2016 Softball Players of the Week

  • Hannah Bays, Emory & Henry, Sr., Outfielder
    April 25, 2016
    Bays, a senior from Abingdon, Va., went 6-for-8 with two homers in a sweep of Shenandoah on Saturday. She went 3-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored in a 9-7 win in game one. She then belted both homers as part of a second 3-for-4 effort in an 11-3 win in game two. She drove in four runs and scored three times. She now owns the E&H record for career homeruns with 24. For the season, Bays is .302 with a .458 slugging percentage. She has hit three homers and driven in 23 runs.
  • Kandis Kresinske, Virginia Wesleyan, Fr., Pitcher
    April 25, 2016
    Kresinske, a freshman from Chesapeake, Va., put the caps on an impressive first regular season at Virginia Wesleyan with her ODAC-leading 17th win and seventh shutout of the season in a 2-0 triumph at Roanoke. She allowed just three hits and didn't walk batter in facing three above the minimum. She struck out seven Maroons in seven full innings. For the season, Kresinske is 17-1 with an ODAC-leading 0.68 earned run average. She has fanned 107 batters, which ranks third in the league. Opponents are hitting only .148 against the righty, which sits second on the conference charts.
  • Carli Hill, Eastern Mennonite, So., Catcher
    April 18, 2016
    Hill, a sophomore from Staunton, Va., helped the Royals to a 6-2 week that included ODAC sweeps of Randolph-Macon (7-4, 8-7) and Lynchburg (7-6, 4-3), a split with Randolph (6-1, 0-1), and a split with nationally 16th-ranked Messiah (2-7, 6-5). Hill went 14-for-30 on the week with at least one hit in all eight games, pushing her current hitting streak to 19 straight games. She doubled twice and homered while driving in five runs and scoring 10 times. Against R-MC, Hill was 4-for-9 with a double, homer, three RBI and four runs scored. She was 3-for-6 with a double, walk and three runs scored versus Messiah. Hill went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in game on against Randolph, and then finished with a 3-for-8 showing with two runs scored versus Lynchburg. For the season, Hill is fourth in the ODAC with a .472 batting average. The Royals leadoff hitter tops the ODAC charts in hits (59), is third runs scored (34), fifth in RBI (33), and sixth in on-base percentage (.493). She's also ninth in slugging (.656).
  • Kandis Kresinske, Virginia Wesleyan, Fr., Pitcher
    April 18, 2016
    Kresinske, a freshman from Chesapeake, Va., picks up her fourth weekly award of the season as she threw three more complete games last week resulting in three more victories. Kresinske opened with an 8-0 win at home over Meredith. She hurled all six innings, giving up just two hits and walking one while fanning four. Virginia Wesleyan then returned to ODAC play where Kresinske notched her second no-hitter in as many weeks, this time covering seven full innings in a 4-0 triumph over Emory & Henry. She walked two and struck out seven. Kresinske capped her week with a second seven-inning complete-game to defeat Guilford, 7-3. Her streak of scoreless innings came to an end at 23 as she gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits. She did not walk anyone and registered eight punchouts. For the season, Kresinske is tied atop the league with 16 wins towards a 16-1 record. She leads the ODAC with a 0.73 earned run average and six shutouts, while ranking second with a .149 batting average against and third with 100 strikeouts.
  • Amy Bresson, Lynchburg, Sr., Outfielder
    April 11, 2016
    Bresson, a senior from Laurel, Md., hit .500 in the Hornets 5-1 week that included a 3-1 showing against ODAC foes. Bresson had a breakout performance as she went 9-for-18 overall with a double, the first four homers of her season, 15 runs batted in and eight runs scored. She was 3-for-5 in a sweep at Ferrum, hitting a pair of homers and driving in three runs in game two (13-6). She was 3-for-6 in a sweep of Emory & Henry. She hit the first of her two grand slams in game one (9-1) against the Wasps. Bresson's second bag-cleared came in a 14-5 game two win of a split at Guilford. He was 3-for-4 in the game with a double to go with the grand slam and six RBI. For the season, Bresson is hitting .306 with 16 RBI. She owns a .592 slugging percentage.
  • Kandis Kresinske, Virginia Wesleyan, Fr., Pitcher
    April 11, 2016
    Kresinske, a freshman from Chesapeake, Va., continued her strong rookie campaign by going 3-0 against conference opponents last week. She opened with an eight-inning complete-game effort in a 3-2 win over Randolph-Macon. She gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits with two walks and a career-best 11 strikeouts. Kresinske then worked 9.0 no-hit innings to pick up her remaining two victories of the week. She went 4.0 frames in a 6-0 triumph at Bridgewater, surrendering two walks while fanning six. In an 11-0 win at Shenandoah, she issued just one free pass to go with five strikeouts. For the season, Kresinske is tied for second in the ODAC with 12 wins (12-1). She owns the best earned run average in the league at 0.73 in 76.1 innings of work. She has struck out an ODAC third-best 83 batters. Opponents are hitting just .156 against her, which ranks second in the conference.
