2018 Softball Players of the Week
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Harley Jones, Randolph-Macon, Sr., First Base
April 24, 2018Jones, a senior from Brodnax, Va., hit safely in all eight games for nationally fourth-ranked Randolph-Macon over the last eight days, driving in at least one run in all but one contest. She went 10-for-23 on the week with two doubles, a triple, homer, nine RBI, five runs scored, three walks, and a stolen base to help the Yellow Jackets to a 7-1 showing. She doubled and drove in two runs in a split (1-2, 2-1) with nationally top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan, snapping the Marlins 41-game winning streak in the second contest. Jones went 3-for-6 with a double, triple, homer, four RBI, and three runs scored in a sweep (8-1, 11-0) of Roanoke. She went 2-for-6 with a RBI and a run scored in a sweep (4-3, 2-1) of Guilford. Jones capped her stretch by going 3-for-6 with two RBI and a runs scored in a regular-season ending sweep of Randolph (5-0, 6-0) to wrap up the #2 seed in the upcoming ODAC Tournament. Jones is hitting .364 on the season with the ODAC's fourth-best slugging percentage at .718. She is second in the ODAC in homeruns (9) and RBI (41). -
Madie Rhoads, Randolph-Macon, Fr., Pitcher
April 24, 2018Rhoads, a freshman from Portsmouth, Va., put together a 3-0 performance over three starts in the last eight days to close the regular season and helped nationally fourth-ranked Randolph-Macon lock up the #2 seed in the upcoming ODAC Tournament. Rhoads opened with the biggest win of the season for any Division III team as she toss a complete game to defeat nationally top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan, 2-1, marking the Marlins first loss of the season. She gave up one run on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts. Rhoads followed that with the first two complete game shutouts in an 11-0 win at Roanoke. She allowed two hits and walked one while fanning 11 Maroons in a full seven frames. She capped her week with another two-hit shutout in a 5-0 win at Randolph in her last start of the regular season. She walked three and struck out seven in seven innings. Rhoads is now 12-0 on the season with an ODAC-best 0.52 earned run average to go with 118 strikeouts in 80.2 innings of work.
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Madison Glaubke, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Outfielder
April 16, 2018Glaubke, a sophomore from Virginia Beach, Va., reached base safely 17 times in 24 plate appearances as the nationally top-ranked Marlins improved to 34-0 with six more victories. Virginia Wesleyan has now won 40 consecutive games dating back to last season. Glaubke hit .650 (13-for-20) with two doubles, a homer, 11 runs scored, three runs driven in, four walks, and four stolen bases in as many attempts. She had at least one hit in each game and five multi-hit efforts. Glaubke opened her week going 4-for-8 with a run scored, a RBI, and stolen base in sweep (11-1, 5-4) at #4 Christopher Newport. She was 6-for-7 with a double, homer, five runs scored, and a run driven in during a sweep (3-0, 12-0) at Randolph. Glaubke capped her week with a 3-for-5 showing with three walks, a double, RBI, five runs scored, and three stolen bases in a sweep (7-0, 12-0) at Shenandoah. For the season, Glaubke is third in the ODAC in hitting (.434) and on-base percentage (.537). She is second in runs (40), hits (43) and walks, and fourth in triples (2) and total bases (68).
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Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Pitcher
April 16, 2018Hull, a sophomore from Chesterfield, Va., returns to the weekly awards circle following a 4-0 week on the rubber to improve to 24-0 on the season and help the nationally top-ranked Marlins to six victories on the week. Virginia Wesleyan is now 34-0 on the season and has 40 straight games dating back to last season. Hull won both ends of a doubleheader sweep of nationally fourth-ranked Christopher Newport to start her week. She gave up one run on four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts over five innings in an 11-1 win in game one. She came back for two innings of relief to win 5-4 in game two. She was a bit wild in that contest, walking four and giving up two runs on a homer, but also fanned four batters. Hull picked up her third win of the week with a one-hit shutout at Randolph, 3-0. She didn't walk a batter and fanned nine in a full seven frames. She capped her week starting both ends of a sweep of Shenandoah. She went the first three frames and didn't allow a hit as the Marlins staff registered a no-hitter over three pitchers. Hull walked one and struck out six in her time. She got the win with four innings in a 12-0 result in game two. She surrendered four hits and walked one with four more punchouts. For the season, Hull owns a 0.63 earned run average to go with 24 wins over 132.1 innings in the circle. She has struck out 207 batters and walked 28. She has already struck out 579 batters in her career, leaving her just two short of tying the ODAC record held by former Marlin righty Brittaney Brown.
