DENVER – Utah Valley’s Hailey Kofler and Grand Canyon‘s Taylor Nowlin have been named the Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for March 17-23. This is the second honor of the season for Kofler and the first-ever honor for Nowlin.
Kofler, a freshman utility player from Temecula, Calif., extended her hitting streak to a season-high five games after recording a hit in each of Utah Valley’s four games last week. She posted a WAC-best .636 batting average, going 7-for-11 with three doubles, a home run and three RBI. She also drew one walk. Kofler doubled in each of Utah Valley’s first three games on the week and also homered in the nightcap against Utah State.
Nowlin, a freshman left-hander from Peoria, Ariz., went 1-0 with a 0.95 ERA and four strikeouts in three appearances last week. In a five-inning run-rule victory over Princeton, she hurled a complete-game shutout, not allowing a run, surrendering just two hits and striking out three in five innings of action for her second victory of the season. Nowlin also made two relief appearances in a pair of games against California last week, throwing 1.1 perfect innings in the second appearance. For the week, she allowed just one run on four hits over 7.1 innings.
Other Hitter of the Week nominees included: Grand Canyon’s Claire Zampini hit .476 with a double and two RBI in seven games last week.
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees included: Bakersfield’s Amber Mills went 1-1 with a 1.70 ERA and four strikeouts over 12.1 innings last week.