LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Stetson’s Nicole Edmiaston and Belmont’s Maya Johnson were named Division I Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week for contests played March 9-15. Johnson is the first Division I student-athlete to earn the honor four times in one season.
Edmiaston was 9-for-13 at the plate (.692) with three doubles, three home runs, 11 RBI and seven runs scored. She slugged 1.615 and reached base at a .714 clip. The junior keyed the Hatters to a three-game ASUN conference sweep of RV North Florida as she was only retired twice on the weekend, finishing the series 9-for-11 (.818) with a 1.909 slugging percentage and a 2.742 OPS. Edmiaston collected three hits with a double and home run in each contest against the Ospreys. In games one and three, she scored three times in each contest and drove in four and five runs, respectively.
Johnson continued her stellar season with two more complete-game shutouts last weekend in a Missouri Valley Conference sweep of Evansville. Over 14 innings of work, the graduate hurler struck out 35 Aces, walked four, surrendered four hits and held the opposition to a .087 batting average. Johnson fanned a career-high 19 batters in a series-opening one-hit shutout and sat down 16 more in the series finale to secure the sweep. She brought her NCAA-best strikeout total to 178.
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
Jocelyn Briski, Alabama - 2-0, 1.00 ERA, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2BB, 24 K, 14 IP vs. No. 8 Arkansas; Kylie Doherty, Boston University - .563, .667 OBP, 9 H, 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 11 R, 5 BB, SB; Macee Eaton, Virginia - .615, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 2 R, 1.000 SLG, .643 OBP, BB; Jocelyn Erickson, Florida - .444, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 3 BB, 5 R; Carley Ernst, USF – 1-0, 0.88 ERA, H, 2 K vs. Charlotte; Gabbie Garcia, Oklahoma - .571, 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 7 R, 1.286 SLG, .600 OBP; Peja Goold, Mississippi State – 3 APP, 2 GS, 1.62 ERA, 13 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 18 K, 3 BB, shutout vs. No. 1 Tennessee (10 K, 0 BB, 2 H); Emma Harshberger, Cornell - .556, 1.222 SLG, .636 OBP, 5 H, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, 2 SB, 6 R, 10 RBI; Kayden Henry, Texas - .600, .800 SLG, .692 OBP, 6 H, 7 R, 2 2B, 4 SB, 3 BB; Shelby Jones, Utah – 1-0, 0.70 ERA, 16 K, 2 BB, 10 IP, no-hitter vs. Abilene Christian; Teagan Kavan, Texas – 2-0, 2 CG, 12 IP, 2.33 ERA, 15 K, 3 BB; Justine Lambert, Loyola Marymount - .733, 11 H, 4 R, RBI, 5 SB, 0 K; Meika Laupp, Arizona State – 3-0, 1.50 ERA, CG, 14 IP, 8 K, 3 BB, 1.21 WHIP, 2 wins vs. No. 21 Oklahoma State; Britney Lewinski, North Texas – 2-0, 1.85 ERA, 6 K, 2 BB, 11.1 IP; Ella McDowell, Arkansas - .583, 2B, 2 HR (grand slam), 7 H, 6 R, 8 RBI, 1.167 SLG, .643 OBP; Madox Mitchell, Houston - .455, 5 H, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R, SB, 5 BB, .647 OBP, 1.182 SLG; Anna Moore, Purdue - .533, 8 H, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, .650 OBP, .933 SLG; Allyssa Parker, Oklahoma – 2-0, 0.88 ERA, 8 K, 8 IP; Mya Perez, Texas A&M - .833, 5 H, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI; Moriah Polar, Purdue - .722, 13 H, 2 2B, HR, 10 RBI, 9 R, 1.000 SLG, .737 OBP, 4-4 SB; Peyton Pusey, Marist - .727, 8 H, 3B, 2 HR, 5 R, 4 RBI, BB, 2.205 OPS, 1.455 SLG; Emma Raye, Northwestern - .600, 6 H, 3B, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 5 R, 1.7000 SLG; Kasey Ricard, Boston University – 4-0, SV, 0.00 ERA, 0 R , 3 SHO, 25 K, 3 BB, 10 H, HBP, 24 IP; Keagan Rothrock, Florida – 2-0, 2 CG, 1.17 ERA, 5 K, 12 IP, SHO; Sami Scholtz, UT Martin – 2-0, 1.11 ERA, CG, SHO, 2 H, 4 BB, 7 K, 0.47 WHIT, .050 opp. BA, no-hitter vs. SEMO, tossed 12.2 consecutive no-hit innings; Issa Torres, Florida State – Reached base in all 16 plate appearances 9-for-9, 6 BB, HBP, 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 9 R; Shelby Westler, Ohio - .700, 7 H, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, .615 OBP, 1.515 OPS; Hailee White, Utah - .833, 3B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 1.167 SLG, .889 OBP; Alex Wilkes, USF - .788, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R, 1.111 SLG; Emily Williams, Southern Illinois - .750, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 4 R, 2.250 SLG, .667 OBP; Jordan Woolery, UCLA - .700, 7 H, 2B, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 2.000 SLG, .733 OBP; Ava Zachary, Notre Dame - .538, 2 2B, HR , 5 RBI, 6 R, 2 SB, .923 SLG.
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