USD's Minogue, NDSU's Menke Garner Weekly #SummitSB Awards

4/13/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. –South Dakota junior Yvon Minogue has been named Summit League Player of the Week while North Dakota State senior Krista Menke earns the league's Pitcher of the Week award after their performances April 6-12.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Yvon Minogue, South Dakota
Jr. // 1B // Corona, Calif.
Yvon Minogue earns her second career Summit League Player of the Week award and second of the season after leading South Dakota to a 4-1 record over the week. Minogue batted .824 (14-for-17) with three home runs, three doubles and a triple in the five games while driving in eight and scoring 14 runs in the process of breaking USD's 22-year-old record for doubles in a season (21). She drew three walks combined with her 14 hits for an on-base percentage of .857 and a slugging percentage of 1.647. Minogue tallied at least two base-hits in all five games, helping the Coyotes score a record 20 runs Wednesday versus Creighton and then matching that figure Saturday against Fort Wayne.

Also nominated: Lizzie Noble, Omaha; Emily Olszewski, Fort Wayne; Lia Romeo, Western Illinois; Jackie Stifter, North Dakota State.

Previous honorees: Feb. 9 – Alex Sobrero, North Dakota State; Feb. 16 – Alyssa Reina, North Dakota State; Feb. 23 – Ali Mosier, IUPUI; March 2 – Cheyenne Garcia, North Dakota State; March 9 – Ali Mosier, IUPUI; March 16 – Morgan Hancock, South Dakota; March 23 – Alex Sobrero, North Dakota State; March 30 – Roni Patterson, IUPUI/Yvon Minogue, South Dakota; April 13 – Ali Mosier, IUPUI.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Krista Menke, North Dakota State
Sr. // RHP // Friend, Neb.
Menke is named Summit League Pitcher of the Week for the second consecutive week and 17^th time in her career after leading her team to a three-game sweep of South Dakota State. Menke tossed two complete-game one-hitters in two starts against SDSU. On Sunday, she took a perfect game into the fifth inning before giving up a one-out single en route to a 9-0 victory. The senior right-hander struck out 14 Jackrabbits in Saturday's win to bring her NCAA-leading season total to 275. She now has 18 double-digit strikeout games on the season and 25 for her career.

Also nominated: Emili Escamilla, IUPUI; Madison, Frain, South Dakota; Jaylee Hinrichs, Omaha; Brooke Stulga, Western Illinois.

Previous honorees: Feb. 9 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State; Feb. 16 – Jaylee Hinrichs, Omaha; Feb. 23 – Brooke Boetjer, IUPUI; March 2 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State; March 9 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State/Brooke Boetjer, IUPUI; March 16 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State; March 23 – Jaylee Hinrichs, Omaha; March 30 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State; April 6 – Krista Menke, North Dakota State.

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 nine institutions, including four 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), Oral Roberts University, 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 along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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