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Kiersten Richardson, Virginia Wesleyan, Sr., Shortstop
April 09, 2018Richardson, a senior from Richmond, Va., exploded at the dish in the Marlins doubleheader sweep of Guilford, running top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan's record to 28-0 and extended their winning streak to 34 straight dating back to last season. Richardson went 5-for-7 in the series with two homers, five runs driven in, five runs scored, and four stolen bases. She was 3-for-4 in game one with a two-run homer, three runs scored, and three stolen bases to lead VWU to a 9-0 victory. She was 2-for-3 in the second outing, this time blasting a three-run shot to go with two runs scored and another stolen base. For the season, Richardson is hitting .393 and leads the ODAC in runs scored (37) and stolen bases (28). She is fifth with nine doubles.
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Candace Whittemore, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Pitcher
April 09, 2018Whittemore, a junior from Montpelier, Va., twirled a pair of 3-0 shutouts against ODAC foes last week, helping the nationally seventh-ranked to a 6-0 week to move to 28-2 on the season. The Yellow Jackets have not won seven straight outings. Whittemore went the full seven frames in game one of a sweep at Eastern Mennonite. She gave up five hits and did not walk a batter while fanning five Royals. She turned the same trick in game one of a sweep of nationally 25th-ranked Emory & Henry. She surrendered just four hits and against did not allow a free pass. She struck out 12 Wasps, he second-highest output of the season and third 10-plus punchout game of the year. For the season, Whittemore is 12-2 with a 0.69 earned run average. She's fanned 108 batters and walked just 16 in 91.1 innings in the circle. She is second in the ODAC in wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts and third in ERA.
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Madison Glaubke, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Outfielder
April 02, 2018Glaubke, a sophomore from Virginia Beach, Va., registered at least one hit in each of six Virginia Wesleyan victories last week, extending her hitting streak to 12 straight games and furthering the nationally top-ranked Marlins unbeaten run to 26-0 this season and 32-0 dating back to last season. Glaubke went 9-for-19 with two doubles, a triple, homer, five runs driven in, six runs scored, and three walks to help her to a .474/.545/.842 slash line. She was 2-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 12-9 victory in game two of a sweep of DePauw. She was 4-for-6 with a homer, two RBI, three runs scored, and a walk in a pair of 8-0 victories over Eastern Mennonite. She capped her week going 3-for-5 with two walks and a run scored in 1-0 and 3-1 wins at Roanoke. For the season, Glaubke is hitting .387 (29-for-75) with six doubles, three homers, and 21 RBI. She is second in the league in walks (18), fourth in runs scored (28), and sixth in on-base percentage (.500).
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Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Pitcher
April 02, 2018Hull, a sophomore from Chesterfield, Va., picked five victories to go with a save in 26.1 innings in the circle. She struck out 42 batters to bring her ODAC-leading total to 166. Her efforts last week included registering her 500th career strikeout. Hull opened with a complete game 2-1 win over DePauw. She gave up one unearned run on seven hits without a walk and seven strikeouts. She came back in game two of that series, earning a save with one inning on the rubber to lock up a 12-9 win. Hull started and won both ends of a doubleheader sweep of Eastern Mennonite. She worked the first 4.0 innings of an 8-0 win in game one, giving up two hits without a walk and striking out five. She set down 10 batters in game two, also an 8-0 victory. She surrendered two hits and again did not walk a batter. Hull earned victories in both games of a sweep at Roanoke, although she only started game one. In that contest, she went the full 7.0 frames on the way to a 1-0 shutout. She allowed three hits and walked her only batter of the week while fanning 16. The strikeout total is one off her season-high and her ninth 10-plus strikeout appearance of the season. Hull capped her week with 2.1 innings of relief for a 3-1 win in game two. She did not allow a hit and struck out three more batters. Her weekly line came to one unearned run on 15 hits with one walk and 42 strikeouts in 26.1 innings of work. For the season, Hull is 17-0 with a 0.53 earned run average in 105.1 innings of work. She has fanned 166 and walked just 21 batters. Opponents are hitting .120 against her.
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Sydney Layman, Bridgewater, Fr., Infielder
March 26, 2018Layman, a freshman from Harrisonburg, Va., put together a strong two game set in a split on the road at Guilford to open ODAC play last week. Layman was 5-for-8 combined with a double, two homers, two runs driven in, three runs scored, and a stolen base. She finished the doubleheader with a .625/.625/1.500 slash line. Layman belted a pair of solo homers as part of a 3-for-4 day in game one (L, 8-6). She also stole a base in that outing. In game two, she went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored towards a 5-1 victory. For the season, Layman is hitting .350 with four doubles, two homers, and eight RBI.
