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Posted: Apr 19, 2019

Gill of Prairie State nabs NJCAA Player of the Week honor

(Images courtesy of NJCAA & Prairie State College Athletics)
(Images courtesy of NJCAA & Prairie State College Athletics)

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named Prairie State College's Alyssa Gill as the NJCAA Division II Softball Player of the Week for April 8-14 (Week 12). The honor is the first such award for Gill, and the first this season for the Pioneers.

Gill, a sophomore utility player, registered a 1.655 slugging percentage with 20 runs batted in and seven home runs over eight games that saw Prairie State College post a 7-1 record. The St. John, Indiana, native batted .655 with 19 hits in 29 at-bats, including four doubles and two triples as part of 13 extra base hits. Gill went 4 for 5 with two home runs and a triple that helped her produce seven RBI and three runs scored in a 13-7 decision over Waubonsee Community College. She then started a stretch of four straight games with a home run by hitting two more in an 8-7 setback at Triton College.

Gill is batting .468 on the year with a dozen home runs, 37 runs batted in, and 37 runs scored. She and the Pioneers currently 18-13 on the season.