GREENWOOD, Ind. –Trevecca Nazarene senior outfielder Shelby Andrews and freshman pitcher Morgan Powell were named as the first set of Great Midwest Athletic Conference Softball Athletes of the Week on Monday.
 
The G-MAC preseason favorite and three-time conference champion Trojans celebrated opening day on Friday with a doubleheader against Bellarmine in Nashville.
 
Andrews and Powell helped salvage a split in the two-game set to get the spring underway.
 
G-MAC Pitcher of the Week
Morgan Powell
Trevecca Nazarene
Pitcher
Freshman
Mt. Juliet, TN
 
Powell saw action in a relief role in both games against the Knights, preserving a close lead in game two for her first career save.
 
She made her collegiate debut to record the final four outs in game one in relief of two-time G-MAC Pitcher of the Year Haley Fagan. Powell struck out the first batter she faced to end the sixth inning.
 
Despite the Trojans suffering a game-one setback, head coach Ben Tyree wasn’t afraid to call her number again in the finale in relief of Sammie Jo Ivy.
 
Powell spun together a perfect 1.2 innings to protect a 4-3 TNU advantage and seal the winning decision for Ivy.
 
The Trojans offense picked Powell up with eight unanswered runs down the stretch, including a game-ending grand slam from Jordan Griner. She would retire all five batters she faced in order.
 
G-MAC Player of the Week
Shelby Andrews
Trevecca Nazarene
Outfielder
Senior
Dyersburg, TN
 
Andrews, the eventual hero in the 2015 G-MAC Championship game vs. Cedarville with a two-run double, picked up right where she left off and mashed opposing pitching to start her spring.
 
Andrews clubbed a pair of home runs and was 4-for-8 at the plate and three runs scored. A double gave her three extra-base hits in her first two games and a total of five RBI.
 
In the opener, Andrews slugged the team’s first home run of the season in the top of the fourth inning after Alex Richardson led off the frame with a single.
 
Batting cleanup again in game two, Andrews doubled, homered and had an RBI single in her final three plate appearances.