COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Christian University sophomore Kat Hanson and Black Hills State University redshirt junior Sophia Honse are the Week 7 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the week award winners, respectively, the conference announced Tuesday.
 
Player
Kat Hanson, Colorado Christian (Sophomore, Second Base, Apache Junction, Arizona)
Hanson delivered a standout performance for the Cougars, powering her team to a four-game sweep of Colorado School of Mines. Across the homestand, the sophomore totaled nine hits in 14 plate appearances, driving in seven runs and scoring five times, with two of those on home runs. She finished the week with an impressive .643 batting average, a 1.143 slugging percentage, and a .667 on-base percentage.

Hanson set the tone in the series opener, going 2-for-3 with a solo home run. She followed that up with another dominant showing in the second game of the doubleheader, recording two hits, two runs, a second home run, and three RBI.

She stayed hot the next day, tallying four hits in five plate appearances in game one, while adding another run and three RBI. Hanson closed out the sweep with one hit and a run scored, helping CCU secure a 3-1 victory over the Orediggers.

Others Nominated: Aubree Davis, Adams State; Sammie Kaufman-Warner, Black Hills State; Elizabeth Thorngren, Chadron State; Makayla Westmoreland, Colorado Mesa; Kendall Aragon, Colorado School of Mines; Neila Lucero, MSU Denver; Olivia Wick, Regis; Jennavieve Goldsworth, UCCS.
 
Pitcher
Sophia Honse, Black Hills State (R-Junior, Pitcher, Salem, Oregon)
Honse turned in one of the top performances of her season, earning RMAC Pitcher of the Week honors while leading the Yellow Jackets to a 3-1 series win over Regis University, including two victories of her own.

In her first appearance, Honse was dominant in the circle, tossing a complete-game seven-inning effort without allowing an earned run. She allowed nine hits, struck out six, and stranded nine runners, guiding the Yellow Jackets to a 5-1 win over the Rangers. She followed that performance with another complete game, carrying a no-hitter through 3.1 innings and limiting Regis to just three hits until the final frame, when the Rangers managed three late hits.

For the week, Honse logged 14 innings, allowing 14 hits while surrendering no earned runs and striking out eight. The pair of complete games marked the first of her season and came in just her second and third starts of the year.

Others Nominated: Brynn Trujillo, Chadron State; Felesha Lepenske, Colorado Christian; Sophia Tassinari, Colorado Mesa; McKenna James, CSU Pueblo; Kianna Butler, MSU Denver; Eliza Legge, Regis; Autumn Kunze, UCCS.
 
About the RMAC
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 67 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.

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