Amherst Regional junior Rachel Oram-Brown, right, has been named the Daily Hampshire Gazette Girls Ultimate Player of the Year.
Amherst Regional junior Rachel Oram-Brown, right, has been named the Daily Hampshire Gazette Girls Ultimate Player of the Year. Credit: COURTESY HANNAH BARANES

Rachel Oram-Brown, junior, Amherst Regional

Helped Hurricanes capture the Amherst Invitational championship for the first time in three years. … Guided Amherst to first Division I state title since 2016. … Cerebral passer uses diverse approaches to work around defenders. โ€ฆ Infectious energy inspires teammates in games an at practice.

โ€œShe has a really big arsenal of throws. It opened up our offense. She has an incredible mental and physical stamina, pretty key for quarterbacking a team through long tournament days. Her enthusiasm and intensity, she would bring up the level of practices. She was the start player who brought her teammates up with her.โ€ โ€” Amherst coach Hannah Baranes

GAZETTE GIRLS ULTIMATE ALL-STARS

FIRST TEAM

Mary Andrews, senior, Northampton

Harper Brooks-Kahn, senior, Northampton

Kharta Khalsa, junior, Amherst Regional

Rachel Levitt, senior, Northampton

Rachel Oram-Brown, junior, Amherst Regional

Sydney Zobel, senior, Amherst Regional

SECOND TEAM

Sophie Acker, junior, Amherst Regional

Mary Green, junior, Northampton

Libby Knapp, senior, Amherst Regional

Casey Shaw-Merrigan, junior, Northampton

Stella Wenczel, senior, Amherst Regional