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Player of the Week
Kasey Cooper • Auburn
Junior • 3B • Dothan, Ala.
Cooper became Auburn’s all-time leader in career home runs (43) with her solo HR against Indiana. She entered the weekend No. 3 in the NCAA in RBI and No. 9 in home runs and slugging percentage. Cooper is the only player on Auburn to reach base in all 21 games, has a current nine game hitting streak and also a nine-game scoring streak. She leads the team with 10 multiple RBI games this season. On the week, she posted a .692 batting average with nine hits, including three doubles. Cooper also recorded nine runs, five RBI and six walks this past week.
Pitcher of the Week
Carley Hoover • LSU
Sophomore • RHP • Clemson, S.C.
Hoover helped LSU to a sweep of action in six games last week, appearing in three games and starting two. She earned a 3-0 record with a spotless ERA, allowing just two hits, as well as her first career no-hitter in the finale of the LSU Invitational on Sunday afternoon against Tennessee Tech. Hoover struck out 26 batters in 13.2 innings, averaging two strikeouts per inning, as opponents had a .047 batting average against her while she was in the circle. She retired the side eight times, including having a perfect inning on Sunday where she needed just three pitches to retire the side. From the sixth inning of the Louisiana Tech game until the final out on Sunday, Hoover retired 21 of the final 24 batters she faced. The no-hitter was the 36th in LSU history.
Co-Freshmen of the Week
Abbey Cheek • Kentucky
DP/3B/1B • Inman, S.C.
Cheek went 7-of-13 with a team-high eight RBIs and five runs scored to help lead UK to the 2016 Winthrop Invitational Championship. She had five two-out hits, with four RBIs on those hits, and drove in the eventual game-winning runs against Lehigh and Winthrop.
Kennedy Clark • South Carolina
OF • Chino Hills, Calif.
Clark led the Gamecocks with a .588 batting average, .632 on-base percentage and 7 RBI on the week. She helped with a double steal, taking second to help her teammate steal home, for the first run in Friday’s win over Kennesaw State. Clark doubled twice and scored the game-winning run against UConn. She also started the 9-3-2 double play that ended the Huskies’ last chance in the 10th.
