Sunshine State Conference

SSC Athletes of the Week | April 15 - 21, 2019

Athletes of the Week are chosen from a pool of nominees for their performances during the week of April 15 - 21, 2019. Athletes are nominated by Sports Information Directors of member institutions.

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Baseball Player of the Week

Danny Sirven / University of Tampa  / Sr. / C / Miami, Florida
Sirven earns Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career after leading Tampa offensively to a three-game series sweep of the No. 13  University of North Georgia. The senior catcher went 6-for-14 at the plate while recording a home run in every game of the series. The Miami native’s top game came in an 11-inning, 11-9 victory where he went 2-for-4 with two walks, a home run, two runs scored, and four RBI’s. For the week, Sirven slashed .429/.500/1.071 with five runs and six runs batted in.


Baseball Pitcher of the Week

Dillon McCollough / Eckerd College / Sr. / Deltona, Florida
McCollough captures his fourth career Pitcher of the Week award for his effort on the hill in a 10-0 victory over Nova Southeastern University. The senior started the first game of the three-game set and delivered the Tritons a complete game shutout over the Sharks, scattering seven hits and striking out eight batters. The Deltona, Florida native threw 124 pitches in his second complete game of the season and improves his record to 8-0. Following the performance, McCollough lowered his ERA to 1.57 and leads the SSC in strikeouts with 113 on the season.

 

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Softball Player of the Week

Nikole Van Gennep / Eckerd College / Sr. / P / Mokena, Illinois
Van Gennep is awarded Player of the Week for the third time in her career for her performance in Eckerd’s three-game sweep against Barry University. The senior went 8-for-13 at the plate, scored six runs, and knocked in ten more runs in the series. Van Gennep also earned victories in the circle, pitching complete games in the first and third games of the series. Her top performance of the week came in game one where she went 4-for-5 at the plate with a home run, five RBI’s, and two runs scored while also tossing seven innings and earning the win. The Mokena, Illinois product slashed .615/.615/1.154 for the series while hitting her SSC leading 11th and 12th home runs of the season.  


Softball Pitcher of the Week

Makaleigh Dooley / University of Tampa / Sr. / Tampa, Florida
For the 12th time in her career, Dooley receives SSC Pitcher of the Week honors. The mark ties her for the most by any softball player in conference history. Over a three-game series against Palm Beach Atlantic University, Dooley captured two wins in the circle and tossed three complete games. The senior struck out 27 batters over the 21 innings pitched, surrendering 17 hits and two earned runs. The Tampa native’s top performance of the week came in a three-hit shutout of the Sailfish in which she struck out 10 batters.. For the week, she produced a 0.86 earned run average, 0.809 WHIP, and .212 opponent batting averaged. In addition to Dooley's softball weekly accolades, she joins a seven-way tie for the sixth most Player of the Week awards in league history.
 

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