Kayla Kowalik proved she can do it all – accomplished captain, excellent pitch caller, versatile hitter – and is now the 2025 Athletes Unlimited Softball League All-Star Cup champion. Kowalik finished atop the leaderboard with 1,570 total points.

The catcher finished the season with an 8-2 record, earning a league-leading 1,000 Win Points. She was a captain for three series, and despite changing teams and working with different pitchers every week, Kowalik led teams that continuously found a way to win.

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The Kentucky product recorded the best average in the league (.486), logging 17 hits in 35 at-bats. She spread the field with 12 singles, two doubles, a triple, two home runs, and one in the sac fly and sac hit categories. In her 37 plate appearances,

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