Bowling Green State University Athletics
Yoho Tabbed As MAC East Player of the Week
April 21, 2014 | Softball
Katie Yoho batted .400 with one double, three home runs and 12 RBI over the MAC weekend.
Cleveland, Ohio -- The Mid-American Conference announced Monday afternoon that senior Katie Yoho has been named the MAC East Player Of The Week. Yoho helped the Falcons to a 4-2 record this past week, including a 2-2 record in MAC play. Yoho led the Falcons offensively over the weekend, leading the team at the plate going 6-for-15 (.400) with one double, three home runs, and 12 RBI against Buffalo and Kent State. Yoho got the weekend started by hitting home runs in back-to-back games during the Falcons' doubleheader sweep over the Bulls on Friday (April 18) afternoon. Yoho began the day with a two-run homer in the top of the fifth inning in game one to help the Falcons earn a 6-1 victory over Buffalo. Then, the right-handed senior continued her strong efforts by going 3-for-5 with a double and a home run to compile a career-high seven RBI in the game, helping BBGSU sweep the Bulls. Yoho concluded her strong weekend by going 2-for-4 at the plate on Sunday afternoon against Kent State, including a three-run homer in the fifth inning to pull the Falcons within 6-4. Yoho also went 2-for-4 with an RBI during the Falcons' mid-week doubleheader sweep over Detroit on Wednesdat (April 16) afternoon.
Overall, the Grove City, Ohio native leads the Orange and Brown with a .319 batting average in 44 games this season. Yoho also has compiled a team-leading 45 hits, nine home runs, 80 total bases, and 34 RBI.
MAC East Pitcher of the Week
Emma Johnson, Kent State, P
Junior, Groveport, Ohio/Groveport-Madison
Junior Emma Johnson's no-hitter on Friday vs. Toledo was just the beginning of a dominant weekend for the reigning MAC Pitcher of the Year. Johnson tossed 12.2 scoreless innings and a pair of shutouts on her way to earning 3 victories in as many appearances. She was almost unhittable, allowing just 3 hits and striking out 18 batters for a WHIP of 0.47. A first-inning walk kept Johnson from a perfect game vs. Toledo, as she retired the final 13 batters she faced and finished with 9 strikeouts. She nearly matched that performance on Saturday, holding a Bowling Green offense that exploded for 18 runs in 2 games the previous day to only 2 hits while recording 6 punch-outs. Following a 3-run homer that cut Kent State's lead to 6-4 in the fourth, Johnson entered the game and retired the first two batters to end the Falcons' hopes of a rally. She pitched the final 2.2 innings and allowed just 1 hit while striking out 3 batters.
MAC West Player of the Week
Jennifer Gilbert, Ball State, Left Field
Senior, McKinney, Texas/McKinney
Jennifer Gilbert continued her solid play last week, leading the Ball State offense with a .500 (10-for-20) batting average, nine RBI and seven runs scored over the team's six game … She recorded at least one hit in each of the six games, raising her current hitting streak to a career-best 17 games … She also blasted a pair of home runs, raising her career total to 73 which is tied for eighth on the NCAA Division I career home run list … Gilbert helped account for all three of Ball State's league wins over the weekend … In Friday's nightcap versus Akron, Gilbert's drove in what proved to be the game-winning run with her two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning … In Saturday's opener versus Ohio, Gilbert scored the eventual game-winning run thanks to a two-out double in the bottom of the first, followed by an RBI triple from Taylor Rager … In Sunday's win over Ohio, Gilbert drove in the game-winning run with a RBI fielder's choice in the bottom of the third.
MAC West Pitcher of the Week
Allyson Kus, Western Michigan
Sophomore, West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield
Allyson Kus went 3-0 this past week and was in the circle for the Broncos for all three of the team's wins. Kus opened the week by tying her career high in strikeouts with six against Eastern Michigan, not allowing an earned run against the Eagles. Her second win of the weekend came in relief, helping WMU to its first extra-inning win of the year. Her third win came in extra-innings as well, working 8.0 and setting a new career high with seven strikeouts. Kus walked just two batters through 18 innings of work and finished the week with a 0.39 ERA. Kus worked her 20th and 21st complete games of the season and became WMU's active leader in shutouts with her fourth of 2014.
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Overall, the Grove City, Ohio native leads the Orange and Brown with a .319 batting average in 44 games this season. Yoho also has compiled a team-leading 45 hits, nine home runs, 80 total bases, and 34 RBI.
MAC East Pitcher of the Week
Emma Johnson, Kent State, P
Junior, Groveport, Ohio/Groveport-Madison
Junior Emma Johnson's no-hitter on Friday vs. Toledo was just the beginning of a dominant weekend for the reigning MAC Pitcher of the Year. Johnson tossed 12.2 scoreless innings and a pair of shutouts on her way to earning 3 victories in as many appearances. She was almost unhittable, allowing just 3 hits and striking out 18 batters for a WHIP of 0.47. A first-inning walk kept Johnson from a perfect game vs. Toledo, as she retired the final 13 batters she faced and finished with 9 strikeouts. She nearly matched that performance on Saturday, holding a Bowling Green offense that exploded for 18 runs in 2 games the previous day to only 2 hits while recording 6 punch-outs. Following a 3-run homer that cut Kent State's lead to 6-4 in the fourth, Johnson entered the game and retired the first two batters to end the Falcons' hopes of a rally. She pitched the final 2.2 innings and allowed just 1 hit while striking out 3 batters.
MAC West Player of the Week
Jennifer Gilbert, Ball State, Left Field
Senior, McKinney, Texas/McKinney
Jennifer Gilbert continued her solid play last week, leading the Ball State offense with a .500 (10-for-20) batting average, nine RBI and seven runs scored over the team's six game … She recorded at least one hit in each of the six games, raising her current hitting streak to a career-best 17 games … She also blasted a pair of home runs, raising her career total to 73 which is tied for eighth on the NCAA Division I career home run list … Gilbert helped account for all three of Ball State's league wins over the weekend … In Friday's nightcap versus Akron, Gilbert's drove in what proved to be the game-winning run with her two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning … In Saturday's opener versus Ohio, Gilbert scored the eventual game-winning run thanks to a two-out double in the bottom of the first, followed by an RBI triple from Taylor Rager … In Sunday's win over Ohio, Gilbert drove in the game-winning run with a RBI fielder's choice in the bottom of the third.
MAC West Pitcher of the Week
Allyson Kus, Western Michigan
Sophomore, West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield
Allyson Kus went 3-0 this past week and was in the circle for the Broncos for all three of the team's wins. Kus opened the week by tying her career high in strikeouts with six against Eastern Michigan, not allowing an earned run against the Eagles. Her second win of the weekend came in relief, helping WMU to its first extra-inning win of the year. Her third win came in extra-innings as well, working 8.0 and setting a new career high with seven strikeouts. Kus walked just two batters through 18 innings of work and finished the week with a 0.39 ERA. Kus worked her 20th and 21st complete games of the season and became WMU's active leader in shutouts with her fourth of 2014.
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