Hays High senior Connor Rule has been named to the 2016 4A-D1 Kansas Baseball Coaches Association’s All-State Team.

Rule, a Kansas State signee, was a second-team selection at designated hitter.

He finished the year hitting .446 with six doubles, 11 RBIs, 17 runs scored and 16 walks. Rule finished with a career .400 average and is the 14th players in Hays High history to finish with a career .400 average or above.

The Ellis Railroaders had three players named to the 2-1A All-State team.

Juniors Easton Smith and Brayden Bittel were first-team selections, and Dalton Hensley was an honorable mention selection.

Smith, a first-team selection at pitcher, finished the season 7-2 with a 0.71 ERA. He struck out 80 in just 49 innings pitched and allowed just five earned runs on the season.

Bittel was a first-team selection at second base. He finished the year hitting .433 with 27 RBIs and 28 runs scored.

Outfielder Dalton Hensley was an honorable mention selection. Hensley hit .492 on the season with 44 runs and 22 RBIs.

Russell/Victoria’s Brady Dinkel was a second-team selection at second base in 4A-D2.

Dinkel finished with a .442 average and drove in 30 runs and scored 27 times.