Indiana Sweeps Weekly Softball Awards
Hoosiers’ Tara Trainer and Maddie Westmoreland receive Big Ten’s top honors this week
Player and Freshman of the Week
Maddie Westmoreland, Indiana
C/DP – Fr. – Glendale, Ariz. – Sandra Day O’Connor
• Batted .429 with a .500 on-base percentage and 1.429 slugging percentage, two home runs and seven RBI last weekend, helping Indiana to a three-game Big Ten sweep of No. 18/19 Ohio State
• Hit a two-run home run in series opener and added a three-run home run and four RBI in the middle game of the series
• Reached base in all three games of the weekend series
• Earns her first career Player of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Player of the Week: Taylor Uden (March 20, 2017)
• Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Emily Goodin (March 13, 2017)
Pitcher of the Week
Tara Trainer, Indiana
RHP – Jr. – Lebanon, Ohio – Lebanon
• Posted a 2-0 record with two complete games, a 0.50 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched, helping lead Indiana to a three-game conference sweep of Ohio State
• Tossed a two-hit complete game shutout and struck out 12 in series-opening win
• Also went the distance in the series finale, allowing just four hits and one run with nine strikeouts
• Earns her first career Pitcher of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Pitcher of the Week: Morgan Melloh (May 2, 2011)
2018 Big Ten Players of the Week
Feb. 12
PL: Dani Wagner, Sr., MINN
PL: Tristen Edwards, So., NEB
P: Shelby McCombs, Sr., OSU
F: Meghan Beaubien, MICH
F: Niki Carver, OSU
Feb. 19
PL: Tristen Edwards, So., NEB
P: Meghan Beaubien, Fr., MICH
F: Meghan Beaubien, MICH
Feb. 26
PL: Lilli Piper, Jr., OSU
P: Meghan Beaubien, Fr., MICH
F: Meghan Beaubien, MICH
March 5
PL: Faith Canfield, Jr., MICH
P: Emily Oestreich, Jr., ILL
F: Rachel Lewis, NU
March 12
PL: Rachel Lewis, Fr., NU
P: Allison Doocy, So., IOWA
P: Meghan Beaubien, Fr., MICH
F: Kenna Wilkey, NU
March 19
PL: Lilli Piper, Jr., OSU
P: Sarah Schaefer, Fr., MICH
F: Bella Loya, ILL
F: Sarah Schaefer, MICH
March 26
PL: Maddie Westmoreland, Fr., IND
P: Tara Trainer, Jr., IND
F: Maddie Westmoreland, IND