  • Caley Hodge, Emory & Henry, So., Designated Player
    April 04, 2016
    Hodge, a sophomore from Elizabethton, Tenn., was blistering at the dish in the Wasps 4-2 week as she went 12-for-18 for a .667 batting average against ODAC foes. She also walked five times, giving her a .750 on-base percentage for the week. Hodge smacked four extra-base hits with three doubles and a homer while driving in eight runs and scoring six times. She was 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in game two of a sweep of Guilford (2-0, 7-6). Despite a pair of loss to Eastern Mennonite, Hodge went 6-for-7 with two walks in the two games, driving in two runs and scoring twice. She kept at it in a sweep (12-9, 8-2) of Bridgewater, going 3-for-7 with two doubles and homer. She drove in six runs, including four in the second game, while also scoring twice. She finished the week with a 1.000 slugging percentage. For the season, Hodge is seventh in the ODAC with a .457 batting average. Her 37 hits are tied for first, and she's second in RBI with 30. Her .550 OBP is also second in the league.
  • Candace Whittemore, Randolph-Macon, Fr., Pitcher
    April 04, 2016
    Whittemore, a freshman from Montpelier, Va., went 3-0 with a pair of shutouts against ODAC competition to pick up her second weekly award of the season. Whittemore opened with an 11-strikeout two-hitter in a 4-0 blanking of Bridgewater. She walked one batter in seven innings in the circle. She then went another full outing in topping Mary Washington, 2-1. She surrendered one unearned run on four this with a walk and seven punchouts. Whittemore capped her week with a five-hit shutout at Randolph, 4-0. She walked one and fanned four, giving her 22 strikeouts in 21 innings for the week. Whittemore leads the ODAC in wins as she moved to 12-2 on the season. She also leads the league with six shutouts and 89 strikeouts. She's second in innings pitched (93.1) and earned run average (1.50).
  • Blake Henderson, Virginia Wesleyan, Jr., Outfielder
    March 28, 2016
    Henderson, a junior from Virginia Beach, Va., helped the Marlins to a 4-0 week with ODAC sweeps of Eastern Mennonite (2-0, 9-0) and Lynchburg (4-1, 3-0). She went 7-for-12 for the week with two doubles, five RBI, three runs scored and two stolen bases. She was 5-for-6 in the sweep of EMU, smacking a double in game one and collecting three RBI between the two games. She was 3-for-3 in the second contest, swiping a pair of bases. Henderson added a hit in each contest against Lynchburg, registering a double with two RBI in game one and coming around to score in the nightcap. For the season, Henderson is hitting .431. She ranks fourth in the ODAC with 23 RBI and is ninth with 25 hits.
  • Kandis Kresinske, Virginia Wesleyan, Fr., Pitcher
    March 28, 2016
    Kresinske, a freshman from Chesapeake, Va., picks up her second weekly award of the season after going 2-0 in two ODAC starts last week. She opened with four innings in a 9-0 five-inning victory over Eastern Mennonite. She gave up just one hit and didn't walk a batter. She struck out three Royals. Kresinske followed that with a complete-game three-hit shutout of Lynchburg, 3-0. In addition to the three hits, she allowed three free passes and fanned four in her seven innings of work. For the season, Kresinske is 7-1 with a 0.96 earned run average in 43.2 innings of work. He wins rank third in the ODAC, while her ERA sits second. Opposing hitters are batting just .192 against her.
  • Taylor Carter, Roanoke, Sophomore, Outfielder
    March 21, 2016
    Carter, a sophomore from Roanoke, Va., was perfect from the plate in the Maroons doubleheader sweep (5-2, 10-3) of Southern Virginia. She was 5-for-5 overall with a double, two homers, five runs driven in, and four runs scored. She also walked once and stole three bases. Carter was 3-for-3 in game one with a double and homer. She scored once and stole a base. She then went 2-for-2 with a walk in game two, belting a grand on the way to four RBI and two runs scored. She also stole two bases. Carter's slash line for the week was gaudy 1.000/1.000/2.400. She is currently third in the ODAC with a .500 batting average. Her .532 OBP and .795 slugging percentage each rank sixth. She's third in the league with 22 hits and 10 stolen bases.
  • Lauren Seale, Eastern Mennonite, So., Pitcher
    March 21, 2016
    Seale, a sophomore from Madison, Va., registered a five-inning shortened no-hitter as the Royals defeated Southern Virginia 19-0 as part of a doubleheader sweep. Seale allowed just two runners to reach base via a pair of walks. She struck out six batters and at one time set down nine batters straight. She also helped herself at the dish, going 2-for-3 with a grand slam and two runs scored. For the season, Seale is 2-1 with a 1.71 earned run average in 28.2 innings of work. She's fifth in the ODAC with 36 strikeouts.
  • Sabrina Moreno, Guilford, Fr. Outfielder
    March 14, 2016
    Moreno, a freshman from Chula Vista, Calif., registered six extra-base hits as part of an 8-for-19 week to help Guilford to a 5-1 showing. Moreno had a pair of three hit games, including a 3-for-3 outing with a double and two homeruns to defeat Salem, 10-5. She drove in six runs and scored twice in that contest. She hit two more homers on the week, both coming in separate games against Wilson. She also legged out a triple, walked twice and stole a base. Moreno racked up 11 runbs batted in for the week, while crossing the plate seven times herself. For the season, Moreno is hitting .425 with ODAC highs in homers (6) and slugging (1.000). She is second with 23 RBI.
