The Lake Oconee Academy softball team had nine players garner All-Region honors following the 2025 season.
Highlighting the postseason awards list for the Titans was Kaitlyn Mamay. She was named Region Pitcher of the Year following an impressive sophomore campaign.
Mamay was the team’s ace, pitching 95.2 innings in 22 games. She struck out a team-high 34 batters, 11 of them looking, and posted a 4.46 ERA with a 1.79 WHIP.
LOA head coach Glynn McDaniel was proud of Mamay for being named the region’s best pitcher.
“Kaitlyn Mamay made school history by being nominated by other schools and was unanimously selected as the Pitcher of the Year,” McDaniel said. “We have had a Co-Pitcher of the Year, but this is the first time we have had someone win the award outright. There was some great competition for that nomination, as all teams, I feel, had one pitcher that, when they took the rubber, gave their team a chance to win.”
The Titans had four players named to the All-Region first team, including Beth Harris (infielder), Elizabeth Moore (infielder), Grace Kalmanowicz (outfielder), and Addison Kelley (outfielder). Lola Slaughter (utility), Faith Patrick (pitcher), Shelby Robinson (infielder), and Ella Strickland (outfielder) were named to the second team.
“I am extremely proud of all of our All-Region selections,” McDaniel added. “With nine overall selections, that marks the most in our school’s history to be selected to an All-Region roster.”
LOA finished 2025 with a 13-16 overall record in McDaniel’s first season as head coach, but the team advanced to the second round of the state playoffs for the third straight year. The Lady Titans entered the postseason as a No. 2 seed and swept No. 3 Miller County in the first round before falling to No. 1 Wheeler County.
LOA’s lone senior was Harris, so the future of the program is bright with a good core group of players returning.
“I am even more excited that of the nine All-Region selections, eight of them will be returning,” McDaniel said. “As I stated earlier in the season, we are a very young team, but with the tough schedule that we built to put our ladies in most certain adversities, we grew and built a tremendous amount of competitive character that should carry over into the 2026 season. We also have a very talented group of eighth graders coming up who will compete right out of the gate next season for spots on the varsity team.”
“That, coupled with a productive offseason and the ladies continuing to trust the process, we are primed for what could be LOA’s most successful softball season ever,” he continued. “With many variables in play, though, we still have to execute, which has been and always will be what is the key to all of that falling into place. When I reflected on it, it was an excellent year for many reasons, and I couldn’t be more proud to be their coach.”