SOFTBALL
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Madalyn White | Francis Marion | Junior | Third Base/Shortstop | Currie, North Carolina
In six Patriot wins, White posted a .600 batting average with 12 hits, including one home run. She scored 10 runs, drove in five and closed the week with a .750 slugging percentage and .652 on base percentage. From the leadoff spot, White went 3-for-8, drove in one and scored twice in Francis Marion's doubleheader sweep of 19th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne. The junior blasted her first career grand slam in a win over St. Thomas Aquinas as part of a 9-for-12 performance in the four-game Swamp Fox Sizzler. White posted at least two hits in five games last week and has registered a hit in her last nine contests.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Alyssa Poston | Francis Marion | Junior | Pitcher | Hartsville, South Carolina
Poston posted three complete games, including two shutouts last week. She started with a shutout against 19th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne, allowing only three hits over six innnings while striking out five. She followed that with complete games against Wingate, tossing seven innings in each. The in the first conteset against Wingate, she only allowed two hits and struck out seven. In her next start against the Bulldogs, Poston only allowed one run on 10 hits with two strikeouts. For the week, the junior tossed 20 innings, allowing one run on 15 with while striking out 15. She finished the week with an ERA of 0.35.
BASEBALL
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Charlie Bussey III | Francis Marion | Sophomore | Infield | Graniteville, South Carolina
In four games last week, Bussey III hit .562 with nine hits, inclduing two doubles and two home runs for a 1.062 slugging percentage. He also scored nine runs and drove in eight while going 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts. He registered three hits, including a home run and drove in three in a win over Claflin before posting at least two hits in all three games against Barton. He closed the Barton series with three hits, including a double, two runs batted in and one run scored.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Sam Neal | Young Harris | Freshman | Pitcher | Atlanta, Georgia
Neal made three appearances out of the bullpen for the Mountain Lions last week and didn't allow an earned run over 10 and one-thirds innings. He only allowed one unearned run and five hits while holding opponents to a .147 batting average. He started by tossing one inning with a strikeout in a win over North Georgia. He followed that by tossing three and one-thirds innings where he allowed two hits and one unearned run to earn the save in a win over Erskine. The freshman closed the week by allowing three hits and striking out seven over six innings against Erskine.
ACROBATICS & TUMBLING
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Janai Brown | Limestone | Senior | Base/Backbase | Lilburn, Georgia
Brown helped Limestone to a win over Coker while competing in eight heats as well as team event. In six of Brown's eight events, the Saints scored at least 9.0, including 9.8 in compulsory pyramid and 9.85 in the open pyramid.
SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Avery Keopke | Limestone | Senior | Base/Tumbling | Shawnee, Kansas
Keopke contributed to the pyramid event as a base, helping the Saints score 9.55/9.80 in inversion pyramid, a 9.50/10.00 in duo pyramid and a 9.85/10.00 in open pyramid as Limestone topped Coker on Friday.