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Kelsi Martin, Eastern Mennonite, Fr., Pitcher
March 26, 2018Martin, a freshman from Buena Vista, Va., put in some extra work in two appearances for this past week, helping the Royals earn a split with Roanoke. Martin went 8.0 strong innings before a walk-off blast by Sydney Reath finally ended the contest, 2-0, in Eastern Mennonite's favor. Martin surrendered just one hit over the contest, retiring the first 13 Maroons she faced and then 11 more in a row after allowing a one-out single in the fifth. She did not work a batter and fanned three in improving to 6-0 on the season. Martin lowered her earned run average to 1.54 despite being charged with three unearned runs in relief in game two (L, 8-0).
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Kendall Varner, Emory & Henry, Fr., First Base/Outfielder
March 19, 2018Varner, a freshman from Bassett, Va., helped the Wasps to a 7-0 showing this past week (8-0 for the tournament overall) at the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic. Varner went 12-for-24 on the way to a .500/.500/.917 slash line. Seven of her 12 knocks went for extra bases, helping her to 13 runs driven in and six runs scored. She drove in at least one run in each contest. Varner went 3-for-4 each in wins over St. Joseph (Conn.)(11-1) and Lycoming (6-1), gapping three doubles and legging out a triple combined. She drove in seven runs and scored twice in those outings. She plated two more runs in a 6-1 victory over St. Scholastica. She had two more triples on the week, with one coming in a 10-2 triumph over Lesley and the other in a 10-0 shutout of Wesley. For the season, Varner is hitting .435 with six doubles, three triples, and 18 runs driven in. Her .826 slugging percentage ranks fifth in the ODAC.
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Candace Whittemore, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Pitcher
March 19, 2018Whittemore, a junior from Montpelier, Va., put together a 3-0 week in three starts, including her first career no-hitter. That came in her final appearance of the week as she helped the Yellow Jackets blank Norwich, 8-0. She worked all five innings of the shortened affair for nationally 12th-ranked Randolph-Macon, surrendering just one walk and fanning eight. She helped herself by going 3-for-3 with two RBI at the dish. Whittemore's other two victories came against #23 Emory University and Gettysburg College. She gave up six hits in both outings, but limited each to just one run. She had to put in extra work in the 2-1 win over EU. In eight full frames, she didn't walk a batter and punched out six Eagles. Whittemore increased her strikeout total to nine in her third complete game of the week, an 8-1 win over Gettysburg. That gave her 23 strikeouts in 20.0 innings for the week. On the season, Whittemore is 8-1 with a 0.74 earned run average and 66 strikeouts covering 57.0 innings in the circle.
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Savannah Wood, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Shortstop
March 12, 2018Wood, a junior from Tappahannock, Va., was seemingly on the basepaths all weekend for nationally 13th-ranked Randolph-Macon as she racked up a .727/.800/.909 slash line in a 4-0 week. Wood went 9-for-11 at the dish with nine runs scored, a triple, five runs driven in, three walks, and three stolen bases without being caught. She was 3-for-3 with a triple, three runs scored, and two RBI with a walk in a 9-0 win over New Rochelle. She capped her perfect day with a 2-for-2 showing in an 11-0 win over Keuka. She scored two runs and drove in two more with a walk. Wood went 2-for-3 in an 11-2 victory over Manhattanville with a walk, a steal, two runs scored, and a RBI. She closed her week with a 1-for-3 effort in a 9-2 triumph over Oswego. She stole a base and scored two runs. For the season, Wood is hitting .371 (13-for-35) with 13 runs scored and eight RBI.
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Sydney Reath, Eastern Mennonite, Jr., Pitcher
March 12, 2018Reath, a junior from Williamsburg, Va., went 3-0 in three starts last week, helping Eastern Mennonite to a 6-0 week overall. Reath registered a pair of complete games as she racked up 18.1 innings and gave up just two runs on nine hits. In a 2-0 victory over Wilkes, she worked 5.1 shutout frames allowing two hits and walking two with a pair of strikeouts. Reath then notched her first complete game of the week, going a full seven innings in a 3-1 win over Medaille. She gave up one run on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts. Reath was perfect thru five innings in a 9-1 victory in six innings over Eureka. She worked all six, giving up one run on two hits in the final frame, the only baserunners and run she allowed. She struck out five batters. For the season, Reath is 4-3 in seven appearances including six starts. She owns a 1.67 earned run average with 21 strikeouts in 37.2 innings of work.
