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Brockton Enterprise’s Female Athlete of the 2023-24 School Year

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Brockton Enterprise’s Female Athlete of the 2023-24 School Year

The Brockton region experienced many highlights for its high school student-athletes in the 2023-2024 school year.

To wrap up our pre-season coverage, we’re going to narrow down our Male and Female Athlete of the Year together. (The Female Athlete of the Year poll is below. The Male Athlete of the Year poll will be published in a separate story.)

A reader vote cast below will account for part of the selection process, and each member of The Enterprise/Patriot Ledger sports staff (editor Chris McDaniel and reporters Eric McHugh, Jason Snow and Ryan Vermette) will also have a vote. The winner will be determined by a Heisman-style poll.

Voting is possible until Tuesday, July 29.

These are the candidates: one per school (in alphabetical order).

Hanelie Cadet, Avon

Junior basketball guard averaged 16 points this winter for the Panthers. She scored over 300 points on the season.

Elsie Testa, Abington

Sophomore softball pitcher was named South Shore League Sullivan Division Player of the Year. She maintained an 0.87 ERA and struck out 189 batters in 22 starts, winning 20 of them.

Emily Keefe, Bridgewater-Raynham

Junior lacrosse midfielder scored 75 goals and added 36 assists for 111 total points this spring. She had four hat tricks and had 5-goal games three times, 6-goal games twice and 7-goal games once for the Trojans.

Sunali Carter, Brockton

The senior basketball forward averaged 9.3 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while posting six double-doubles as the Boxers secured a tournament berth and won a postseason game. Carter was an All-Scholastic second team nominee.

Elle Murphy, Cardinal Spellman

Junior lacrosse midfielder scored 105 goals for the Cardinals this season. Murphy scored in all 18 games and had a team-high 110 ground balls, 24 caused turnovers and 130 draw controls. She scored her 200th career goal this spring.

Ella McCarthy, East Bridgewater

Senior finished in the state’s top 10 on balance beam and was named to the Senior National Gymnastics team this winter. She led the Vikings to an undefeated regular season and a bid to New England. McCarthy is a three-year captain and individual state qualifier, also a repeat All-Scholastic selection.

Isabel Wheeler, Middleboro

Senior track star shined in multiple events this winter’s indoor season. Wheeler, a three-time South Shore League MVP, boasted top-three finishes at New Englands — 2nd in the long jump (18-2.75) and 3rd in the 55m hurdles (:8.33). She won the 55m hurdles (:8.41), placed 4th in the high jump (5-2) and 10th in the long jump (15-11.75) at the Division 3 state meet. Coach TJ Smith calls her “the most decorated track and field athlete in Middleboro history.”

Katie Sobieraj, Oliver Ames

The senior runner capped off her distinguished cross country career with a second-place finish at the Div. 1 state championship meet, running the 5K course in Fort Devens in a PR of 18:29.21 to help OA win its first-ever team title this fall. She repeated as Hockomock League MVP. Coach Kyle Sousa said Sobieraj is “one of the best runners in OA and Hockomock League history.”

Maggie Elie, Rockland

The senior six-position setter is a two-time South Shore League Player of the Year and three-time All-Star in volleyball, and a four-time League All-Star in basketball. She notched her 1,000th career assist in volleyball this fall and led the Bulldogs to the Division 3 Elite Eight. In basketball, she averaged 10.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2.5 steals per game this winter.

Morgan Groppi, Stoughton

Senior lacrosse attacker was a trailblazer for the Stoughton High girls lacrosse team. This spring, she became the program’s first to surpass 100 career points and became the all-time leading scorer.

Chloe Champagne, South East

Senior track star won Mayflower League Overall Athlete of the Year this spring. She set school records in the 100m hurdles (16.02), high jump (5’4″) and long jump (16’7″).

Rachel Geniuch, West Bridgewater

The senior midfielder was an All-State selection by the Eastern Mass. Girls Soccer Coaches Association and was named South Coast Conference MVP. She had 27 goals and 16 assists while leading the Wildcats (14-6-1) to the Div. 4 quarterfinals.

Taryn Leonard, Whitman-Hanson

Junior is a standout basketball and softball player for the Panthers. This spring, she hit for a .350 average and 3 home runs, with a 97.2 defensive fielding percentage.