Tweet #theGAC  RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the Softball Weekly awards for the fifth week of the 2022 season. Arkansas-Monticello’s Haley Cornell earned Player of the Week and East Central’s Taia Harris and garnered Pitcher of the Week.
 
GAC SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Haley Cornell, Arkansas-Monticello, 1B/UTL, Sr., Bentonville, Arkansas
Cornell went 5-for-8 as the Blossoms picked up a series win against Henderson State. In game one, she drove in four runs across two fifth-inning at bats as she hit a two-run home run and added a two-run double as part of a nine-run inning. She drove in two in a 10-1 game-two victory. She drove in her seventh and eighth runs of the series in game three.
 
GAC SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK – Taia Harris, East Central, RHP, Jr., Antlers, Oklahoma
Harris repeated as GAC Pitcher of the Week as she picked up two wins against Northwestern Oklahoma State. In her first outing, she struck out nine in a 4-1 victory. In her second start, she recorded a five-hit complete-game victory in which she notched 10 strikeouts. She had 51 strikeouts in her last five starts, spanning 36.0 innings of work.
 
OTHERS NOMINATED
 
Ashton Bryce, OF (Harding), Shelby Chavers, CF (Arkansas Tech), Caitlyn Curlee-Bates, INF (Southern Nazarene), Kenzie Lasker, UTL (East Central), Kamarie Wallace, 3B (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
 
Bailey Buffington, RHP (Arkansas Tech), Jennifer Romero-Ivarson, RHP (Southern Nazarene), Sydney Ward, RHP (Southern Arkansas)