NDSU’s Moreland, USD’s Frain Collect #SummitSB Weekly Honors

4/11/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State shortstop Logan Moreland was named Summit League Player of the Week while South Dakota pitcher Madison Frain earned the league's Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of April 4-10.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
LOGAN MORELAND, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // SS // Woodland, Calif.

Named Summit League Player of the Week for the second straight week
Hit .556 (5-for-9) in NDSU's sweep at Fort Wayne over the weekend
Went yard twice in the series finale Sunday and now has six home runs in the past seven games
Drove in seven runs and scored seven runs in the three-game series
Tallied a .545 on-base percentage and slugged 1.222 for the week

Also nominated: Lauren Watson, IPFW; Ali Mosier, IUPUI; Shelby Keil, South Dakota; Nicole Warren, Omaha

Previous honorees: Feb. 15 – Sydney Hames, Omaha; Feb. 22 – Payton Abbott, Western Illinois; Feb 29 – Jackie Stifter, North Dakota State; March 7 – Tierney Bottino, Western Illinois; March 14 – Kourtney Pock, Omaha; March 21 – Kourtney Pock, Omaha; March 28 – Sydney Hancock, South Dakota; April 4 – Sydney Hames, Omaha/Logan Moreland, North Dakota State

PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
MADISON FRAIN, SOUTH DAKOTA
Sr. // LHP // Creston, Iowa

Earned her second career Summit League Pitcher of the Week award and first since her freshman season in 2013
Appeared in all three of South Dakota's wins (two starts) vs. IUPUI over the weekend
Pitched two complete games, including one shutout, picking up two wins while allowing only one earned run
Collected a four-out save in game two of the series to preserve a 10-9 victory
Struck out a season-high 10 batters in a 2-0 shutout Sunday
For the week, she posted a 0.46 ERA while striking out 15 in 15.1 innings of work

Also nominated: Brooke Boetjer, IUPUI; Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Laura Roecker, Omaha; Ashlyn Bender, South Dakota State

Previous honorees: Feb. 15 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Feb. 22 – Brooke Boetjer, IUPUI / Kacyee Hart, Western Illinois; Feb. 29 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; March 7 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State / Emily Ira, Western Illinois; March 14 – Laura Roecker, Omaha; March 21 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; March 28 – Laura Roecker, Omaha; April 4 – Abbie Clanton, Omaha/Jacquelyn Sertic, 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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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