MARSHALL, Texas – For the fourth time this season, East Texas Baptist University has swept the American Southwest Conference Player of the Week Softball Awards. McKenzie Jones (Pitcher) and Emma Boren (Hitter) both earned the award for the first time this season. ETBU defeated both the University of Dallas and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor last week, winning three games by the run rule and now are 21-3.
 
Jones pitched two complete games against the University of Dallas and UMHB, allowing no runs through 10 innings pitched. The junior from Crawford, Texas, recorded 12 strikeouts and only allowed four hits. 
 
Boren recorded six hits in nine at-bats, including a home run and a triple. The freshman from Forney, Texas, had seven RBI and three runs scored to finish with a .667 batting average. 
 
Below is the release from the ASC:

HITTER OF THE WEEK – Emma Boren, Fr., INF, East Texas Baptist
Freshman Emma Boren earns her first ASC Hitter of The Week honor after going .667 at the plate and helping the East Texas Baptist Tigers to a 4-0 week. In game one against University of Dallas, Boren was perfect from the plate going 2-of-2 with a triple and 2 RBI. She then followed that up with another perfect performance at the plate in a 12-0 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor, going 3-for-3.
Through four ETBU games, Boren finished at 6-hits, 3-runs, and 7-RBI, including a home run in game one against Mary Hardin-Baylor, helping the Tigers to a 4-1 victory.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK – McKenzie Jones, Jr., P, East Texas Baptist
McKenzie Jones went 2-0 on the week, pitching two shutouts for the East Texas Baptist Tigers against University of Dallas and Mary Hardin-Baylor. Against Dallas, she pitched 5.0 innings, holding opposing hitters to a .118 average, recording 7 strikeouts and retiring the first 12 batters she faced.
In a 12-0 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor, Jones again limited opponents to a .118 batting average, striking out five and retiring the final eight batters of the game. She finished the week with 12 strikeouts and allowed just four hits over two games, earning two wins for the Tigers.