WePlayed Sports Softball Players of the Week Announced

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Softball Players of the Week for games played during week three of the 2025 season. Emory & Henry's Rachel Hill was named the Player of the Week and Wingate's Jillian Thomas was named the Pitcher of the Week.

Hill, a junior from Stanardsville, Va., led E&H at the plate to a four-win weekend including a pair of run-rule victories over No. 3 North Georgia. She finished the weekend 6-for-11 (.545), reaching base eight times in 15 plate appearances and was 2-for-3 with two RBI in both games against the Nighthawks, as the Wasps grabbed back-to-back run-rule wins. The wins over UNG represent the best wins for any E&H team in the NCAA Division II era and are the best wins for E&H softball since beating No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan in the 2017 ODAC Tournament.

Thomas, a junior from Wingate, N.C., made 3 appearances in Wingate's 4 games over the weekend, picking up a pair of wins while allowing just 7 hits in 10 2/3 innings, striking out 12 and walking 1 with a 0.66 ERA. Thomas tossed the final 3 1/3 against Molloy Saturday without allowing a run on just 2 hits, striking out 4 and went the final 3 innings against Molloy Sunday, allowing just 1 hit while striking out 3 to pick up the win. She capped her week by picking up her second Sunday win against Shippensburg, giving up just 1 earned run in 4 1/3 innings, striking out 5.

2025 SAC Softball Players of the Week

Player of the Week

Feb. 4 – Macauley Bailey, Carson-Newman
Feb. 11 – Danielle Jason, Tusculum
Feb. 18 – Rachel Hill, Emory & Henry

Pitcher of the Week

Feb. 4 – Halle Grace Patton, Lincoln Memorial
Feb. 11 – Tea Cornett, Mars Hill
Feb. 18 – Jillian Thomas, Wingate

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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