Leona Rainey, Roanoke, Junior, Designated Player

Leona Rainey, Roanoke, Junior, Designated Player

Rainey, a junior from Sandston, Va., was nearly perfection at the dish in Maroons 6-0 week as she provided offense in every way possible.  She went 16-for-21 (.727) with four three-hit games and two in the remaining two contests.  She knocked two doubles, a pair of triples, and cleared the fences twice while scoring 16 runs and driving in 11 others.  She was also a terror with her legs as she stole 12 bases including three in a game three times.  For the season, Rainey is hitting .471 (24-for-51) with 25 runs scored, 21 RBI and 19 stolen bases.

Softball Honor Roll

Kasey Anderson, Bridgewater, Sophomore, 2nd Base
Anderson hit at a .428 clip (12-of-28), scored nine runs and drove in three more to pace the Eagles to a 7-1 week at the Rebel Games. Anderson also swiped nine bases on the week and scored the game-winning run in Bridgewater’s 1-0 victory over tenth-ranked Coast Guard. The sophomore leads the Eagles on the season with a .472 batting average.

Lisa Lee, Eastern Mennonite, Senior, 3rd Base/Pitcher
Lee was in fine form in her four games at the Roanoke Valley Softball Bash over the weekend, batting .692 with a couple of homeruns and eight runs scored.  She was 9-for-13 from the plate, adding five RBIs and three doubles, along with two walks and two stolen bases.  For the week, Lee had a slugging percentage of 1.385 and an on-base percentage of .733.

Kimberly Keys, Guilford, Senior, Outfielder
Keyls hit a team-high .450 with two doubles and three RBI in the Quakers’ 4-2 week… extended her hitting streak to 12… had two hits in a loss to Greensboro… went three-for-three with an RBI in a five-inning win over Mary Baldwin… became Guilford’s career leader (107) with an RBI in the eighth inning of the Quakers’ nine-inning triumph over previously unbeaten Penn State-Altoona.

Brittany Willingham, Randolph, Junior, Outfielder
Willingham hit .682 on the week, going 15-for-22, driving in six runs and doubling twice. In a doubleheader sweep of Castleton, she was a combined eight-for-eight in the doubleheader. She is 13 for her last 15, and has improved her battling average over 180 points over the stretch. She also was successful on both stolen base attempts and has yet to make an error on the season. She also scored nine runs for Randolph over the six games.

Sharese Jarvis, Randolph-Macon, Freshman, Shortstop
Jarvis finished the week 11-for-18 at the plate over six games, driving in nine runs and hitting two homeruns, including the eventual game-winner on Sunday.  The freshman added five doubles and four runs scored.

Tori Higginbotham, Virginia Wesleyan, Sophomore, Outfielder
Higginbotham helped VWC to a 4-0 week in conference action by going 8-for-11 from the dish with four doubles, three homers and four runs batted in.  She also scored nine runs and stole three bases.  She had a pair of the 3-for-4 efforts against Emory & Henry, each featuring two doubles and homer for the Marlins centerfielder.