Four student-athletes earned Lone Star Conference Softball Player of the Week honors for their performances last week, league officials announced today.

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LSC SOFTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
LSC North Hitter
Rachel Sill, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Sr., Second Base, Tuttle, Okla./Tuttle HS
Sill helped SOSU to a 3-1 record last week, including a double-header sweep of Cameron over the weekend.  She hit .500 with five RBI, including a home run and a double.  Sill slugged .833 and scored three runs.

LSC North Pitcher
Katie Petersen, Midwestern State University
So., Pitcher, Plano, Texas/Plano West HS
Petersen claimed the win in each of the Mustangs' five victories this week as she extended her personal win streak to 13 decisions. The sophomore right-hander logged a 0.69 ERA, limiting the opposition to two runs on 17 hits while fanning 18 and walking none in 20 1/3 innings of work. The Plano native notched her 14th career shutout and pulled her season ERA under 1.00, but also recorded a game winning single in a 6-5 win over Texas Woman's University on Wednesday. Petersen continued her stellar stretch since opening the season with two losses. She is 13-0 in her last 16 appearances since Feb. 9.  Petersen has a 0.64 ERA, 70 strikeouts and allowed 59 base runners in the last 66 innings while limiting opponents to a .186 batting average against.

LSC South Hitter
Macy Baker, Angelo State University
Jr., Shortstop, Crowley, Texas/Crowley HS
Baker hit .545 as she sparked the No. 5-ranked Rambelles to a three-game sweep over Eastern New Mexico. Baker opened the series with a 2-for-4 performance with home run in Friday's 4-1 win over the Zias. On Saturday, Baker went 4-for-7 from the plate in the double header with another home run in the final game of the three-game set. In that last game, she went 3-for-5 from the plate with two runs scored and four RBI. Her three-run home run came in the eighth inning to seal the sweep.

LSC South Pitcher
Kim McDonald, Abilene Christian University
Sr., Pitcher, College Station, Texas/Bryan HS
McDonald didn't give up a run in two ACU victories as she pitched five innings in each of her two starts. ... In Saturday's 12-0 win over Texas Woman's, McDonald allowed just three hits and one struck out one batter in a run-rule victory. ... In ACU's 5-2 win over Texas Woman's on Sunday, Mcdonald gave up just five hits and struck out two batters in a five-inning outing.