DENVER – Kansas City’s Cinda Ramos and Utah Valley’s Josi Summers have been named the Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for March 10-16. This is the first-ever honor for Ramos and the second of the season for Summers.
Ramos, a junior pitcher from Olathe, Kan., led Kansas City to a 3-1 record last week with a hit in each game, including multiple hits in three of the four. She hit .600 with a home run and six RBI, and posted an .800 slugging percentage and a .563 on-base percentage for the week. In the first half of a doubleheader with Northern Illinois last Tuesday, Ramos tied the game in the fifth with a sacrifice fly, then hit a walkoff three-run blast in the bottom of the seventh to give the Kangaroos the victory. In a pair of games on Saturday, she was 6-of-9 with two RBI.
Summers, a senior right-hander from Tremonton, Utah, went 2-0 with a 0.41 ERA and 16 strikeouts in three appearances with last week. She threw her first career no-hitter and the first in the WAC this season against Albany, striking out eight and walking just two. Summers also went the distance against Creighton, allowing just one run on four hits in 7.0 innings of work. For the week, she held opponents to a .158 batting average.
Other Hitter of the Week nominees included: Bakersfield’s Karissa Veiga hit .375 with two doubles, one RBI and two stolen bases in five games last week ... Brennalyn Nakamura of New Mexico State hit .444 with two RBI in six games last week ... Utah Valley’s Brianna Gatlin hit .500 with two doubles, six RBI and two stolen bases last week.
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees included: Bakersfield’s Kelsie Monroe went 3-1 with a 1.20 ERA and 13 strikeouts over 23.1 innings last week ... Katie Kelley of Kansas City was 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA and five strikeouts in two appearances last week ... New Mexico State’s Karysta Donisthorpe was 1-2 with a 1.68 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 16.2 innings of work.