LOUISVILLE, Ky. – George Washington’s Jenna Cone and USF’s Georgina Corrick captured the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the week honors. The duo was recognized for their outstanding play during the week of April 19-25. 

Cone, a graduate student from Trabuco Canyon, Calif., hit .467 (7-for-15) with three doubles, three home runs, 10 RBI and six runs scored against Saint Louis. She posted a .529 on-base percentage, slugged 1.267 and did not strike out in 16 plate appearances. Cone homered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in six runs in a game-two victory. She added her third long ball of the weekend and four more RBI in the series finale. Additionally, she registered two doubles and two runs scored in game three. 

Corrick held the high-scoring Wichita State offense (7 runs/game) in check, helping the Bull take three-of-four from the 23^rd-ranked Shockers on the road in American Athletic Conference action. The junior hurler won all three of her starts, by allowing just two runs on eight hits and striking out 29 in 21 innings of work. Corrick, a Sanford, Fla. native, finished the week with 0.67 ERA, one shutout and held Wichita State to a .114 batting average. In her second start of the weekend, Corrick fanned 12 and did not walk a batter in a three-hit shutout. The AAC Pitcher of the Week, allowed a run in each of her other two starts, striking out 10 (two hits / two walks) and seven (three hits / zero walks) batters, respectively.

2021 Weekly honors

Selected Top Performances
Morgan Day, Illinois State – 2-0, 2 SHO, 2 H, 21 K, 2 BB, 0.49 opp. BA, 13 IP; Nicole Amodio, Boston University - .778 (7-for-9), 3 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 1.444 SLG; Emily Gant, Boston University – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, SV, 2 SHO, 17 K, 3 BB, 14.2 IP; Meagan King, Texas State – 1-0, SV, SHO, 0.00 ERA, 3 H, 14 K, 0 BB, .088 opp. BA, 10 IP; Alana Vawter, Stanford – 2-1, 1.26 ERA, 2 CG, SHO, 9 K, 3 BB at No. 6 Oregon; Alexis Holloway, Notre Dame – 2-0, 0.88 ERA, 2 ER, 11 K, 16 IP at No. 15 Virginia Tech; Valerie Cagle, Clemson – 3-0, 1.27 ERA, SHO, 29 K, 7 BB / .615, 2 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, .737 OBP, 1.462 SLG; Zaia Castruita, Utah State - .500, 7 H, 2 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, .847 SLG; Mack Leonard, Illinois State – 2-0, 2 SHO, 7 K, .175 opp. BA / .556, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 4 BB, .733 OBP, 1.556 SLG; Rachel Garcia, UCLA – 1-0, 0.81 ERA, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 10 K, BB, .212 opp BA / .400, 2B, HR, 2R, 2 RBI, 1.200 SLG, 3 BB, .625 OBP vs. No. 4 Washington; Eleni Spirakis, Stanford - .417 (5-for-12), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, BB, .917 SLG at No. 6 Oregon; Briana Perez, UCLA - .308, 4 H, 2 HR, 5 R, 4 RBI, 2-2 SB vs. No. 4 Washington; Ashley Morgan, Tennessee - .600, 6 H, 3 2B, HR, 6 RBI.