RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the softball weekly award winners for the 11th week of the 2025 season. Southern Arkansas’ Savannah Clausen won Player of the Week and the Muleriders’ Brinson Rogers claimed Pitcher of the Week.

#theGAC SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Savannah Clausen, SS, Southern Arkansas, Sr., Arvada, Colorado
Clausen hit .600 as the Muleriders won three against East Central for their seventh-straight GAC sweep. She went 2-for-3 with a run-scoring double in game one. She hit a first-inning, three-run home run as part of a three-hit game in game two. She added another run-scoring double in game three. SAU extended its overall win streak to 25.

#theGAC SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK – Brinson Rogers, RHP,  Southern Arkansas, Sr., Statesboro, Georgia
Rogers established the GAC single-season record for Pitcher of the Week honors as she collected her ninth of the season after she went 2-0 with 21 strikeouts and two shutouts. Against ECU, she struck out 11 and walked one as part of a one-hit shutout on Friday. On Saturday, she pitched the final 1.1 innings of game two of the series and followed up with a five-hit shutout.

OTHERS NOMINATED

Josie Copeland, RF (Henderson State), Maycie Hardy, 3B (Arkansas Tech), Chesnie Hewitt, OF (Southwestern Oklahoma State), Marli Huddleston, INF (Ouachita Baptist), Kristen Mullendore, SS (Southern Nazarene), Iliana Olivares, 1B (Southeastern Oklahoma State), Emaline Pearson, OF (Harding), Kirby Van Haren, 1B (Northwestern Oklahoma State),

Kodee Batchelor, RHP (Ouachita Baptist), Chloe Brown, RHP (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Alexis Findley, RHP (Arkansas Tech),  Brooklyn Gobble, RHP (Harding), Kelsi Hilton, RHP (Southern Nazarene), Jaycee Shaffer, RHP (Oklahoma Baptist), Emily Simmons, RHP (Southeastern Oklahoma State)

A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards

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