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DENVER - Grand Canyon's Brittany Medina and Seattle U's Alyssa Reuble have been named the Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for March 21-27. This is the first-ever honor for both.
Medina, a sophomore utility player from Chandler, Ariz., hit 1.000 (5-for-5) with a double, a home run and five RBIs in a midweek doubleheader sweep at Loyola Marymount last week. She posted a 1.800 slugging percentage and a 1.000 on-base percentage and accounted for five of the 12 Grand Canyon RBIs in the twinbill. In the first game with the Lopes up 7-5, Medina hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning that put the game out of reach. In 21 games played this season, she has 15 RBIs.
Reuble, a junior from Lynnwood, Wash., went 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 17 strikeouts last week. She held opponents to a .208 batting average and issued just three walks over 26 innings. Reuble, who entered the week 1-5 on the season, picked up all four wins for the Redhawks on the week, including three complete-game victories. She opened the week with a relief win vs. Portland State and followed it up with a shutout of host UC Santa Barbara in the Gaucho Classic II. In a 3-1 win over San Diego on March 25, Reuble struck out a career-high nine batters and allowed just one unearned run on five hits. She closed out the week with a win over Santa Clara, striking out three.
Other Hitter of the Week nominees included: CSU Bakersfield's Julea Cavazos hit .474 with nine hits, including a double, in six games ... Alexandra Friloux of Missouri-Kansas City appeared in her first game in nearly a month and went 1-for-2 from the plate, driving in two of the team's four runs against No. 13 Oklahoma ... Seattle U's Paige Bouska hit .423 with two doubles and two RBIs over seven games last week.
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees included: CSU Bakersfield's Amber Mills went 1-2 with a 1.79 ERA in five appearances last week ... Taylor Nowlin of Grand Canyon went 2-0 with a 0.88 ERA and nine strikeouts in two appearances over 8.0 innings against Loyola Marymount last Wednesday ... UMKC's Katie Kelley made her seventh-consecutive appearance without allowing an earned run, pitching 5.1 innings against No. 13 Oklahoma, allowing eight hits and striking out two, but four UMKC errors led to six unearned runs on Kelley's line.