Tannahill Named Big 12 Player of the Week

Senior outfielder Trisha Tannahill was named the Big 12 softball Player of the Week on Tuesday after hitting .625 and helping the 16th-ranked Huskers to a perfect 4-0 record in four home games last week.

 

Tannahill went 5-for-8 with four runs scored and seven RBIs on the week. Three of Tannahill’s five hits went for extra bases, as she recorded two doubles and a triple en route to posting a 1.125 slugging percentage.

 

Her seven RBIs in four games were a team high and she also boasted a pair of three-RBI games after recording just one multi-RBI game in the first 20 games of the season. Tannahill recorded two multi-hit games in her four starts. She drew three walks in her only three plate appearances of the game against Northern Colorado to help her post an on-base percentage of .750 for the week.

 

The honor was the first of Tannahill’s career and the second weekly award for a Husker this season. Fellow senior Lizzy Aumua was named co-player of the week on Feb. 14.

 

Tannahill and the Huskers travel to Austin, Texas, this weekend to open Big 12 Conference play against the fourth-ranked Texas Longhorns.