The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union inducted four softball greats into the IGHSAU Softball Hall of Fame on Friday at the Girls State Softball Tournament.

Dubuque Wahlert's Ashley Rogers, Laurie Bowden of Southeast Polk, Solon's Quinn Morelock and Spirit Lake's Katie Brown were inducted Friday afternoon between the Class 3A and 4A state championship games.

Rogers, a 2004 Dubuque Wahlert graduate, joins her sister, Rachael as the third set of sisters inducted into the softball hall of fame. She was a three time all-state selection at Dubuque Wahlert, earning elite all-state honors as a senior when she batted a state-best .595 with 66 hits and an .847 slugging percentage.

Rogers went on to play softball for Wartburg and was a four-year starter in volleyball and softball. A three-time all-conference selection in softball, she helped Wartburg reach the NCAA Division III tournament three times. As a senior, she batted .400 and was among the top five conference leaders in four statistical categories. As a senior, she was the Iowa Conference’s 2009 nominee for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

She was named head softball coach at Loras in 2010 and just finished her second season with the Duhawks.

Morelock, a 2005 Solon graduate, was a four-time all-state recipient, earning Iowa Player of the Year honors as a senior in 2005. She helped Solon reach the state tournament three times, winning a championship in 2003 while finishing third in 2004 and second in 2005.

As a senior, she compiled .502 batting average with 23 home runs, 83 runs batted in and a slugging percentage of 1.057. Her 23 home runs was one shy of tying the state single season record.

Morelock went on to the University of Iowa and was a four-year letterwinner for the Hawkeyes. As a junior, she was a third-team all-Big Ten  all conference selection in helping the Hawkeyes reach the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

Bowden, was  three time elite all-state pitcher for Southeast Polk from 1986 to 1990 and compiled an impressive overall record of 105-31.

She was a three-time first-team all-state selection with 1,436 career strikeouts and a sterling career ERA of 0.42. She guided Southeast Polk to a third place finish at the 1986 fall state tournament and was named captain of the all-tournament team.

She went on to become one of the most decorated pitchers in Drake University history. She is Drake’s career wins leader and holds school records for single season wins, shut outs and ranks second on the Bulldogs’ career  strikeout list with 679. She was named the Missouri Valley Conference Rookie of the Year and was a two-time first-team all conference selection.

Brown, a 2006 graduate from Spirit Lake, was a four-time All-State selection, three-time Elite All-State pick and twice named the Class 3A State Player of the Year. As a sophomore, she led the State with a 42-4 record with a 0.29 ERA with a  state-best 431 strikeouts. She also hit .396 with 13 homeruns and a state best 64 RBIs in leading Spirit Lake to the Class 3A state title. In the Indians' state tournament run, she allowed just two earned runs in 21 innings and was captain of the 3A all-tournament team.

She was 41-4 on the mound as a junior as her team was the Class 3A state runner-up and she was, again, selected to the all-tournament team. Spirit Lake was fourth in 2006 State Tournament, where she pitched a no-hitter in the team’s first round game and earned all-tournament honors. She finished her career with a pitching record of 163-29, which ranks 20th on Iowa’s all-time win list.

She earned a scholarship to the University of Iowa and was a key contributer for the Hawkeyes. As a sophomore in 2008, She earned first-team all-Big 10 honors , batting .280 with 27 RBI’s and eight homeruns. She was a second team All-Big 10 pick as a junior, hitting .346 with 12 doubles, seven home runs and 33 RBIs.  She was also a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.