Jessica Campbell and Savana Luper of King Earn Softball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Jessica Campbell and Savana Luper of King were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for softball for the week ending March 26.
Campbell was selected as the Player of the Week, while Luper earned Pitcher of the Week accolades.
A junior outfielder from Graysville, Tennessee, Campbell helped lead the Tornado to a 5-1 week in league play as she hit .500 (10-for-20) with two home runs, one double, one triple, 11 RBIs and 11 runs scored. She also stole three bases and drew a pair of walks. She had multiple hits in four games and scored or had an RBI in each contest on the week. She had her best games against Belmont Abbey on Saturday, March 25, as she went 2-for-4 in game one with two runs scored and four RBIs then was 1-for-3 with three runs scored in the finale.
With two starts in the circle on the week, Luper, a freshman from Salem, Virginia, went 2-0 with a 0.53 earned run average over 13 innings with five hits, four runs, one earned, with 14 strikeouts and a pair of walks on the week. She tossed a complete game against Southern Wesleyan with three unearned runs allowed on three hits with nine strikeouts and one walk. In a run-rule win over Belmont Abbey she allowed one run on two hits over six innings with five strikeouts and one walk. Luper limited the opposition to a .111 batting average on the week.
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2023 Conference Carolinas Softball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Feb. 7, 2023)
Offensive Player of the Week: Taylor Watford, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Bailey Wilcox, Chowan
Week 2 (Feb. 14, 2023)
Player of the Week: Virginia Bishop, North Greenville
Pitcher of the Week: Hannah Killough, Mount Olive
Week 3 (Feb. 21, 2023)
Player of the Week: Emily Bell, Barton
Pitcher of the Week: Jada Wilson, Lees-McRae
Week 4 (Feb. 28, 2023)
Player of the Week: Peyton Day, King
Pitcher of the Week: Jenna Walling, Francis Marion
Week 5 (March 7, 2023)
Player of the Week: Danielle Karacson, Francis Marion
Pitcher of the Week: Rachel Davis, Francis Marion
Week 6 (March 14, 2023)
Player of the Week: Kadence Sheppard, UNC Pembroke
Pitcher of the Week: Rilee Jones, Barton
Week 7 (March 21, 2023)
Player of the Week: Makayla Cuthbertson, Francis Marion
Pitcher of the Week: Maddie Edwards, Emmanuel
Week 8 (March 28, 2023)
Player of the Week: Jessica Campbell, King
Pitcher of the Week: Savana Luper, King