USD’s Fields, IUPUI’s Finch Earn #SummitSB Weekly Honors

3/27/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota infielder Kayla Fields was named Summit League Player of the Week while IUPUI's pitcher Nickole Finch earned the league's Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of March 20-26.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
KAYLA FIELDS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Sr. // INF // Roseville, Calif.

Named Summit League Player of the Week for the first time in her career and season
Recorded .600 (6-for-10) average over the weekend with a .667 on-base percentage and 1.300 slugging percentage
Drove in six runs with one double and two home runs in three games while scoring five times
Went 3-for-3 with a home run, scoring two runs in opening game of the series against Western Illinois
Had a 1.000 fielding percentage with 11 putouts

Also nominated: Roni Patterson, IUPUI; Zoe Stavrou, North Dakota State; Kelsey Marlow, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Feb. 13 – Brittney Morse, South Dakota State; Feb. 20 – Kelly Pattison, Omaha; Feb. 27 – Shelby Keil, South Dakota; Mar. 5 – Maggie Good, IUPUI; Mar. 13 – Ali Herdliska, South Dakota State; Mar. 20 – Caitlyn DeLong, Fort Wayne

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
NICKOLE FINCH, IUPUI
Jr. // P // Valparaiso, Ind.

Earned her first Summit League Pitcher of the Week award in her career
Picked up three wins in the sweep over South Dakota State
Surrendered 14 base-hits in 17 innings, finished the weekend with an ERA of 1.24 and tallied 12 strikeouts
Had a season-low zero walks in her first start against the Jackrabbits.
Tied first in the conference for wins (9)

Also nominated: Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State

Previous honorees: Feb. 13 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Feb. 20 - Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Feb. 27 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Mar. 5 – Laura Roecker, Omaha; Mar. 13 – Emily Ira, Western Illinois; Mar. 20 – Erica Tharp, IUPUI

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Celebrating its 35^th season 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 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, 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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