Courtesy of AAC
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s first weekly softball honors of the 2016 season, for the week ending Feb. 14.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Courtney Rotton • 3B • So. • UCF • Clermont, Fla.
Rotton has earned Player of the Week honors after she hit .571 with a .714 slugging percentage as UCF finished the weekend 4-1 at the UCF Knights Invitational. The sophomore recorded eight hits in 14 at bats, and tied the UCF single-game hits record as she went 4-for-4 at the plate with five RBIs in an 8-1 win over No. 5/5 Alabama. The victory over the Crimson Tide was the Knights’ first over a top-five opponent at the UCF Softball Complex since 2012. Rotton leads the team with eight RBIs, and she also drew three walks on the weekend.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Shelby Turnier • Sr. • UCF • Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Turnier has been named Pitcher of the Week after she went 2-1 as she totaled 17 strikeouts and a 1.47 ERA in 19 innings pitched for the Knights. The senior tossed a three-hit, complete game and struck out nine batters en route to an 8-1 win over No. 5/5 Alabama. Turnier kept the Tide off the board until the sixth inning, helping UCF post its largest margin of victory against a top-five opponent in school history. In a 1-0 loss to No. 19/21 James Madison, she pitched a two-hit complete game. Against a pair of top-20 opponents, she did not allow more than one run in each game.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Alyssa Gardea • CF • Sr. • UConn • Corona, Calif.
Hit .467 as she recorded seven hits in 15 at bats, including a home run and four RBIs as UConn went 2-3 at the LSU Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, La.
Jill Stockley • P • Fr. • UConn • Longmeadow, Mass.
Went 2-1 with a 1.29 ERA and seven strikeouts in 16.1 innings for the Huskies at the LSU Tiger Classic.
Alex Mycek • C • Jr. • East Carolina • Clayton, Del.
After missing all of last season due to injury, Mycek had two home runs in six at bats, for a 1.333 slugging percentage. The junior totaled five RBIs and eight total bases in three games, as the Pirates went 3-2 at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz.
Katie St. Pierre • CF • Sr. • Houston • Flower Mound, Texas
Extended her hitting streak to six games, dating back to May 8, 2015, as she recorded six hits and four RBI over five games at the Bulldog Kickoff Classic in Starkville, Miss.
Lindsey Strickrod • 1B • Jr. • Memphis • Kingston, Tenn.
Tallied two home runs, including a grand slam, in addition to drawing a pair of walks and hitting one double and one triple in 15 at-bats, in five games at the Florida Gulf Coast Tournament in Fort Myers, Fla.
