South Dakota’s Rogers, NDSU’s Sertic Claim #SummitSB Weekly Honors

3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota catcher Jessica Rogers earned Summit League Player of the Week, while North Dakota State pitcher Jacquelyn Sertic garnered the league's Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of Feb. 26 – March 4.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JESSICA ROGERS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Jr. // C // Lincoln, Neb.

Earned her first-career Player of the Week accolade
Went 9-for-11 with two home runs, a triple, six RBI and six runs scored over the final four games of the Grand Canyon Classic
Helped lead the Coyotes to three wins at the event
Notched her 100^th career hit during the tournament
Had two three-hit games
Hit a solo home run against Valpo and added a three-run shot in the win against Princeton
Hit .692 with an on-base percentage of .714 and a slugging percentage of 1.308

Also nominated: Morganne Denny, Fort Wayne; Bre Beatty, North Dakota State; Julia Andersen, South Dakota State; Rachel Beatty, Western Illinois

Previous recipients: Feb. 12 – Alyssa Fernandez, South Dakota; Feb. 19 – Alyssa Fernandez, South Dakota; Feb. 26 – Baily Janssen, South Dakota State

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
JACQUELYN SERTIC, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // P // Sparks, Nev.

Collected her 12^th-career Pitcher of the Week honor, second this season
Compiled a 3-0 record with a 1.29 ERA during the week
Struck out 16 in 16.1 innings pitched
Picked up wins over Duke, Kent State and Lehigh with 6.86 K/7

Also nominated: Bailey Benefiel, Fort Wayne; Dustie Durham, South Dakota; Emily Ira, Western Illinois

Previous recipients: Feb. 12 – Bailey Benefiel, Fort Wayne; Feb. 19 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Feb. 26 – Emily Ira, Western Illinois

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Through 35 years of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of nearly 100,000 at eight institutions, including three 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), 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 with the University of North Dakota becoming an official member on July 1, 2018. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced nine NCAA Champions along with over 90 Academic All-Americans, nearly 100 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.

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