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Amy Large, Virginia Wesleyan, Sr., Outfielder
March 05, 2018Large, a senior from Kennett Square, Pa., hit safely in all six games and picked up a spot on the NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team on Virginia Wesleyan's 6-0 trip to Arizona. Large went 8-for-17 with four runs scored, a triple, three homers, and 15 runs driven in. She also walked once to rack up a .471/.474/1.118 slash line. She exploded for two homers and six RBI in the first game of the series, a 16-4 victory over William Paterson. She bashed a first-inning three-run shot on the way to a 10-2 victory over nationally 15th-ranked East Texas Baptist. She drove in four runs with two hits, including a triple, in a 14-6 drubbing of the University of Rochester, and plated two more Marlins in a 5-0 victory over nationally ninth-ranked Texas Lutheran. For the season, Large his hitting .433 with three homers. She is tied with teammate Cassetty Howerin for the ODAC lead in RBI (19).
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Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Pitcher
March 05, 2018Hull, a sophomore from Chesterfield, Va., worked four times and picked up three victories against nationally ranked opponents at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Arizona. Hull went eight full frames in the nationally top-ranked Marlins 2-1 victory over #17 Moravian College. She gave up one run on five hits with a walk and 10 strikeouts. Her second win came with four strong innings in a 10-2 triumph over #13 East Texas Baptist. She surrendered two runs on two hits with two walks and five punchouts. Hull came out of the bullpen for two scoreless innings in an 18-3 drubbing over Birmingham Southern. She then capped her week with a two-hit shutout of ninth-ranked Texas Lutheran. She walked three batters and fanned nine. For the season, Hull is 8-0 with a 0.50 earned run average in 56.0 innings of work. She has struck out 96 batters and walked just 12. The opposition is hitting just .102 off the Marlins lefty.
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Makayla Carver, Guilford, Jr., Outfielder
February 26, 2018Carver, a junior from Granite Falls, N.C., was stellar at the dish in the Quakers 5-1 showing thru a trio of doubleheaders last week. Carver went 17-for-22 with three doubles, two homers, and a walk leading to a .773/.783/1.182 slash line. She had at least two hits in each of her six games played with one four-hit effort and a trio of three-hit outings. Carver was 5-for-6 with a double, homer, three RBI, three runs scored, a walk, and a stolen base in a sweep (4-0, 3-1) over Methodist. She was 6-for-8 with two doubles, two RBI, four runs, and two stolen bases in a sweep of Mary Baldwin (12-0, 22-0). She capped her week going 6-for-8 with a homer, two RBI, two runs scored, and a stolen base in a split (7-3, 3-5) with Greensboro. For the season, Carver his hitting an ODAC-best .690 (20-of-29) with four doubles, two homers, eight RBI, nine runs scored, and six stolen bases. Her .710 OBP also leads the league.
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Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Pitcher
February 26, 2018Hull, a sophomore from Chesterfield, Va., may have put together her most impressive regular season week as a collegiate athlete thru 28.0 innings in the circle last week. The reigning NFCA National Player of the Year went 4-0 with a save in five appearances. She surrendered just eight hits and allowed one unearned run while walking only three batters. She struck 52 total hitters as she reached double figures in all four starts and fanned three in 2.1 innings of relief to earn a save in a game two win (4-2) over N.C. Wesleyan. She won the opener, 5-0, with seven innings of five-hit ball while walking one and fanning 11. She struck out 10 batters in just 4.2 cumulative innings in a 6-4 win over William Peace, allowing just one hit. Hull tossed a seven-inning perfect game in a 1-0 win at Salem, striking out 14 batters. She again set 14 batters packing in a 2-1 victory over Averett. She gave up one hit and one unearned run with two walks. For the season, Hull is 5-0 with a 0.20 earned run average in 35.0 innings of work. She as walked just four batters and struck out 69 for a 13.80 strikeouts per game average.
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Leslie Bourgeois, Lynchburg, Sr., Infielder
February 19, 2018Bourgeois, a senior from Bealeton, Va., had a perfect start to her season as the Hornets earned a sweep of Methodist via 12-4 and 11-1 results. Bourgeois went 6-for-6 with a trio of hits in each game. She smacked a double, scored a run and drove in one more in game one. In the second contest, Bourgeois belted two doubles, scored three times, and brought around two more runners. She finished the week with a 1.000/1.000/1.500 slash line.
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Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Pitcher
February 19, 2018Hull, a sophomore from Chesterfield, Va., picked up right where she left last season as the reigning national player of the year helped Virginia Wesleyan to a season-opening sweep of Meredith. In game one. Hull went the distance with seven full frames in the circle. She gave up one run on one hit with one walk and 17 strikeouts. She struck out the side in the first, fifth, and seventh innings on the way to win #1 for the nationally top ranked and defending national champion Marlins.
