The Casey Softball Hall of Honor is proud to recognize five new inductees whose accomplishments and dedication have helped shape the legacy of softball in Casey and beyond. These honorees join a distinguished group of individuals whose contributions—on the field, behind the scenes, and throughout the broader softball community—have preserved and strengthened the sport’s long tradition.
Current Casey Softball Hall of Honor and Museum Board members Steve Voris, Kim Brasier, Roger Mitchell, Rob Robison, and Amy Tipsword collectively select individuals who have made outstanding contributions as players, umpires, sponsors, announcers, sportwriters and sportscasters, managers, coaches, and in other official roles. With this year’s class, the Hall of Honor continues its mission of celebrating the people whose passion, leadership, and service have made a lasting difference. Currently, 150 men and women have been selected for entry into the Casey Softball Hall of Honor.
We are honored to introduce the five newest members of this remarkable softball tradition.
Bill King
Bill has always been a great supporter of both men’s and women’s fat pitch softball in Casey. In addition to his long-time support, Bill was also a pitcher for many men’s fast pitch teams in Casey. He pitched for the Casey Braves, Colonels and Shawver Farms. Bill ended his pitching career in 1983 with a career record of 86 wins and 53 losses.
Laney Gowin
Laney was a member of the 2013 Casey-Westfield Braves Jr. High Softball State Championship team. She was also a member of the Casey-Westfield Warriors softball program from 2015–2019. During those years, the Warriors won four Regional and four Sectional championships. Laney was primarily found on the pitcher’s mound or in the middle infield prior to a shoulder injury at the age of 13 but was versatile enough that she continued being an asset to the Warriors by moving to the outfield.
Laney’s High School Career Stats and awards include:
- .378 Career Batting Average
- .425 Career On-Base Percentage
- 116 Hits
- 47 RBIs
- 83 Runs Scored
- 50 Stolen Bases in 52 Attempts
- .950 Fielding Percentage
- Rookie of the Year
- Team MVP
- Leadership Award
- Offensive Player of the Year
- 2 time Golden Glove Award
- 2 time All-Conference selection
- Multiple MaxPreps Player of the Game awards
Laney continued her softball career with the University of Illinois at Springfield Prairie Stars. During her freshman year, she had a .340 batting average with 33 hits before the season was affected by COVID-19. She had 15 starts and played in 28 games during her sophomore year throwing a two-hit game vs. Upper Iowa. During her junior year, Laney was named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference Team and earned NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete honors in both her junior and senior years.
Harley Mason
Harley was a member of the 2013 Casey-Westfield Braves Jr. High Softball State Championship team. She was also a member of the Casey-Westfield Warriors softball program from 2017–2019. During those years, the Warriors won four Regional and two Sectional championships.
Harley’s High School career stats and awards include:
- .312 Career Batting Average
- .381 Career On-base percentage
- 14 home runs
- 78 RBIs
- .970 Career fielding percentage
- Golden Glove Award
- Work Ethic Award
- Leadership Award
Harley continued her softball career at Lake Land College and Taylor University. She earned NJCAA All-Academic honors while at Lake Land and was the starting 3rd baseman during her tenure at Taylor University.
Claire Maulding
Claire was a member Casey-Westfield Warriors softball program playing on two regional and one sectional championship team. Claire had outstanding stats through three seasons as her senior season was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Claire’s High School career stats and awards include:
- .364 career batting average
- 18 career home runs
- 2.14 career ERA
- 49 wins with 23 losses
- 652 strikeouts
- Named 1A and 2A All-State
- 2 time First-Team All-Little Illini Conference
Claire continued her softball career at Lake Land College, Florida Gulf Coast University and Valdosta State University as a fifth year player.
Claire’s Lake Land College stats and awards include:
- 2.68 ERA
- 38 Wins with 6 losses
- 328 strikeouts
- Great Rivers Athletic Conference Player of the Year
- Great Rivers Athletic Conference All-Tournament First Team
- All-Region 24 Team
- Great Rivers Athletic Conference Champions
- NJCAA Region 24 Tournament Champions
- NJCAA Division 1 Central District Tournament Champions
Claire’s Florida Gulf Coast University stats and awards include:
- 4.04 ERA
- 12 wins with 11 losses
- 76 strikeouts
- ASUN Conference Champions-Advanced to NCAA Gainesville Regional
Claire’s Valdosta State University stats and awards include:
- 2.61 ERA
- 20 wins with 16 losses
- 182 strikeouts
- Gulf South Conference Pitcher of the Week
- 2 time Valdosta State Female Athlete of the Week
Eva Richardson
Eva was a member of the 2013 Casey-Westfield Braves Jr. High Softball State Championship team. She was also a member of the Casey-Westfield Warriors softball program from 2017-2021. While at Casey-Westfield, she was an exceptional multi-sport athlete. Eva earned 14 varsity letters in four sports (softball 4, basketball 4, tennis 4 and cross county 2). In each of these sports, she earned First Team All-Conference honors and was named MVP.
On the softball diamond, Eva was known for her versatility, competitive drive and elite defensive ability. During her senior season in 2021, she batted an impressive .475 with a .536 on-base percentage, 47 hits and 30 RBIs in 31 games.
After graduating from Casey-Westfield, Eva took her talents to Lake Land College. As a freshman, she was named NJCAA Division I Second Team All-American, NFCA First Team All-American and First Team All-Midwest Region. She was also named NJCAA Region 24 Freshman of the Year, Region 24 First Team All-Region, All-Tournament Team and GRAC First Team All-Conference.
In 2023, Eva was named NJCAA Region 24 Player of the Year and GRAC Player of the Year while again earning First Team All-Region, All-Tournament Team, and First Team All-Conference honors. She was also recognized as an NJCAA and NFCA All-American.
During her career at Lake Land, Eva set the program’s single season home run record with 22 in 2023 and finished her two seasons as the school’s all-time career RBI leader.
She was also a member of teams that achieved tremendous success including a GRAC Championship, NJCAA Region 24 Tournament Championship and a ninth-place finish at the NJCAA Division I National Tournament in 2022.
Eva continued her softball career at Weber State University competing at the NCAA Division I level as the Wildcats’ starting catcher. In 2025, she was named Big Sky Honorable Mention, helped Weber State capture the Big Sky Conference Tournament Championship and caught for the Wildcats during their NCAA Regional appearance in Eugene, Oregon.
Once again, Eva’s defensive ability put her name in the record books. In 2025, she threw out 18 base runners, establishing the all-time Weber State single season caught stealing record. She also played in 58 games that season, ranking seventh in school history for single season games played.
Currently, Eva is in her first year as Head Softball Coach at Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, IL.
Special thanks to Terri Freeman Cox of LoKal LenZ for providing the photos and museum board members Kim Brasier and Amy Tipsword for all the inductee information.
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