RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the GAC softball weekly awards for the eighth week of the season. Henderson State’s Hilary Akers garnered Player of the Week and Arkansas Tech’s
#theGAC SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Hilary Akers, 3B, Henderson State, Jr., Houston, Texas
Akers reached base 12 times in 16 plate appearances as the Reddies collected four wins. Against Ouachita Baptist, she drove in a run. In a sweep of Southern Nazarene, she went 6-for-8 with four walks, five runs scored. She tripled and stole a base in game one. She raised her season batting average 35 points to .404.
#theGAC SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK – Aly White, RHP, Arkansas Tech, So., Bryant, Arkansas
In her lone start of the week, she threw the 20th no-hitter in school history as she defeated East Central, 10-1. She struck out two Tigers as she collected her eighth win of the season. She lowered her ERA to 1.77, the second-best mark in the conference.
OTHERS NOMINATED
Jolie Bazan, OF (Arkansas-Monticello), Lana Danielson, OF (Harding), Jessi Hull, C (Oklahoma Baptist), Maddie Leal, OF (Southern Arkansas), Jenny Shank, P/PH (Arkansas Tech)
Presley Applegate, RHP (Henderson State), Chloe Brown, RHP (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Emma Duncan, RHP (Southern Arkansas), Blaire Gentry, RHP (Southwestern Oklahoma State), Brooklyn Gobble, RHP (Harding), Jaycee Shaffer, RHP (Oklahoma Baptist)
A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards