Fresno State pitcher Jamie Southern is the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week for the week of February 25-March 3.
Southern, a freshman from Clovis, Calif., went 3-0 with one save last week. She posted a 0.00 earned run average and recorded 37 strikeouts in 30 innings pitched. She went the distance in Fresno State's 15-inning 2-1 victory over then-No. 10 Pacific, recording a school record 19 strikeouts and allowing one unearned run. In that game, she hit her first collegiate home run. Southern also pitched a seven-inning perfect game against UC Riverside. Fresno State is ranked No. 10 in this week's USA/Today/NFCA Division I Top 25.