CC's Flowers, Highsmith Sweep Weekly Awards
PLAYER
Lauren
Flowers, Centenary
Sr., 2B,
San Antonio, Texas/Madison HS
Flowers earns
Player of the Week honors after leading Centenary to a pair of
Summit League sweeps over UMKC and Oakland last week. She hit .412
(7-of-17) over the six games and posted an .882 slugging percentage
and .524 on-base percentage. In the first game against UMKC, she
blew the game open with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and
walked with the bases loaded in game three against the Kangaroos
and in game one against Oakland. Flowers also blasted a two-run
homer for the game-winning runs in game three against Oakland. She
had seven RBI and scored four times on the week as the Ladies are a
perfect 9-0 in league play.
Also
nominated:Alicia Baker,
UMKC; Caroline Fernandez, Southern Utah.
Previous
winners:March 17 -
Caitlin Lynch, Oakland; March 12 - Melissa Chmielewski, North
Dakota State; March 3 - Angela Righetti, Oakland; Feb.
25 - Aimee Enzler, North Dakota State; Feb. 19 - Laurel Pipkin,
North Dakota State; Feb. 11 - Melissa Chmielewski, North Dakota
State.
PITCHER
Lauren
Highsmith, Centenary
Fr., RHP,
Houston, Texas/Lamar HS
Highsmith
receives Pitcher of the Week honors after picking up a pair of
saves while the Ladies went 6-0 last week. She was dominant in
relief, posting a 0.00 earned run average in four appearances,
surrendering just one hit, while striking out seven. She pitched
three shutout innings to earn a save against UMKC to begin the
week. Leading 2-0 against Oakland, she entered in the sixth inning
and recorded a crucial bases-loaded strikeout to get out of the
jam. She then tossed a scoreless seventh for her second save of the
week. Highsmith currently leads The Summit League with five saves,
while the next closest player has just one.
Also
nominated: Samantha Hurst,
UMKC; Kristina Brooks, Southern Utah.
Previous
winners:March 17 - Ryan
Thacker, Centenary; March 12 - Allison Bakke, North Dakota State;
March 3 - Ryan Thacker, Centenary; Feb. 25 - Ryan Thacker,
Centenary; Feb. 19 - Allison Bakke, North Dakota State; Feb. 11 -
Allison Bakke, North Dakota State.
