JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

Manheim Central’s Jenna Proffitt, Katie Baldonieri and Kayla Cook, Donegal’s Whitney Breneman and Nicky Hess and Hempfield’s Brittany Hammer make the list.

Six Lancaster County softball players have earned First-Team All-Star honors, voted on by committee members from each district across the state.

Leading the way is a trio of Manheim Central players, who were named to the Triple-A First-Team.

Ace pitcher Jenna Proffitt leads the pack. The hard-throwing righty is off to Indiana (Pa.) this fall, and she’ll pitch at the collegiate level next spring.

Proffitt was joined on the First-Team by teammates Katie Baldonieri, a senior outfielder, and rising senior catcher Kayla Cook.

A pair of Donegal players were also named First-Team All-State in Triple-A – rising seniors Whitney Breneman, a second baseman, and outfielder Nicky Hess made the list.

Hess, who hit .451, knocked in 27 runs and stole 16 bases this past spring, was also a Lancaster Newspapers All-Star.

Breneman and Hess were key cogs on a Donegal team that won the Section 3 title and reached the L-L League semifinals before making a spirited run to the District 3 Triple-A championship game – for the third season in a row – before bowing out in the PIAA Triple-A semifinals.

The Indians will lose just two full-time players from that team.

One Lancaster County player was named First-Team All-State in Quad-A – Hempfield junior shortstop Brittany Hammer.

Donegal pitcher Abby Hoover and Lampeter-Strasburg catcher Katie Lynch, both rising seniors, were named to the Triple-A All-State Second-Team.

Lynch, who batted .508 and drove in 25 runs for the Pioneers this past spring, is the reigning Lancaster Newspapers co-Player of the Year.