Anne Wallace is to Utah’s high school softball what Emilee Skinner is to girl’s basketball.
They are the best in the state.
They were both elite athletes at Ridgeline High School; Thursday the state’s high school coaches voted Wallace “Ms. Softball” for all high school classifications while Skinner was “Ms. Basketball” the last two years, and again that is for all of the state’s six classifications.
Wallace helped the Riverhawks — coached by Michael Anderson — to two state 4A softball championships in her time there. Girls basketball coach Ainsli Jenks guided her last three Ridgeline teams to 4A state titles.
It is obvious these two aim to carry forward the standard they’ve set during unparalleled high school careers.
As a junior at Ridgeline Wallace committed a year ago to play at the University of Texas which means when she reports to campus in Austin, Aug. 21, her name will be part of the roster of the defending national champion Longhorns. She has played catcher and third base throughout her high school career.
Wallace finished her high school career as Utah’s record setter in home runs and RBIs. Her 27 home runs as a sophomore is a state one-season record.
When her teammate Brielle Gardner, Utah’s 2024 Ms. Softball, missed half of this season Wallace was called on to become more of a leader and she recorded what, arguably, was here best season. She hit .516 with 17 home runs and 58 RBIs. That brought her career numbers to 62 home runs, 192 RBIs and a .453 batting average.
Skinner’s commitment to play at Duke lands her on the campus of a perennial top 10 program. The final 2025 polls had head coach Kara Lawson’s Blue Devils rated seventh in the nation. They eventually won the ACC tournament title on their way to the NCAA tournament.
Ridgeline teams with Emilee Skinner in the lineup were 102-4. The average margin of victory over this 106 game span was 28.6.
She scored 2,313 career points, fourth most in state history.
To open the 2025-26 season, Duke will join three other teams in Paris and will play Baylor.
