Francis River Cats All-City Team Selections (30)

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

  • Alexa Edwards, St. Francis
  • Madelyn Schildmeyer, St. Francis
  • Aiyu Aimufua, St. Francis
  • Claire Schutz, St. Francis

GIRLS GOLF

  • Olivia Alcoran, St. Francis
  • Chase Saca, St. Francis
  • Patricia Sweeney, St. Francis

GIRLS TENNIS

  • Adithi Benush, St. Francis
  • Kiya Jackson, St. Francis
  • Kyla Jackson, St. Francis

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

  • Sydney Vandegrift, St. Francis
  • Isabella Fauria, St. Francis
  • Sophie DeBenedetti, St. Francis

GIRLS WATER POLO

  • Sally Ferguson, St. Francis
  • Kendall Houck, St. Francis

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

  • Janae Fairbrook, St. Francis
  • Julia Razo, St. Francis

GIRLS SOCCER

  • Janae DeFazio, St. Francis
  • Savannah Tijerino-Santos, St. Francis

SOFTBALL

  • Lauren Washburn, St. Francis
  • Rhyann O’Mara, St. Francis

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

  • Sydney Vandegrift, St. Francis
  • Meaghan Rogers, St. Francis
  • Elizabeth Hennessy, St. Francis
  • Meghan Ladd, St. Francis
  • Kathryn Kramer, St. Francis

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING

  • Tatum Roepke, St. Francis
  • Taylor Koewler, St. Francis
  • Elizabeth Fugit, St. Francis
  • Molly Wilson, St. Francis