GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Georgia Tech junior catcher Emma Kauf has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Player of the Week, while Notre Dame’s Alexis Holloway earned ACC Pitcher of the Week honors.
The ACC softball weekly awards are voted on by a panel from both the schools and the conference office.
Kauf turned in a stellar week to lead the Yellow Jackets to four straight wins, highlighted by an ACC series sweep against NC State. She recorded a .750 batting average at the plate, going 9-for-12 with four RBI, three doubles, a triple, three walks and two runs scored. The Lincoln, Nebraska, native posted an .800 on-base percentage and 1.167 slugging percentage. Kauf was perfect at the plate in the Jackets’ doubleheader against the Wolfpack, going 2-for-2 with a double, triple and walk in game one before a 3-for-3 performance with an RBI and a walk in game two. The junior catcher made program history in game three against NC State, lacing her 18th double of the season to tie for fourth in the Georgia Tech record books for a single season.
Holloway threw a no-hitter against 17th-ranked Clemson last Saturday to even the series at one apiece. She struck out six batters and did not allow a runner past second base. It was just the fourth time this season that the Tigers have been shut out. Holloway logged her second no-hitter of the season and third of her career. The graduate student now owns an 11-2 record with a 2.81 earned run average (ERA).
Three ACC teams are ranked among the top nine of the most recent D1Softball Poll - the most of any conference. Virginia Tech leads among league teams at No. 3, followed by No. 4 Florida State, No. 9 Duke, No. 17 Clemson and No. 24 Notre Dame.
ACC Softball Player of the Week
Feb. 15 - Caroline Jacobsen, Duke, Sr., OF
Feb. 22 - Michaela Edenfield, Florida State, Fr., C
March 1 - Rachel Crabtree, Duke, Gr., 1B
March 9 - Jameson Kavel, Duke, Gr., INF | Logan Morris, NC State, Sr., 3B
March 15 - Abby Weaver, Virginia, So., UTL
March 22 - Karina Gaskins, Notre Dame, So., 1B
March 29 - Kianna Jones, North Carolina, R-So., OF
April 5 - Marissa Giumbarda, Clemson, Sr., OF | Michaela Edenfield, Florida State, R-Fr., C
April 12 - Meredith Slaw, Virginia Tech, Jr., DP
April 19 - Emma Kauf, Georgia Tech, Jr., C
ACC Softball Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 15 - Keely Rochard, Virginia Tech, Sr., P
Feb. 22 - Kathryn Sandercock, Florida State, Sr., P
March 1 - Kathryn Sandercock, Florida State, Sr., P
March 9 - Emma Lemley, Virginia Tech, Fr., P
March 15 - Peyton St. George, Duke, Gr., P
March 22 - Peyton Schnackenberg, Boston College, Sr., P
March 29 - Chandler Dennis, Georgia Tech, Jr., P | Emma Lemley, Virginia Tech, Fr., P
April 5 - Keely Rochard, Virginia Tech, Sr., P
April 12 - Susannah Anderson, Boston College, Sr., P | Payton Tidd, Notre Dame, Sr., P
April 19 - Alexis Holloway, Notre Dame, Gr., P