The South Atlantic Conference Announces WePlayed Sports Softball Players of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Softball Players of the Week for games played during the ninth week of the 2024 season. Emory & Henry's Rachel Hill was named the Player of the Week while Anderson's Laken Maxwell was named the Pitcher of the Week.
Hill, a sophomore from Stanardsville, Va., batted .857 as she led Emory & Henry to four SAC victories last week, batting 12-for-14. She posted three extra-base hits as she scored five runs and drove in eight while also stealing three bases. Hill provided the walk-off base hit for the Wasps in both victories against Catawba on Friday and went 7-for-8 with four runs, five RBI, two sacrifice bunts and two stolen bases in the doubleheader.
Maxwell, a senior from Bowdon, Ga., had a fantastic week in the circle, earning three wins in two starts. She recorded 16 strikeouts with 11 in a row to start the game versus Tusculum and went on to pitch the complete game shutout. Maxwell then followed up with a five-inning no-hit shutout versus Newberry and was called back to the circle in game two against the Wolves, pitching one inning and earning her 13th win on the season to become the SAC leader in total wins.
2024 SAC Softball Players of the Week
Player of the Week
Feb. 6 – Claire Smeltzer, Tusculum
Feb. 12 – Lora Beth Wood, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 20 – Heaven Maness, Wingate
Feb. 27 – Madison Wilson, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 5 – Leah Grimes, Mars Hill
March 12 – Brooke Matyasovsky, Carson-Newman
March 19 – Brianna Herring, Catawba
March 26 – Sterre de Duijn, Lincoln Memorial
April 2 – Rachel Hill, Emory & Henry
Pitcher of the Week
Feb.6 – Chelsey Stonesifer, Limestone
Feb. 12- Hali Scott, Wingate
Feb. 20 – Lauren Rakes, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 27 – Chelsey Stonesifer, Limestone
March 5 – Emma Frost, Carson-Newman
March 12 – Lex Glemaker, Newberry
March 19 – Lauren Rakes, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 26 – Laken Maxwell, Anderson
April 2 – Laken Maxwell, Anderson
WePlayed Sports is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.
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