INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has announced that for the fourth-straight week, Trevecca Nazarene University swept the weekly honors, as Lindsey Stephens and Lacey Grimes have been named G-MAC Softball Pitching and Offensive Athletes of the Week respectively.

OFFENSIVE AOTW

Lacey Grimes
Trevecca Nazarene University
Senior - Infielder
 
Lacey Grimes has been named Softball Offensive Athlete of the Week for the first time, ending the five-week streak of her teammate Breanna Zeis. This past week, Grimes batted .714 with five runs scored, six runs batted in, two doubles and two home runs for 13 total bases and an amazing 1.857 slugging percentage. All of this in just seven at-bats in four games. She also walked four times for an .818 on-base percentage.
 
Grimes led her team to a perfect 12-0 G-MAC regular season with a doubleheader sweep of Ursuline College on Saturday. In the two games, both 9-0 wins, Grimes went 2-3 with a run and an RBI in game one and then 3-3 with two runs and four batted in during game two. She had a double in game one and a double and two home runs in game two.
 
In two other games during the week against Bethel she totaled four walks, two runs scored and an RBI in only one official at-bat (0-1).
 
On the season, Grimes finished the regular-season with seven home runs, which was tied for second most with Urbana’s Ashley Skinner, three behind teammate Zeis. She finished in the top ten in RBI (7th - 20), total bases (6th - 53), walks (4th - 15), on base percentage (8th - .417), and slugging percentage (3rd - .609). Her .310 batting average ranked 13th in the conference.
 
View Lacey Grimes’ bio (from TNUTrojans.com)


PITCHING AOTW

Lindsey Stephens
Trevecca Nazarene University
Sophomore - Right-Handed Pitcher
 
Lindsey Stephens has been named G-MAC Softball Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season, making it four-straight weeks in which Trevecca Nazarene has swept both the Offensive and Pitching weekly honors. This past week, Stephens made three appearances in four game. She was 2-0, throwing two complete games.
 
Stephens totaled 14 innings, scattering 11 hits and allowed just one run. She struck out four. Against Bethel, she pitched five innings (run rule) allowing five runs (four unearned) on six hits and four walks. Against Union, she pitched seven innings, allowing three hits in a tight 1-0 win. She closed out her week pitching two innings of relief in game one against Ursuline. She allowed two hits and struck out one.
 
On the season, Stephens actually finished with the fifth best batting average at the plate (.369), but she also lowered her earned run average to 4.54, which ranks eighth in conference. She had seven wins overall, tied for fourth most in conference, and had 37 strikeouts, which was tied for ninth. Her strikeouts per game ranked her eighth. She also ranked tied for first with two saves in her relief appearances.
 
View Lindsey Stephens’ bio (from TNUSports.com)