LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Stony Brook’s Corinne Badger and Northwestern’s Danielle Williams captured Division I Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week honors. The duo is being recognized for their outstanding play for the week of Feb. 21-27.
Badger slugged her way to the weekly honor, homering six times, including leaving the yard in her first four official at bats. Leading the Seawolves to a 4-1 season-opening showing at the FIU Softball Invitational, Badger drove in 11 runs, slugged 2.000 and reached base at a .571 on-base clip. Her biggest round tripper on the weekend was a one-out, three-run walk-off, lifting Stony Brook to a 4-3 win over Brown. The junior catcher’s first two base knocks of 2022 were a solo long ball and two-run shot in a 5-3 win over Drexel. In a 6-2 win over the host Panthers, Badger launched her third dinger, a three-run first-inning shot, and added a solo blast in the fifth.
Returning to her home state, Williams put forth a strong showing at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, twirling shutouts against No. 9 Oregon and No. 5 Washington. The senior lefty from Pleasanton, Calif. went 3-0 with a 0.35 ERA and 23 strikeouts over 20 innings of work. She surrendered a run on six hits with five walks and held her opponents to a .100 batting average. Leading the 27-team field in ERA, Williams was one out away from no-hitting the Ducks and finished with a two-hit shutout (5 K, 2 BB). In another 1-0 win over a top-10 program, Williams fanned eight Huskies and held them to three hits. She also picked up a win with two innings of shutout relief in a nine-inning triumph over San Diego State.
The Division I Player & Pitcher of Week awards are voted on by the NFCA's Division I Top 25 Committee, which consists of one head coach representing each of the 32 NCAA DI Conferences.
Selected Top Performances
Rachel Crabtree, Duke - .615 (8-for-13), 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 1.154 SLG, .706 SLG; Mia Davidson, Mississippi State - .539 (7-for-13), 5 HR, 5 BB, 9 RBI, 1.692 SLG, .667 OBP; Jana Johns, Oklahoma - .429, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 1.357 SLG; Katie Keller, Northern Illinois - .643, 2 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 1.214 SLG; Megan Kern, Villanova - .667, 2 2B, 3 HR, 4 R, 7 RBI, 4 BB, .750 OBP, 1.538 SLG; Micaela Macario, UCF - .462, 2 2B, 10 RBI, 1.178 OPS, 5 R, 1-1 SB; Morgan Melito, Harvard - .571 (8-for-14), 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R, 3 SB, .529 OBP, 1.071 SLG; Kiki Milloy, Tennessee - .333, 2 2B, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 4 BB, 5 HBP, .556 OBP, 1.111 SLG, 4 SB; Logan Morris, NC State - .692, 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 6 R, 1.462 SLG; Lexi Orozco, Utah State - .500, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R, 1.100 SLG, 4 BB; Emily Young, Stanford - .667, 2 2B, HR, 10 RBI, 1.083 SLG; Jordy Bahl, Oklahoma – 2-0, 1.62 ERA, 31 K, 4 BB, .121 opp. BA, perfect game versus Fullerton; Dani Drogemuller, Pittsburgh – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, SHO, 19 K, 2 BB, 15 IP; Alexis Holloway, Notre Dame – 2-0, 1.24 ERA, SV, 13 K, 17 IP; Alyssa Kelly, USC Upstate – 2-0, 0.74 ERA, 2 SHO, 15 K, 3 BB, 19 IP, .162 opp. BA; Ali Kilponen, LSU – 3-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 SHO, 19 K, 5 H, 4 BB, .106 opp. BA, 15 IP; Sierra Lange, George Washington – 3-0, 1.75 ERA, 21 K, 2 BB, 20 IP, .308, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 6 R, 2 SB; Kylie Macy, Georgia – 1-0, 0.00 ERA, SHO, 17 K, 6.2 IP, perfect game versus Bryant (13 K, 5 IP); Mariah Mazon, Oregon State – 3-0, 0.40 ERA, 27 K, 4 BB, 17.2 IP, .550, 4 2B, 8 R, 2 HR, 13 RBI; Kylie Ringler, Kent State – perfect game versus Howard (7 K, 5 IP); Keely Rochard, Virginia Tech – 2-0, 1.31 ERA, 27 K, BB, .096 opp. BA, 16 IP; Peyton St. George, Duke – 3-1, 0.49 ERA, 18 K, 3 BB, .160 opp. BA, 14.1; Alana Vawter, Stanford – 2-0, 0.88 ERA, 11 K, 0 BB, 8 IP, perfect game vs. Fresno State (8 K, 5 IP); Jaden Vickers, Rutgers – 3-1, 1.17 ERA, 39 K, 5 BB, 24 IP.
