>>SOUTHERN INDIANA — ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

• Kendra DeArk (Transylvania softball, Jeffersonville graduate, Jr.) — weekly stats: 5-1 record, 26 1/3 innings pitched, 19 runs (16 earned), 30 hits, 19 strikeouts, 10 walks; 1-for-7; top performance: winning pitcher in the Pioneers’ 2-1 victory over Wisconsin-River Falls in the Rebel Spring Games on Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla., seven innings pitched, one run (earned), seven hits, seven strikeouts, no walks; team record: 10-4 overall; DeArk’s record: 7-2.



CLARKSVILLE

• Kelsey Becker (Wilmington softball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 1-for-6, double; notes: Last week, Becker and the Quakers competed in the Gene Cusic Classic last week in Fort Myers, Fla. Becker, Wilmington’s starting catcher, drove in 10 runs, scored three times and collected three doubles. On defense, she threw a batter out trying to steal second base in one contest; team record: 5-5 overall.

• Alex Spainhour (Transylvania softball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 5-for-15 with five runs scored; top performance: 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the Pioneers’ 13-5 victory over Lynchburg in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Leadoff Classic on Sunday in Panama City Beach, Fla.; team record: 10-4 overall.

• Chris Wanty (Hanover baseball, Jr.) — top performance: winning pitcher in an 18-3 home victory over Centre in Game 2 of a doubleheader last Sunday, six innings pitched, three runs (two earned), six hits, three strikeouts, two walks; team record: 5-7 overall; Wanty’s record: 1-2.



FLOYD CENTRAL

• Shana Andres (IU Southeast softball, Sr.) — weekly stats: 4-for-7, three stolen bases, two runs scored, triple; top performance: 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and a stolen base in the Grenadiers’ 11-0 victory on Tuesday at Berea in Game 2 of a doubleheader; team records: 8-6 overall, 2-0 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

• Ben Boesing (Southern Indiana men’s tennis, Fr.) — weekly stats: 0-1 singles record, 2-0 doubles record; top performance: No. 2 doubles win (8-3) in the Screaming Eagles’ 5-0 home victory over Illinois-Springfield last Sunday; team record: 11-2 overall.

• Joseph Boesing (Southern Indiana men’s tennis, Jr.) — weekly stats: 1-0 singles record, 2-0 doubles record; top performance: No. 3 singles win (6-3, 6-7, 10-8) and No. 1 doubles victory (8-4) in the Screaming Eagles’ 6-3 home loss to Abilene Christian on Wednesday; team record: 11-2 overall.

• April Ehlers (Northern Kentucky softball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 2-for-10; 0-1 record, 11 1/3 innings pitched, seven runs (two earned), nine hits, 20 strikeouts, six walks; top performance: losing pitcher in a 7-6 loss in 12 innings last Saturday at Drury, 11 1/3 innings pitched, seven runs (two earned), nine hits, school-record 20 strikeouts, six walks; 2-for-4 at the plate; team records: 9-8 overall, 3-2 Great Lakes Valley Conference; Ehlers’ record: 5-5.

• Marc Harmon (Murray State baseball, Sr.) — notes: no-decision relief outing in the Racers’ 18-7 home loss to Saint Louis last Saturday, 3 1/3 innings pitched, five runs (all earned), eight hits; team record: 8-8 overall; Harmon’s record: 1-3.

• Adam Lipke (IU Southeast baseball, Sr.) — notes: Lipke and the Grenadiers are currently on a 11-game winning streak, which ties the longest streak in school history. They have a chance to break that record when they host Berea in a doubleheader today; team record: 13-7 overall.

• Rena Philpot (Spalding softball, So.) — weekly stats: 2-for-6, one run scored, one RBI, one double, one home run; 1-0 record, seven innings pitched, one run (earned), four hits, six strikeouts, one walk; top performance: 2-for-3 with a double and a solo homer in the Golden Eagles’ 7-3 home loss to St. Mary-of-the-Woods last Saturday; team record: 3-5 overall; Philpot’s record: 1-1.

