Grace Gregory notches SAC Player of the Week honors
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Following another sizzling week, Grace Gregory (White House, Tenn.) has been named the WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday morning.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Following another sizzling week, Grace Gregory (White House, Tenn.) has been named the WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday morning.
In her first season with Carson-Newman, Gregory has been a focal point in the heart of the order and defensively at third base. This past week, the senior was 7-for-14 at the plate with a home run and six runs batted in with three multi-hit games. Against Catawba on Thursday, she was 5-for-7 with six RBIs across the two games, with a first-inning home run in game one. Over the past 12 games, Gregory has energized the Eagles' offense, going 21-for-40 at the plate, .525, totaling five home runs and 20 RBIs.
So far this season, the White House native has nine home runs to lead C-N and sits fifth in the SAC in that category. Additionally, her 43 RBI are the second-most on the team and the third-best in the conference. Gregory has 13 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games.
This is Gregory's first weekly SAC honor, she was named a SAC Player to Watch coming into the season. This season, it is Carson-Newman's second SAC Player of the Week after Macauley Bailey (Cross Plains, Tenn.) was named it on March 3rd.
The Eagles begin the home stretch of the regular season with its penultimate doubleheader against Emory & Henry on Wednesday in Jefferson City. The twin bill is set for a 1:00 p.m. start in Jefferson City, Tennessee, at the Vickee-Kazee Hollifield Softball Complex. Fans can watch the game on FloSports with a subscription, listen on cneagles.com/live or watch the In The Booth feed on the Carson-Newman Eagle Sports Network YouTube channel.
