April 21, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jamie Gillespie of Ashford (Iowa) has been selected as the NAIA Softball Player of the Week while Sara Jane Webster of Dickinson State (N.D.) was awarded the NAIA Softball Pitcher of the Week while for April 13-19.

Gillespie, a senior outfielder from Davenport, Iowa, batted .455 with 1.182 slugging percentage last week.  In six games she went 10-22 with five homeruns, a double, 18 RBI and eight runs scored.  Against Viterbo (Wis.), Gillespie hit two grand slams in one inning and had 10 RBI to lead Ashford to its first win of the season.  She followed that with two more homeruns in the next game.

Webster, a sophomore pitcher from Los Angeles, Calif., had three wins in three appearances last week. Against Minot State (N.D.), she threw her fourth no-hitter of the year while breaking Dickinson State’s single game record with 17 strikeouts.  On the week, Webster pitched 17 innings while allowing zero earned runs, one hit and struck out 34 batters.

The next Players of the Week will be announced on April 28.

Other Player of the Week Nominees:

Ashley Mundy, Ottawa (Kan.); Jordan Reynolds, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Ally Scott, Mobile (Ala.); Courtney Hayley, Northwood (Tex.); Jessica Singletary, Siena Heights (Mich.); Brianna Canclini, Evangel (Mo.); Kelsey Schulte, William Woods (Mo.); Haley Butcher, College of Idaho; Danielle Crawford, Dickinson State (N.D.); Lindsey Bridges, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Carrie Wilderman, Asbury (Ky.); Kathleen Higgins, Maine-Presque Isle; Chantelle Neff, Northwood (Fla.); Stacey Paladino, Hastings (Neb.); Tameron Sealey, Montreat (N.C.); Lindsey Landreneau, Union (Tenn.); Haley Williams, Reinhardt (Ga.); Steph Tartaglione, Notre Dame (Ohio); Kady Revis, Bellevue (Neb.); Kendall Gorham, California Baptist; Amy Urbanovsky, Oklahoma Christian; Kaitlyn Dubois, Bethel (Ind.); Jill Rizo, Dominican (Calif.)

Other Pitcher of the Week Nominees:
Allison Horton, Campbellsville (Ky.); Ashley Renaldi, Ottawa (Kan.); Leslie Pickette, Mobile (Ala.); Sidney Burns, Milligan (Tenn.); Ashley Westerman, Northwood (Tex.); Rebecca Peddicord, Lindenwood (Mo.); Kim Emmons, Williams Baptist (Ark.); Jody Zillner, College of Idaho; Ashley Havertine, Robert Morris (Ill.); Whitney Hudson, Aquinas (Mich.); Jennifer Bartley, Indiana-Southeast; Nicole Russell, Maine-Presque Isle; Chelsey Woodside, Hastings (Neb.); Kelly Deibler, St. Thomas (Fla.); Sydney Mcmillin; Union (Tenn.); Libby Muson, Shorter (Ga.); Alyssa Gutierrez, Lubbock Christian (Tex.); Tara Meyer, Notre Dame (Ohio); Kora Behrens, Bellevue (Neb.); Ashley Johnson, William Penn (Iowa); Tory Ferreira, California Baptist; Rachel Zirille, Bethel (Ind.); Stephani Fairclough, Holy Names (Calif.)

2009 Composite Award Winners:

March 17:

Player - Ginalee Davis, Lubbock Christian (Texas)

Pitcher - Kristen LeFan, Webber International (Fla.)

March 24:

Player – Heather Pace, Belhaven (Miss.)

Pitcher – Sharon Bell, St. Gregory’s (Okla.)

March 31:

Player – Amanda Howard, Oklahoma City

Pitcher – Valerie Teter, Columbia (Mo.)

April 7:

Player - Bailey Dillender, Campbellsville (Ky.)

Pitcher - Jess Irwin, Madonna (Mich.)

April 14:

Player – Dana Gandolfo, Northwestern Oklahoma State

Pitcher – Anna Smith, Rio Grande (Ohio)

April 21:

Player -  Jamie Gillespie, Ashford (Iowa)

Pitcher – Sara Jane Webster, Dickinson State (N.D.)

April 28:

Player

Pitcher