McLean High School Softball Champs honored.

The McLean High School Girls Softball Team was honored by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors last week for winning the Virginia State AAA Championship and becoming state softball champions.

“We are all very proud of these great athletes for this tremendous achievement,” said Dranesville Supervisor John Foust. He presented the team members with a certificate recognizing them for their dedication to their goal, outstanding teamwork and exemplary sportsmanship.

The McLean Highlanders clinched the title on June 12, against the Lee-Davis Confederates at Westfield High School.  It was McLean High School’s first ever state softball championship. This is the first Virginia State AAA Championship title for the McLean Highlanders Girls Softball team.

McLean High principal Dr. Deborah Jackson attended the ceremony along with the team’s coaches and other school officials.

In an earlier story in The McLean Ear about the championship, Maurice Tawil, the girls softball team’s coach, said, “The win is clearly important to me and all the members of the team, especially the seniors, Gilbertson, McColgan, McCray, Sullivan and Sutherland. . .  I am most proud for McLean High School.  This is only the second State Championship, in any sport, in the school’s history.”

The championship did not come easy for the 16-member team of freshman, sophomore, junior and senior players. “We practiced and worked hard 6 days a week since February 23, two hours a day.  The girl’s took a professional approach to their daily practices,” said Tawil . “Our accomplishments this year, win or lose, were a team effort.”

McLean High School’s girls softball team is led by two player-captains.
“During the State Championship Series, we were led by our Captain Lauren McColgan
 and our pitcher Jamie Bell,” Tawil says. “They played their absolute best in the biggest games of the year.”