LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Florida’s Kendall Grover and Arkansas’ Robyn Herron were named Division I Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week honors for contests played Feb. 9-15.
Grover keyed the fourth-ranked Gators (12-0) to seven victories last week, launching five home runs, driving in 14 runs and scoring nine times. She batted . 417 with 10 base hits and registered four multi-hit and multi-RBI contests. The senior third baseman left the yard twice and notched six RBI versus Marshall. Grover added a 3-for-4 outing with three RBI and a homer at Jacksonville.
Herron picked up two wins over the weekend at the States Up Invitational hosted by Texas State. The senior hurler struck out 15 batters in just 6.2 innings of work, accounting for all but five outs, while she was in the circle. Herron fanned 11 batters in a one-hit five-inning shutout of the previously 18th-ranked Clemson Tigers. She followed that up with four more punchouts in a 1.2 innings of no-hit relief to earn the victory against BYU.
The awards are voted on by the NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll Committee, which features one member coach from each of the NCAA’s 31 conferences.
Selected Top Performances
Lauren Archambault, Wofford – .555, 5 RBI, 3 R, 2 2B, 3B; Bella Atkinson, Illinois State - .364, 5 2B, 5 RBI, 5 R; Tianna Bell, Arkansas - .385, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 6 R, BB, 1.308 SLG; Mackenzei Bernal-Mahagan, USC Upstate - .545, 6 H, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 1.091 SLG, .583 OBP; Ava Brown, Florida – 2-0, 1.18 ERA, 2 SV, 8 K, .375, HR, 6 BB, 8 RBI, 2 2B, 6 R; Nevaeh Brown, Houston - 2-0, 2.52 ERA, 13 K, CG, 16.2 IP, SHO; Maalia Cherry, UC San Diego - .750, 2B, 2 HR, 1.333 SLG, .778 OBP, 0 K; Emma Clarke, Tennessee - .429, 6 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 9 R, 2BB, SB; Ella Cunningham, Troy - .636, 7 H, 4 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 1.273 OBP; Macee Eaton, Virginia - .667, 2 2B, HR, 1.222 SLG, .727 OBP, 0 K, 2BB; Gigi Ganje, Penn - .412, 7 H, 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 1.176 SLG; RyLee Gardner – Houston - .455, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2B, .533 OBP, 1.091 SLG; Abby Greenwood, Wofford – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 8 K, 11 IP; Maddie Hartley, Houston - .467, 2 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .556 OBP, 1.400 SLG; Karsen Jany, Saint Louis - .643, 5 2B, 5 RBI, 8 R, 1.000 SLG, .737 OBP; Jaylah Jarrell, Charlotte - .667, 8 H, 2 HR (grand slam), 1.250 SLG; Taylor Jones, Charlotte – 3 APP/2 GS, 2 W, 2 CG wins over 14 Virginia Tech and RV Michigan State, 0.00 ERA, 7 K; Micaela Kastor, Notre Dame – 2-1, 0.00 ERA, 13 K, 5 BB, 12 IP; Cameron Kaufman, Bowling Green - .438, 7 H, 10 R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, HBP, 6-6 SB, .550 OBP; Taryn Kern, Stanford - .400, 3B, 2HR, 6 R, 8 RBI, 1.200 SLG; Courtney Layne, Virginia – 1-0, SV, 6.2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, .048 opp BA; Audrey Lowry, Oklahoma – 3-0, 8 K, BB, 8.1 IP; Avary Makarewicz, UT Martin - .615, 8 H, 2 2B, 6 R, 9 RBI, 1 SB, .667 OBP, 1.231 SLG; Sydney Malott, Iowa State - .636, 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 1.273 SLG, .733 OBP; Hannah Marien, USF – 2-0, 0.58 ERA, 6 K, ER, 12 IP; Erin Nuwer, Tennessee – 3-0, 0.00 ERA, SHO, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 13 K, SHO vs. No. 6 UCLA (1 hit); Lindsay O’Dell, Loyola Marymount – 4-0, 0.55 ERA, 12 K, 16.1 IP; Brelyn O’Hearn, Charlotte - .444, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB; Allison Oneacre, Penn State - .583, 7 H, 9 R, 2 2B, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 1.750 SLG, 7 BB, .700 OBP; Kasidi Pickering, Oklahoma - .833, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 13 R, 10 H, 6 BB, .889 OBP, 1.833 SLG; Karhys Pierce, USF - .526, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI; Moriah Polar, Purdue - .545, 6 H, 2B, 2 RBI, 6 SB; Kaylee Pond, Arizona State - .500, 8 H, 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 8 R, 4 BB, 0 K, .619 OBP, 1.12 SLG; Sydney Poole, Loyola Marymount - .600, 12 H, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 3 R; Kennedy Powell, Texas A&M - .647, 11 H, 8 R, 6 RBI, grand slam, 3 2B; Kennedy Proctor, Utah - .412, 4 2B, 6 RBI; Lauren Putz, Michigan - .600, 9 H, 8 R, 12 RBI, 2B, 5 HR, 2 BB, 2.067 SLG, .648 OBP; Destiny Rodriguez, Auburn - .526, 10 H, 7 R, 13 RBI, 3 HR, 1.000 SLG; Aglaia Rudd, Robert Morris - .455, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 1.92 OPS, 1.545 SLG; Sanaa Thompson, North Carolina - .722, 13 H, 13 R, HR (inside-the-park); Abby Ulsas, Saint Louis - .500, 4 2B, 3 3B, 1.056 SLG, 6 RBI, 8 R; Emily Williams, Southern Illinois - .438, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 3 BB, 0 K, .526 OBP.
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