Regan Drake has been named the Softball Offensive Athlete of the Week for the first time this season, and alongside her teammate, Megan LaFon being named G-MAC Pitcher of the Week, the two have earned the first softball weekly honor for Alderson Broaddus.
This week, the Battlers faced Davis & Elkins, Trevecca Nazarene, and Kentucky Wesleyan in three difficult doubleheaders, with the last four games coming on the road in Kentucky and Tennessee. Drake hit a conference best .609 and slugged a conference-high 1.174 as she recorded 14 hits (five more than anyone in conference last week) and drove in 12.
She also led the league with four doubles and three home runs, as well as 27 total bases. She recorded two or more hits in all six games played last week. Against D&E, she went 5-7 with three runs, four RBI, two home runs and a double in the doubleheader sweep. Against TNU, she went 5-8 with a run, five RBI, and a home run in a doubleheader split. Against KWC, she went 4-8 with a run, three RBI, and three doubles in another doubleheader split.
On the season, Drake improved her average to .326, which is the best on her team according to official at-bats, and she also now leads the team with 23 RBI and nine doubles. She is third with 19 runs scored and second with four homeruns and 51 total bases as Kylee Gasper has a team-high ten bombs.