Northwest Grad Laurent Named MIAA Pitcher Of The Week

Photo Credit: Pittsburg State

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Freshman Ava Laurent was tabbed the MIAA Pitcher of the Week Monday (Mar. 11).

The Grand Island, Neb., native went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA through 21 innings of work last week. She fanned 38 batters and issues just two walks while posting a 0.67 WHIP and limiting opposing hitters to a .162 batting average.

To begin her week she struck out 10 Golden Suns on the road Tuesday (Mar. 5) in a 5-0 win against Arkansas Tech. She followed that up with back-to-back 14 strikeout performances against Central Missouri (Mar. 9) and Lincoln (Mar. 10) to begin the conference slate. 

Among MIAA ranks she is now first in strikeouts (107) and opposing batting average (.183), third in innings pitched (73.0) and victories (9) and fourth in ERA (1.25).

The Gorillas and Laurent will be back in action hosting the MIAA/NSIC from March 15th-17that the PSU Softball Complex.