This week’s honors definitely had a green tinge as the Oregon Ducks saw a lot of honors come their way.

That’s what happens when you have a phenom freshman getting a hit in every game and one of the game’s top pitchers taking the field for you!

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Lilley tabbed as USA Softball Collegiate POW

In just her first NCAA Softball season, Oregon’s Jenna Lilley (North Canton, Ohio) has earned her first USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week honor following a .500 batting performance for the Ducks in a nine-game road trip through Texas.

In addition to her USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week honors, Lilley was also named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season.

“I am very humbled to receive this award, although my teammates and coaches are just as deserving,” said Lilley.  “We are all in this together.”

Lilley recorded a hit in every game this past week, driving in eight runs while scoring nine of her own, punching five doubles, a triple and four stolen bases.  The Ohio native also had multiple hits in six of her nine games, including two perfect outings when she went 2-for-2 against Sam Houston State and Abilene Christian.

Lilley had her biggest game of the week against then-No. 25 Tulsa, driving in all four of Oregon’s runs with a bases-clearing double and an RBI single en route to a 4-1 win.  She also punched in two runs in a 5-1 win over No. 22 Texas A&M.

“It’s a great honor for the program to have one of our players to achieve this recognition,” said Oregon Head Coach Mike White.  “Jenna is so humble and such a hard worker, it’s a very fitting award for her.”

The freshman third baseman has provided a hot bat for the Ducks this season, having a hit in all but one game to start her career and leads the team with a .510 batting average.

She also has 18 runs scored, six doubles and 15 RBI through 15 games and has helped her team to a 14-1 record.  2015 is shaping up to be a year to remember for Lilley, who was named to the 2015 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team in January following a two-day selection camp in Irvine, Calif.

This is the first USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week honors for Oregon since Week Four of the 2014 season when Cheridan Hawkins (Anderson, Calif.) was awarded for her outstanding play.

Oregon sets it sights on the San Diego Classic this weekend where they will face off against the No. 1 ranked Florida Gators in one of four games over three days.

2015 USA Softball National Collegiate Players of the Week
Week 1 (Feb. 5-8): Taylor Schoblocher – North Texas – Junior – Utility – Forney, Texas
Week 2 (Feb. 9-15): Lauren Haeger – Florida – Senior – Pitcher/1B – Peoria, Ariz.
Week 3 (Feb. 16-22): Jenna Lilley – Oregon – Freshman – Infield – North Canton, Ohio

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Oregon’s Lilley and Hawkins Sweep Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division National Player and Pitcher of the Week Honors

Oregon teammates, freshman Jenna Lilley and junior Cheridan Hawkins, who helped their team to an 8-1 Texas road trip, were named the 2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively for games played over Feb 16-22.

Jenna Lilley

Lilley, a freshman third baseman, batted .500 (15-30) with five doubles, a triple, eight RBI and nine runs scored during the second-ranked Ducks (14-1) five-day, nine game road trip through the Lone Star State. She recorded a hit in every game, including a stretch of six straight two-hit contests. The North Canton, Ohio native drove in all four runs in 4-2 win over Tulsa (RV) and also knocked in two runs at then-No. 23 Texas A&M. Lilley tripled and scored against host and then-No. 7 Baylor and also registered two hits and a double in a win over the Bears. In addition, she scored in seven games and swiped four bags.

Cheridan Hawkins

Hawkins, a native of Anderson, Calif., played a part in five Oregon wins as she went 2-1 with three saves. She earned a complete-game win at Texas A&M, holding the Aggies to a run on four hits with seven strikeouts. The lefty hurler earned a pair of two-plus inning, no-hit saves in back-to-back games at Houston to open the trip. She picked up her other win in relief against Baylor (2 IP, 1 H, 2 K) and registered her third save by recording the final two outs in a 4-2 win over Tulsa. In her loss to the then-seventh-ranked Bears, she surrendered just one earned on three hits and struck out seven. For the week, she struck out 28 and held opponents to a .121 batting average (eight hits).

Player of the Week
Feb. 24 – Jenna Lilley (Oregon)
Feb. 17 – Lauren Haeger (Florida)
Feb. 10 – Lindsey Stephens (Texas)

Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 24 – Cheridan Hawkins (Oregon)
Feb. 17 – Shelby Turnier (UCF)
Feb. 10 – Miranda Kramer (Western Kentucky)

Selected Top Performances

• UMKC’s Katie Kelley batted .768 (11-14) and slugged 2.000 in four games with five doubles, four home runs, eight RBI and six runs to earn WAC Hitter of the Week honors…
• LSU’s Sahvanna Jaquish was tabbed SEC Player of the Week after batting .500 (8-16) with three home runs (grand slam), 15 RBI and five multi-RBI games…
• Texas State’s Kendall Wiley cranked six home runs in six games, knocked in 12, scored seven times and batted .435 (10-23)…
• Jessica Griffin of Stetson batted .769 (10-3) and slugged 1.692 with three home runs and 12 RBI …
• SEC Pitcher of the Week Paige Lowary of Missouri went 3-0 last week picking up two wins over ranked foes at the Mary Nutter Classic…
• Georgia Tech’s Christian Biggerstaff was part of two combined no-hitters and finished the week 3-0 with 32 strikeouts and allowed just five hits 17.2 innings of work…
• Brigham Young’s Gordy Bravo earned the WCC Player of the Week nod after batting .579 (11-19) with two doubles, four runs and eight RBI at the Mary Nutter…
• Northwestern State’s Micaela Bouvier went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 15 strikeouts, while surrendering just six hits in 16.1 innings to garner Southland Pitcher of the Week honors…
• Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, Katie Sutherland-Finch of California, went 3-1 with a 1.08 ERA and a complete game shutout over Tennessee…
• Purdue’s Lilly Fecho was selected Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after going 3-0 with 0.60 ERA, a save and 44 strikeouts, including a school record 19 versus Florida Gulf Coast…
• Nicole Pihl of DePaul batted .583 (7-12) with three home runs and 10 RBI to earn Big East Player of the Week accolades…
• North Carolina State’s Emily Weiman struck out 31 batters and surrendered just two hits in 15 innings to go 2-0 with a save last weekend…
• Courtney Brandt of Stetson went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and tossed a no-hitter, while also hitting a grand slam in the game she hurled the no-no to garner Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week honors…
• Chattanooga’s Nicole Osterman went 9-for-16 (.52(0 with four home runs, 14 RBI and six runs scored to be named Southern Conference Player of the Week.