Softball ballot, vote now for Central Jersey Player of the Week

The 2026 season is off to a fast start with almost no weather delays and conditions looking like summer as we head into the third week of the varsity softball campaign in Central Jersey. There was plenty of top-level action played on diamonds across the Skyland, Greater Middlesex and Union Country conferences through the first two weeks and some fantastic individual performances were logged. Here are the nominations for the season’s first Central Jersey Softball Player of the Week award.

All stats through Sunday, April 12. Voting ends Friday at noon. Nominees selected by Simeon Pincus and Josh Rosenfeld.

Voting winner will be featured as the Player of the Week. EMMA ANDERSON Hillsborough Freshman The Raiders have endured two rebuilding seasons after going to two state finals in three years and things are certainly looking extremely positive in the early season. That starts in the circle where freshman Emm Anderson appears to have emerged as an ace, fueling Boro’s 4-0 start by posting a 0.

48 ERA, allowing just two earned runs on 14 hits and just four walks, striking out 47 in 29 innings. LAYLA FRANCISCO North Hunterdon Senior The four-year starter is in her third season with the Lions after playing at Gill St. Bernard’s as a freshman and, after the graduation of Skye Cooke, has taken over as the undisputed ace for North Hunterdon.