Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Softball Awards
Golden Gophers’ Amber Fiser and MaKenna Partain, Buckeyes’ Niki Carver and Badgers’ Kelsey Jenkins receive Big Ten’s top honors this week
Co-Player of the Week
MaKenna Partain, Minnesota
2B – So. – Banks, Ore. – Banks
• Posted a .471 batting average with a .500 on-base percentage and a 1.176 slugging percentage last week, collecting three home runs, 10 RBI and scoring seven runs as the Golden Gophers swept five conference games against Wisconsin and Purdue
• Registered a career-high four RBI with a grand slam in the first game of Minnesota’s doubleheader sweep of Wisconsin on April 25
• Had at least two RBI in four of five games last week and hit home runs in the final two games of the weekend series at Purdue
• Earns her first career Player of the Week honor
• Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Dani Wagner (Feb. 12, 2018)
Co-Player of the Week
Kelsey Jenkins, Wisconsin
2B – Sr. – Tucson, Ariz. – Sabino
• Batted .643 with a .722 on-base percentage and a 1.214 slugging percentage last week, posting two home runs, nine RBI and seven runs scored in five conference games, including a three-game sweep at Nebraska
• Drove in five runs in the middle game of the set at Nebraska and had three RBI, including a home run, in the series finale on Sunday, capping the Badgers’ first-ever series win over the Huskers
• Registered multi-hit outings in all three games at Nebraska, including three-hit performances in the final two games of the series
• Earns her first career Player of the Week honor
• Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Chloe Miller (March 13, 2017)
Pitcher of the Week
Amber Fiser, Minnesota
RHP – So. – Van Horne, Iowa – Benton Community
• Went 4-0, including two complete-game shutouts and posted a 0.35 ERA in the circle last week, striking out 24 and walking one while allowing just six hits and one earned run in 20 innings
• Tossed her first perfect game on April 27 at Purdue, needing 45 pitches and registering six strikeouts in the five-inning victory
• Had a perfect game through five innings of the nightcap of a doubleheader against Wisconsin on April 25, striking out six before being relieved
• Earns her fourth career Pitcher of the Week honor and third this season
• Last Minnesota Pitcher of the Week: Amber Fiser (April 23, 2018)
Freshman of the Week
Niki Carver, Ohio State
UTL – Gainesville, Ga. – North Hall
• Batted .625 with a .625 on-base percentage and a 1.375 slugging percentage, adding a home run, two RBI and four runs scored from the leadoff spot in Ohio State’s three-game sweep of visiting Maryland last weekend
• Had a home run and a triple in the series opener on April 27
• Added two hits in the middle game of the series and another in Sunday’s finale, extending her current hitting and on-base streaks to six games each
• Earns her second career Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Niki Carver (Feb. 12, 2018)
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
April 2
PL: Tera Blanco, Sr., MICH
P: Meghan Beaubien, Fr., MICH
F: Meghan Beaubien, MICH
F: Rachel Lewis, NU
April 9
PL: Lilli Piper, Jr., OSU
P: Allison Doocy, So., IOWA
F: Lou Allan, MICH
April 16
PL: Marissa Panko, Sr., NU
P: Amber Fiser, So., MINN
F: Meghan Beaubien, MICH
April 23
PL: Maddie Westmoreland, Fr., IND
P: Tara Trainer, Jr., IND
P: Amber Fiser, So., MINN
F: Maddie Westmoreland, IND
April 30
PL: MaKenna Partain, So., MINN
PL: Kelsey Jenkins, Sr., WIS
P: Amber Fiser, So., MINN
F: Niki Carver, OSU