Virginia Bishop of North Greenville and Hannah Killough of Mount Olive Earn Softball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Virginia Bishop of North Greenville and Hannah Killough of Mount Olive were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for softball for the week ending Feb. 12.
Bishop was selected as the Player of the Week, while Killough earned Pitcher of the Week accolades.
A sophomore first base from Simpsonville, South Carolina, Bishop hit .500 (6-12) on the week with eight runs batted in and five runs scored to help the Crusaders to a 4-0 week. She had a pair of hits in a 7-1 win over USC Aiken on Wednesday, Feb. 8 as she drove in three and scored with one home run. In a road sweep of UVA Wise on Friday, Feb. 10, Bishop was 4-for-6 at the plate with five RBIs and four runs scored. She tallied two home runs and walked once in the two contests.
Killough posted a 2-0 record with 24 strikeouts behind consecutive complete-game shutouts, including tossing a no-hitter, during the opening week of the season. The junior from Pageland, South Carolina registered her third career no-hitter against Winston-Salem State on Monday after producing a school-record 15 strikeouts over six scoreless innings. The reigning Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the Year, Killough faced a total of 20 batters while striking out the side three times in an 8-0 victory versus the Rams. The following day, Killough returned to the circle and tossed another complete game shutout in a 1-0 win over Coker. She yielded just two hits and walked seven batters over seven innings while tallying nine strikeouts.
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2022-23 Conference Carolinas Softball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Feb. 6, 2023)
Offensive Player of the Week: Taylor Watford, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Bailey Wilcox, Chowan
Week 2 (Feb. 6, 2023)
Player of the Week: Virginia Bishop, North Greenville
Pitcher of the Week: Hannah Killough, Mount Olive