Photo by Shawn Bowles.
Hewitt-Trussville Steele Hall (19) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Phil English Field on, April 10.
Spring sports award season has featured plenty of athletes from Hewitt-Trussville High School.
Most notably, Steele Hall was named Mr. Baseball by the Alabama Sports Writers Association.
On the all-state team, Hall was named the Class 7A Player of the Year and earned first-team honors as an infielder. The Tennessee signee capped off a stellar career by sparking the Huskies offense all season long. Pitcher Christian Helmers joined Hall on the first team after another strong campaign.
Hall wreaked havoc on opposing teams, hitting for a .484 average with 60 hits, eight homers and 35 RBIs. He stole 33 bases and finished with a .554 on-base percentage. Helmers posted a 9-1 record and 1.55 ERA. He threw a no-hitter as well.
Freshman Hudson Mitchell made a name for himself by earning second-team all-state recognition as a pitcher. Senior designated hitter Cooper Huffman was also on the second team, and catcher Drew Ollis was selected as an honorable mention.
Mitchell was dominant in his freshman season, winning 11 games with a 1.11 ERA. Huffman hit for a .351 average with 32 RBIs. Ollis had a .495 on-base percentage.
In all-state softball, Corey Goguts received one of the superlatives, as she was named Class 7A Hitter of the Year. She also finished on the Super All-State team. She had one of the most prolific home run seasons in Alabama high school history, hitting 31 home runs for the Huskies. That number is tied for third-most in a season, with West Limestone’s Lilly Bethune also hitting 31 homers this spring.
In addition, Goguts hit for a .521 batting average with a .613 on-base percentage. She finished with 74 hits and drove in 78 runs. She was walked 32 times and stole 23 bases. Goguts was named to the 7A first team as a designated hitter.
It marks the fourth time a Hewitt-Trussville player has been named Hitter of the Year, as Goguts joins Hannah Borden (2019), Kenleigh Cahalan (2022) and Hannah Dorsett (2023).
Zaylen Tucker appeared on the all-state list for the third straight year, earning a first-team selection for the first time. Tucker was named a first-team outfielder, all the more impressive given that she was still recovering from injury at the beginning of the season. She hit .448 with a .537 on-base percentage, scored 57 runs and hit six home runs. She was also the Huskies’ top pitcher down the stretch, posting a 1.74 ERA over 50 2/3 innings.
Several Hewitt-Trussville soccer players earned postseason honors for their performances during the 2025 season. On the boys side, Brennan Greer headlined the group with selections to first team overall all-state, first team Class 7A all-state and first team all-metro. Carson Jackson, Jason Merriweather and Asher Tharp each received honorable mention on both the overall all-state and all-metro teams. Cooper Landry and Nolan Williamson also received honorable mention on the all-metro team.
For the girls, Libby Armstrong earned a spot on the first team overall all-state, first team 7A all-state and second team A Division all-metro. Jocelyn Davis made the second team 7A all-state and first team A Division all-metro, while Mariela Delfin was named to the second team 7A all-state and received all-metro honorable mention. Addie Rutland and Lauren Melton were both overall all-state honorable mention, with Rutland also making first team A Division all-metro.
