Kellee Branham of Belmont Abbey and Hannah Killough of Mount Olive Selected Softball Weekly Award Winners
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Kellee Branham of Belmont Abbey and Hannah Killough of Mount Olive have been chosen as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas softball for the week ending Feb. 20.
Branham was chosen as the Player of the Week, while Killough was tabbed as the Pitcher of the Week.
A sophomore outfielder from Lugoff, South Carolina, Branham finished last week hitting an impressive 10-of-11 (.909) with eight RBIs and three runs scored. She also had three extra-base hits on two doubles and one home run in addition to one stolen base. Branham first went 4-for-4 with one RBI in Belmont Abbey’s 9-0 second game win over St. Andrews on Feb. 17. In Belmont Abbey’s 6-5 first game victory over Southern New Hampshire on Feb. 19, Branham finished the contest hitting 3-for-3 with three RBIs. She followed that up in Belmont Abbey’s 10-2 second game victory over Southern New Hampshire by going 3-of-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored.
A sophomore right-handed pitcher from Pageland, South Carolina, Killough finished her efforts this past week with 29 strikeouts in 22.1 innings pitched. Her opponents hit just .163 against her on the week. In Mount Olive’s doubleheader sweep of Coker on Feb. 16, Killough first pitched the final two innings of the 13-10 game one win. She struck out three and allowed no hits in her two innings in the circle in game one. In the 3-0 second game win for Mount Olive over Coker, Killough struck out nine. Killough pitched all seven innings in Mount Olive’s 7-0 game two victory over Catawba on Feb. 19. She allowed just two hits and struck out 12. Killough closed out her week by striking out five in Mount Olive’s game with Queens on Feb. 20.
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2022 Softball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Feb. 8, 2022)
Player of the Week: Mikayla Rose, Barton
Pitcher of the Week: Morgan Hatchell, North Greenville
Week 2 (Feb. 15, 2022)
Player of the Week: Kylie Emanuele, Mount Olive
Pitcher of the Week: Lauren King, Mount Olive
Week 3 (Feb. 22, 2022)
Player of the Week: Kellee Branham, Belmont Abbey
Pitcher of the Week: Hannah Killough, Mount Olive