Western Illinois’ Marshall, Fort Wayne’s Flenniken Garner Weekly Softball Honors
Western Illinois’ Marshall, Fort Wayne’s Flenniken Garner Weekly Softball Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Sammy Marshall and Fort Wayne's Megan Flenniken were named The Summit League's Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week for their performances March 24-30.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois
Jr. // SS // Naperville, Ill.
Marshall collects her seventh career Player of the Week award, marking her second-straight honor and third of the season. She tallied at least one hit in every game last week, including multiple hits in four-of-five games, to extend her hitting streak to eight games. The shortstop opened the week with her best performance in game one against Morehead State, hitting 3-for-4 with her first career grand slam, four RBI, two runs and a stolen base. In game two of the double-header, she added two hits with a triple, a RBI and a run. The junior went 2-for-4 in each of the final two games of the league series vs. South Dakota State, chipping in a home run, two runs, a RBI and a stolen base in game two on Saturday and a run and a stolen base in the series finale on Sunday. On the week, Marshall hit a .526 batting average (10-for-19) with a .947 slugging percentage. She also added three extra-base hits, two home runs and a triple, seven RBI, six runs and three stolen bases. With this honor, Marshall is tied for second in league history (since 1997) for Player of the Week honors (7) in a career. She currently leads the league in batting average (.543), hits (57), stolen bases (25), runs (42), and on-base percentage (.578) and second in slugging percentage (.848).
Also nominated: Dani Pugh, Fort Wayne; Roni Patterson, IUPUI; Jackie Stifter, North Dakota State; Christine Broders, South Dakota, Elyse Eitel, South Dakota State.
Previous honorees: 2/10 – Kayti Hanson, Fort Wayne; 2/17 – Larissa Franklin, Fort Wayne; 2/24 – Amber Lutmer, Omaha; 3/3 – Dani Pugh, Fort Wayne; 3/10 – Amanda Grable, North Dakota State & Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois; 3/17 – Katie Dinning, South Dakota; 3/24 – Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Megan Flenniken, Fort Wayne
Sr. // RHP // Cincinnati, Ohio
Flenniken earns her third career Pitcher of the Week honor and second of the season after striking out a career-high 12 batters in a complete-game win over South Dakota. The right-handed hurler allowed three hits, one earned run and one walk in seven innings of work for a 1.00 ERA. She leads the league in ERA (1.49) and ranks second in strikeouts per game (6.31), shutouts (5) and batting average against (.182).
Also nominated: Jocelyn Oppenhuis, IUPUI; Krista Menke, North Dakota State; Rachel Cue, South Dakota; Ashlyn Bender, South Dakota State; Kacyee Hart, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 2/10 – Miranda Kramer, Fort Wayne; 2/17 – Miranda Kramer, Fort Wayne; 2/24 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State & Dana Elsasser, Omaha; 3/3 – Miranda Kramer, Fort Wayne & Cassie Vodde, IUPUI; 3/10 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State & Dana Elsasser, Omaha; 3/17 – Megan Flenniken, Fort Wayne; 3/24 – Miranda Kramer, Fort Wayne.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America selections.
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