Player of the Week
Lea Foerster, Michigan State
CF – Jr. – Portage, Mich. – Portage Central
• Registered a .625 batting average, .769 on-base percentage and 1.500 slugging percentage with four extra-base hits, five RBI and five runs scored in the Spartans’ three-game road sweep at Loyola Marymount
• Had a triple, solo home run and scored three runs in Saturday’s middle game of the series
• Added a pair of doubles, four RBI and a run scored in the series finale on Sunday
• Earns her first career Player of the Week honor
• Last Michigan State Player of the Week: Celeste Wood (Feb. 13, 2017)
Pitcher of the Week
Kirsten Stevens, Wisconsin
P – Sr. – Crystal Lake, Ill. – Prairie Ridge
• Tossed a pair of complete-game shutouts last week while allowing just nine hits, striking out 16 and walking only three in 14.0 innings of work.
• Twirled a five-hit shutout of Florida International last Friday, logging five strikeouts
• Fanned a career-high 11 Hofstra batters en route to a four-hit shutout on Saturday
• Earns her first career Pitcher of the Week honor
• Last Wisconsin Pitcher of the Week: Taylor-Paige Stewart (March 3, 2014)
Freshman of the Week
Emily Goodin, Indiana
P – Evansville, Ind. – Mater Dei
• Posted a 3-1 record with a 0.88 ERA in 16.0 innings in the circle last week
• Registered her first career no-hitter on Friday against UAB, striking out five batters
• Also picked up two wins in relief on Sunday, throwing 3.0 scoreless innings in victories over Murray State and UAB
• Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Tara Trainer (March 21, 2016)
2017 Big Ten Players of the Week
Feb. 13
PL: Annie Fleming, Jr., ILL
PL: Celeste Wood, So., MSU
P: Megan Betsa, Sr., MICH
F: MaKenna Partain, MINN
Feb. 20
PL: Kelly Christner, Sr., MICH
P: Sara Groenewegen, Sr., MINN
F: Kendyl Lindaman, MINN
F: Kaitlyn Menz, WIS
Feb. 27
PL: Lea Foerster, Jr., MSU
P: Kirsten Stevens, Sr., WIS
F: Emily Goodin, IND
