WIU’s Beatty, NDSU’s Leddy Earn #SummitSB Weekly Honors

5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois outfielder Rachel Beatty was named Summit League Player of the Week while North Dakota State pitcher KK Leddy earned the league's Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of May 2-8.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
RACHEL BEATTY, WESTERN ILLINOIS
So. // OF // Muscatine, Iowa

Named Summit League Player of the Week for the first time in her career
Helped lead Western Illinois to a series sweep of Fort Wayne, propelling the Leathernecks to the No. 3 seed in next week's Summit League Championship
Drove in nine runs with two homers in the three-game set while scoring five times, including a five-RBI game in the series finale
Recorded .444 (4-for-9) average over the weekend with a .500 on-base percentage and 1.222 slugging percentage without striking out

Also nominated: Demitra Burns, Fort Wayne; Alyssa Reina, North Dakota State; Yvon Minogue, South Dakota; Devan Larsen, South Dakota State

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; April 11 – Logan Moreland, North Dakota State; April 18 – Campbell Ditto, Omaha; April 25 – Alyssa Reina, North Dakota State; May 2 – Lauren Chirnside, South Dakota State

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
KK LEDDY, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Fr. // RHP // Middleburg, Fla.

Earned her first career Summit League Pitcher of the Week award
Collected two complete-game wins over second-place Omaha over the weekend
In 13.0 innings pitched, she struck out 12 batters and just five earned runs for a 2.69 ERA
Helped NDSU clinch the regular season title and a perfect 17-0 league season, the Bison's first since joining The Summit League and the league's first undefeated league season since 1999

Also nominated: Kacyee Hart, Western Illinois

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; April 11 – Madison Frain, South Dakota; April 18 – Brooke Boetjer, IUPUI; April 25 – Kaitlynn Moody, IUPUI; May 2 – 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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