Weekly Softball Awards Announced
PLAYER
Alicia Hayes, IUPUI
Terre Haute, Ind./Lake Land JC
Hayes wins her first Player of the Week award of the season after
going 5-for-7 (.714) with four home runs and five RBI in league
play against Southern Utah last week. The catcher from Terre Haute,
Ind., posted a .714 on-base percentage and 2.429 slugging
percentage against the Thunderbirds. For the week, Hayes recorded a
.375 batting average with six RBI.
Also nominate: Cassie Wolfe, IPFW; Kaelene Curry, UMKC;
Laurel Pipkin, North Dakota State; Brittany Henderson,Southern
Utah; Nikki Marinec, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Feb. 15 - Melissa Chmielewski, North Dakota
State, Feb. 22 - Nicole Rivera, North Dakota State; March 1 -
Kristina Karpun, IPFW; March 8 - Melissa Chmielewski, North Dakota
State; March 15 - Kristina Karpun, IPFW; March 22 - Melissa
Chmielewski, North Dakota State; March 29 - Jamie Goss, Western
Illinois; April 5 - Anna Sokolik, UMKC.
CO-PITCHERS
Courtney Cronin, IPFW
So., North Delta, B.C./North Delta Senior Secondary
Cronin captures her second Pitcher of the Week award this season
after allowing just seven hits in 14.1 innings of work, with 24
strikeouts, a 0.49 ERA and a 2-0 record in league action. Cronin
tossed her school-record eighth shutout of the season, with 12
strikeouts in a 5-0 victory over South Dakota State and became
IPFW's single-season strikeout leader with 128. For the week,
Cronin posted a 3-0 record in 20.1 innings of work with 33
strikeouts.
Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois
Sr., Clinton, Ill./Clinton
Ferguson earns her third Pitcher of the Week award of the
season after tossing 14 innings of work, allowing just four hits,
posting a 0.50 ERA and a 2-0 record in league play. In the first
game of doubleheader against Centenary, Ferguson threw the ninth
one-hitter of her career, and followed up with a three-hitter in
the series finale. For the week, the Clinton, Ill., native threw 21
innings, allowing just nine hits, with a 1.00 ERA and a 3-0
record.
Also
nominated: Nicole Natter, IUPUI; Deanna Friese, UMKC; Whitney
Johnson, North Dakota State; Bubba Kearns, Southern Utah.
Previous winners: Feb. 15 - Randi Parks, North Dakota
State; Feb. 22 - Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois; March 1 -
Whitney Johnson, North Dakota State; March 8 - Anna Sokolik, UMKC;
March 15 - Lauren Highsmith, Centenary; March 22 - Kamren Ferguson,
Western Illinois; March 29 - Courtney Cronin, IPFW; April 5 -
Marisa Everitt, Oakland.
