USD's Warnock, NDSU's Menke Collect Weekly #SummitSB Honors

4/20/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. –South Dakota freshman Christy Warnock has been named Summit League Player of the Week and North Dakota State senior Krista Menke earns the league's Pitcher of the Week award after their performances April 13-19.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Christy Warnock, South Dakota
Fr. // DP // Omaha, Neb.
Christy Warnock earns her first career Summit League Player of the Week award after guiding South Dakota to a 2-1 week. Warnock hit .714 (5-for-7) including a walk-off grand slam in helping the Coyotes sweep a two-game series with league-rival Omaha on Friday. The freshman contributed ten runs (six RBI, four runs scored) and slugged 1.286 in the doubleheader.

Also nominated: Eryn Dillon, IUPUI; Amanda Grable, North Dakota State; Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois; Allie Mathewson, Omaha.

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 6 – Ali Mosier, IUPUI; April 13 – Yvon Minogue, South Dakota.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Krista Menke, North Dakota State
Sr. // RHP // Friend, Neb.
Krista Menke is named Summit League Pitcher of the Week for the third straight week and 18^th time in her career after leading her team to a three-game sweep of Fort Wayne over the weekend. Menke recorded her first perfect game and third no-hitter of the season in an 18-0 win Saturday, striking out 12 of the 15 batters she faced. It was the eighth perfect game thrown in NDSU history and the first since 2006. In game two of the series, the senior again dominated the Mastodons, only allowing one hit and striking out 14 in six innings en route to a 10-0 victory. She now has 20 double-figure strikeout games this season and 27 in her career. Menke leads the nation with 301 strikeouts on the season.

Also nominated: Emili Escamilla, IUPUI; Kacyee Hart, 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; April 13 – 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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