Ashley Crooke has been named the Softball Offensive Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after an impressive week at the plate for the Panthers, who went 4-0 last week in G-MAC play to improve to 10-4 in conference and 19-15 overall.
Crooke hit .563 in four games last week, two against Ohio Valley and two against Salem International. She led the G-MAC in hits with 13, tied with Trevecca’s Kelsey Kemp. However, Crooke held the advantage collecting 2.25 hits per game, while Kemp managed 2.17 per game.
Crooke scored six runs and drove in five, but the highlight of her week came in the team’s 7-1 win over Salem International. Crooke hit for the cycle going 4-4 with three runs and three RBI. She went home run, triple, single, and double in her four trips to the plate.
She collected a hit in all four games played last week and had either a run scored or a run batted in in every game. On the season, Crooke is hitting .315, which is third on her team. She is one of only seven players with 20 or more runs scored and 20 or more RBI.