LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Texas’ Reese Atwood and Rutgers’ Ella Harrison captured the Division I Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week honors for contests played March 3-9.
Over four games, Atwood hit .636 (7-for-11) with two doubles, a triple, three home runs, seven RBI and seven runs scored. She drew two walks, slugged 1.818 and reached base at a .692 on-base percentage. Atwood homered in all three contests at the Ohio State Tournament with three multi-hit, RBI and runs scored contests. She drove in three runs and was a single short of the cycle versus Kent State, while scoring three times against Oakland.
Harrison twirled three shutouts, including her first career no-hitter against North Dakota, and is currently on a streak of 33 innings without allowing an earned run. She finished the week 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 34 strikeouts, surrendering six hits and walking seven. Against UND, Harrison fanned a career-high 16 batters, the most by a RU pitcher since 2022. She struck out 10 and walked one in a five-inning two-hit shutout at Georgia State and added eight more punchouts (4 hits, zero walks) versus West Georgia.
The awards are voted on by the NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll Committee, which features one member head coach from each of the NCAA’s 31 conferences.
Selected Top Performances
Jordy Bahl, Nebraska - .545, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 7 R, 1.273 SLG: 2-0, 1.50 ERA, 15 K, 14 IP; Reese Basinger, Clemson – 2-1, 2.14 ERA, 1 K, 3 BB, 16.1 IP; Jessie Blaine, Mississippi State - .857, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1.143 SLG, .889 OBP, 2 CS, 1.000 FLD; Kenzie Brown, Arizona State – 1-0, SHO, 1.54 ERA, 26 K, 6 H; Danieca Coffey, Louisiana - .750, 9 H, 2 2B, 7 R, 5 RBI, 7 BB, .917 SLG, .800 OBP; Ashley Corpuz, George Washington - .500, 8 H, 2B, 2 HR (Grand Slam), 10 RBI, 5 BB, .591 OBP, 1.529 OPS; Alexis DeBoer, Washington - .545, 6 H, 2B, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R, 3 BB, nine-game hitting streak; Brooke Deppiesse, Boston University - .588, 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 2BB, SB, 1.353 SLG, .632 OBP; Bri Ellis, Arkansas - .500, 4 H, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB, 1.25 SLG; Elena Escobar, Liberty – 3-0, 0.00 ERA, 19 K, 2 BB, 14.2 IP, SHO, .163 opp. BA; Lyndsey Grein, Oregon – 2-0, 1.00 ERA, 14 K, SHO, 14 K, 6 BB; Sarah Haendiges, Kentucky – 0.00 ERA, 2 SV, 2 H, 5 K, stranded nine runners; Stevie Hansen, Washington – 1-0, SV, 1.62 ERA, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, 8.2 IP; Amai Hanta, North Dakota State - .500, 2 2B, 2 3B, 3 RBI, 6 R, 1.000 SLG, 3 BB, .625 OBP; Reese Hunter, Georgia Tech - .714, 5 H, HR, 5 RBI, 1.143 SLG; Maya Johnson, Belmont – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 21 K, 0 BB, perfect game vs. Brown (10 K, 5 IP); Teagan Kavan, Texas – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 18 K, 3 H, 4 BB, .091 opp. BA, 10 IP; Brooke Klosowicz, Penn - .750, 9 H, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 9 R, 1.750 SLG, 2.536 OPS, SB; Audrey Lowry, Oklahoma – 1-0, 1.00 ERA, 3 HR, 0 BB, 2 K vs. South Carolina; Nelly McEnroe-Marinas, Oklahoma - .545, 1.182 SLG, 6 H, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R; Skip Miller, Ohio – 2 app, 1 GS, 0.00 ERA, 0 H, 9 IP, no-hitter vs. Longwood (9 K, BB); Maddie Moore, Clemson - .562, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 7 R, 3 BB, .632 OBP; Savannah Pola, UCLA - .643, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 9 R, .929 SLG; Moriah Polar, Purdue - .500, 6 H, 2B, 3B, 3 R, 4-4 SB; Cassie Reasner, Kentucky - .667, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 4 R; Braisey Rosa, Oregon - .500, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1.20 SLG, all three RBI in two wins over Florida State; Sydney Thomason, Nebraska Omaha - .538, 2 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1.385 SLG; Taylor Tinsley, UCLA – 1-0, 0.81 ERA, 11 K, BB, 8.2 IP, no-hitter vs San Diego State (9 K); Sophia Torreso, George Washington – 4 APP, 1-0, 15 K, 3 H, .091 opp. BA; Sophia Voyles, Georgia Tech – 2-0, 0.78 ERA, 11 K, 9 IP; Presley Williamson, Chattanooga - .375, 2B, 4 HR (GW grand slam vs. LIU), 15 RBI, 1.188 SLG, 5 BB, .524 OBP.
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