  • Candace Whittemore, Randolph-Macon, Fr., Pitcher
    March 14, 2016
    Whittemore, a freshman from Montpelier, Va., picked up three wins and four appearances last week to help the Yellow Jackets to four wins in those contests. Whittemore went the distance in her three starts, striking out 19 batters and allowing just one earned run in 23.1 innings of work. In a 6-3 win over Washington College, she gave up three runs, one earned, on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts in seven innings. After striking out the lone batter she faced in game one against Susquehanna, Whittemore, twirled a shutout in game two, scattering six hits with one walk and seven punchouts in seven frames in the circle. She capped her week with a nine-inning 6-5 victory over Franklin & Marshall. She gave up five unearned runs on six hits with two walks and eight strikeouts. For the season, Whittemore is 6-2 with a 2.23 earned run average in 53.1 innings of work. She leads the ODAC with 46 strikeouts and three shutouts.
  • Cassetty Howerin, Virginia Wesleyan, So., First Base
    March 07, 2016
    Howerin, a sophomore from Dover, Del., continues her assault on the softball in the early season, going 6-for-11 and registering a 1.182 slugging percentage as Virginia Wesleyan swept the Beach Blast. Howerin, the reigning NFCA National Player of the Week, doubled and homer twice amongst her six hits, scoring six run and driving in nine more. She also walked three times and stole a base. She was 2-for-3 with a pair of homers and seven RBI in a 13-0 whitewashing of Buffalo St. She added a double with three walks and two runs scored in a 6-3 trouncing of Rutgers-Camden. She drove in a pair and registered her third walk in a 9-0 victory over Keene St. For the season, Howerin is fourth in the ODAC with a .538 batting average and third with a .649 on-base percentage. She leads the conference in homers (5), RBI (20), walks (9) and slugging (1.192). Her 13 runs rank second.
  • Courtney Lackey, Guilford, So., Pitcher
    March 07, 2016
    Lackey, a sophomore from North Wilkesboro, N.C., picked up a pair of wins last week in both games in which she appeared. She got the start and worked went the distance in a six-inning shortened 8-0 win over Mary Baldwin. She gave up three hits and walked two while fanning five. In a 5-4 victory over Averett, Lackey entered in relief and worked 5.2 innings to get the win. She gave up one run and scattered eight hits while walking one and striking out five. She also helped herself at the dish, driving in the game-winning run in the seventh inning. For the season, Lackey is 4-0 with a 0.98 earned run average. She's struck out 18 batters in 21.1 innings of work.
  • Courtney Bogan, Virginia Wesleyan, Sr., Outfielder
    February 29, 2016
    Bogan, a senior from Round Hill, Va., was a terror on the basepaths in Virginia Wesleyan's 4-0 week. The reigning ODAC Player of the Year swiped 11 total bases last week, with at least one in each game. She went 8-of-12 on the week with eight runs scored, another driven in, nad a pair of walks for a .714 OBP. She was 2-for-3 with three steals in a 4-2 win over N.C. Wesleyan, and had three more steals as part of a 3-for-3 day with three runs in a 14-1 win over Averett. She added four more steals in a 4-1 over the Cougars in game two, going 3-for-4 with two runs and a RBI. Bogan is currently hitting .500 with an ODAC-best 16 stolen bases, which is 12 more than the next closest ODAC player.
  • Kandis Kresinske, Virginia Wesleyan, Fr., Pitcher
    February 29, 2016
    Kresinske went 2-0 last week in a pair of starts, giving up just one run in 11.2 innings of work. The Marlins righty fire five two-hit innings in a shortened complete-game 8-0 shutout over N.C. Wesleyan. She walked two and fanned seven batters. She then followed up with 6.2 innings towards the victory in a 4-1 triumph over Averett. She gave up one run while scattering six hits, walking three and striking out six. The victories are the first two of her collegiate career.
  • Sabrina Moreno, Guilford, Fr. Outfielder
    February 22, 2016
    Moreno, a freshman from Chula Vista, Calif., accounted for 14 of Guilford's 24 runs in her first three collegiate games, helping the Quakers to a 2-1 week. She went 6-for-10 overall with a walk, smacking a double and two homers while scoring four runs and driving in nine more. She drove in two runs with a double in GC's season-opening 10-5 win over Meredith. Moreno then hit pair of homers as part of a 3-for-4 day in a 9-8 victory at William Peace. One of her round-trippers came with the bases loaded, accounting for four of her seven runs driven in for the game. The seven RBI tie a school-record and are the most registered by a first-year Quaker all-time. She also came around to score three times in that contest.
  • Mary Shipp, Virginia Wesleyan, Sr., Pitcher
    February 22, 2016
    Shipp, a senior from Virginia Beach, Va., opened the season with a complete-game shutout of nationally second-ranked Salisbury, helping the Marlins to a 5-0 victory. Shipp worked all seven innings, giving up just two hits without a walk. She fanned three Sea Gulls.