By: Jordan Gurwitz, Strategic Communications Assistant
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced its Week 3 Softball Athletes of the Week awards, with Black Hills State University pitcher Laci Peske and first baseman Ashlynn Pauwels sweeping the conference’s latest awards.
Pitcher of the Week: Laci Peskey, Black Hills State (Soph, Waller, Texas)
Peskey pitched in all four games for Black Hills State this weekend, helping lead them to a 4-0 series sweep of Adams State. It is the first time Black Hills State posted a winning series on RMAC Opening Weekend in program history. Peskey was credited with all four wins in the weekend series, finishing with 20.1 innings, nine earned runs, 23 strikeouts, and only one walk allowed. In her third outing of the series, Peskey pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only five hits and posting 11 strikeouts, giving Peskey her third double-digit strikeout game of the season.
Honorable Mention: Mia Sanchez (CSU Pueblo), Kenzi Garner (Chadron State), Elyse McMullin (Colorado Christian), Jessalyn Gallegos (Colorado Mesa), Taylor Wayne (Colorado Mines), Natalie Romero (MSU Denver), Hallie Crappell (Regis)
Player of the Week: Ashlynn Pauwels, Black Hills State (Sr., Tallahassee, Florida)
Pauwels helped lead Black Hills State as their offensive leader in this weekend’s four-game sweep of Adams State. Over the course of the series, Pauwels notched multiple hits in each game, leaving the weekend series with a total of eight hits, five runs scored, and a team-high 10 runs batted in. Of the eight hits that Pauwels notched in the series, five were extra-base hits with two home runs, two doubles, and one triple. Pauwels hit home runs in back-to-back games, the second time she has done so in her career.
Honorable Mention: Kaylee El (Adams State), Raelynn Rogers (CSU Pueblo), J’Lyssa Martinez (Chadron State), Kaila Eastburn (Colorado Christian), Ally Distler (Colorado Mesa), Lexie Semeyn (Colorado Mines), Alexia Boring (MSU Denver), Olivia Wicks (Regis), Jacqueline Berkowitz (UCCS)
The RMAC is a premier NCAA Division II conference located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with 15 member schools. The RMAC sponsors 22 varsity NCAA sports and has produced 65 NCAA Division II national champions and 52 national runners-up since 1992.
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