Tuesday, March 13, 2007

 

TUSCULUM'S CHRISSY WILKISON NAMED SAC SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

 

Chrissy Wilkison                ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College's Chrissy Wilkison has been named the South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week announced league officials Tuesday.

 

                Wilkison, a junior first baseman from Lake Forest, Calif., batted .652 while leading the Pioneers to a 7-0 record last week, including five wins at the 2007 Snow Bird Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Wilkison went 15-for-23 at the plate with 17 runs batted in and scored 12 runs herself.  She also added two doubles and a pair of home runs.

                In Tusculum's 21-3 rout of Juniata College, Wilkison established a new school single-game record with seven RBI.  She went 3-for-4, scored four runs and clubbed a home run.

 

                Wilkison leads the Pioneers (16-6) with her .449 batting average, as well as six round-trippers and 32 RBI in just 22 games.  Last week, she didn't commit an error in 57 total chances.

 

                Tusculum, winners of eight of its last nine, returns home on Wednesday when TC hosts King College for a 3 p.m. doubleheader at Red Edmonds Field.

 

                The SAC Softball Player of the Week is selected by a vote of the league's sports information directors.

 

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