SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State second baseman Mia Jarecki and North Dakota lefthander Makaela Carr garnered the latest Kwik Star Summit League Softball Peak Performer and Pitcher of the Week honors, League officials announced Monday.
 
Jarecki played a pivotal role in the Jackrabbits' 6-2 week, facing teams such as Northern Colorado (W, 8-7), Saint Louis (W, 10-1; 5 innings), Northern Illinois (W, 15-6), Missouri (L, 9-1; 5 innings), Princeton (W, 8-5), Quinnipiac (W, 13-1; 5 innings), and Michigan (L, 5-0). The senior batted .500, going 13-for-26 at the plate, while adding 14 runs, 10 RBI, and hitting two doubles, a triple, and three home runs.
 
In the Jackrabbits’ five-inning, run-rule victory against the Billikens, Jarecki jumpstarted the SDSU offense with a leadoff double in the first, then capped the scoring with a pair of home runs during a eight-run fifth frame. She led off the inning with a solo homer, then closed the scoring with a grand slam.

Jarecki finished the week with five multiple-hit and five multiple-run games as she saw her batting average climb to .322 for the season.
 
Carr earned her second weekly accolade of the season after going 1-0 with a pair of saves over four appearances. She logged 14 innings during the week in a pair of outings each against Tennessee Tech (W, 7-4; W, 8-2) and Dartmouth (L, 6-4; W, 3-1).

The Fighting Hawk senior first appeared as a reliever, closing out a 7-4 win against the Golden Eagles. She then tossed a complete game in the second tilt of the doubleheader against Tennessee Tech, earning her seventh win of the season. In that contest, she scattered seven hits, struck out six and allowed two earned runs.

In Carr's final appearance of the week, the Smithville, Mo., native earned her second save after escaping a bases-loaded jam in the sixth with a strike out and added two more punchouts, retiring the side in order in the seventh to close out a 3-1 victory. She ended the weekend with 16 strikeouts and a 2.39 ERA. 
 
PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Mia Jarecki, South Dakota State
Sr. | Infielder | Papillion, Neb.

• Batted .500 (13-for-26) during a 6-2 week for the Jackrabbits, finishing with two doubles, a triple and three home runs (including a grand slam).
• Registered two fifth-inning home runs in a 10-1 run-rule victory against Saint Louis 
• This is Jarecki’s second career weekly accolade.

Also nominated: Callie Honig (North Dakota), Chloe Woldruff (North Dakota State), Sydney Thomason (Omaha), and Delaney White (South Dakota).
 
PEAK PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Makaela Carr, North Dakota
Sr. | Pitcher | Smithville, Mo.

• Went 1-0 with two saves during a 4-2 week for North Dakota
• Struck out 16 batters over 14 innings of work, including six in a complete-game win over Tennessee Tech 
• This is Carr’s second weekly accolade of the season.

Also nominated: Maddia Groff (Omaha), Clara Edwards (South Dakota), and Madi Mangulis (South Dakota State).
 
2025 Softball Peak Performers of the Week
February 10
Peak Performer: Ava Rongisch, Omaha
Peak Pitcher: Makaela Carr, North Dakota
 
February 17
Peak Performer: Sammy Schmidt, Omaha
Peak Pitcher: Maddia Groff, Omaha
 
February 24
Peak Performer: Rylee Henderson, North Dakota State
Peak Pitcher: McKenna Young, South Dakota
 
March 3
Peak Performer: Tatum Villotta, South Dakota
Peak Pitcher: Clara Edwards, South Dakota
 
March 10
Peak Performer: Sydney Thomason, Omaha
Peak Pitcher: Maddia Groff, Omaha
 
March 17
Peak Performer: Mia Jarecki, South Dakota State
Peak Pitcher: Makaela Carr, North Dakota
 
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