Springfield first baseman Ali Gerrish is the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III Player of the Week for the week of April 8-14.

Gerrish, a junior from Plymouth, Mass., hit .613 (19-for-31) in nine games last week. She hit safely in all nine games and had six multi-hit contests, including a four-hit performance against MIT and a pair of three-hit games. Gerrish finished the week with five doubles and five triples, including back-to-back two-triple performances against MIT and No. 21 Coast Guard. Defensively, she had a .987 fielding percentage with one error in 79 chances.