• Libby Wright (St. Mary-of-the-Woods softball, So.) — weekly stats: 3-for-15, two doubles; 5 1/3 innings pitched, three runs (two earned), five hits; top performance: 2-for-4 with two doubles in the Pomeroys’ 7-3 win last Saturday at Spalding in Game 1 of a doubleheader; team record: 7-5 overall.



JEFFERSONVILLE

• Antonio Ballard (Miami of Ohio men’s basketball, Jr.) — weekly stats: six points per game, 4-11 FG, 2-6 3-pt., 2-5 FT, 13 rebounds, two assists; top performance: eight points, four rebounds and two assists in the RedHawks’ 54-42 loss to Ohio in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament last Friday in Cleveland; season-ending stats: 7.6 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game, 45 assists, 24 steals; team record: 14-18 overall.

• Sam Burke (Bellarmine baseball, Fr.) — notes: 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in the Knights’ 7-3 home loss to Southern Indiana on Wednesday; team records: 9-12 overall, 2-1 GLVC.

• Jasmine Cain (IU Southeast women’s basketball, Fr.) — notes: Cain grabbed two rebounds in the Grenadiers’ 65-58 opening-round setback to Jamestown in the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship tournament last Thursday in Sioux City, Iowa; team record: 23-9 overall.

• Neil Fertig (Danville Area CC baseball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 6-for-16; top performance: 2-for-4 in an 8-3 victory over North Central Missouri last Tuesday in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

• Jeremy Kendle (Bellarmine men’s basketball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 16.5 points per game, 11-28 FG, 3-10 3-pt., 8-13 FT, 12 assists, six rebounds; top performance: team-high 16 points, shooting 5-of-12 from the field and 5-of-8 from the free-throw line, game-high seven assists and five rebounds in the Knights’ 70-66 victory over Central State in the first round of the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional last Saturday in Owensboro, Ky.; season-ending stats: team-high 17.6 points per game, team-high 5.7 rebounds per game, 130 assists; team record: 23-9 overall.

• Josh Lowery (IU Southeast men’s basketball, Sr.) — notes: Lowery played in two of the three games of the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship tournament last week in Point Lookout, Mo. He grabbed one rebound in the first-round victory over Johnson & Wales; team record: 27-5 overall.

• Ashley Pait (Transylvania softball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 4-for-11, six runs scored, two stolen bases; top performance: 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the Pioneers’ 14-1 win over Rutgers-Newark in the Rebel Spring Games on Wednesday; team record: 10-4 overall.

• Cody Poole (John A. Logan baseball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 6-for-13, five runs scored, four RBIs, two doubles, home run; top performance: 2-for-2 with a double and a homer, three RBIs and two runs scored in Logan’s 17-1 home victory over the Lindenwood junior varsity last Saturday; team record: 15-4 overall.



NEW ALBANY

• Craig Bryant (IU Southeast men’s basketball, Sr.) — weekly stats: six points per game, 6-20 FG, 2-12 3-pt., 4-5 FT, 15 rebounds, five assists; top performance: nine points, four assists and three rebounds in the Grenadiers’ 77-56 first-round victory over Johnson & Wales in the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship tournament last Thursday; season-ending stats: 8.8 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game, 40 assists; team record: 27-5 overall.

• Steve Craig (Hanover men’s tennis, Sr.) — top performance: No. 2 singles win (6-0, 6-0) and No. 2 doubles victory (8-4) in the Panthers’ 9-0 home triumph over Mt. St. Joseph on Tuesday; team records: 1-4 overall, 1-0 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

• Jason Cruse (Vincennes baseball, So.) — top performance: 2-for-4 with a double and three runs scored in the Blazers’ 10-4 home victory over Olney Central on Tuesday.

• Phil Forbis (Bellarmine baseball, Fr.) — notes: no-decision start in Bellarmine’s 7-3 home loss to Southern Indiana on Wednesday, one inning pitched, two runs (none earned), one hit, one walk, one strikeout; team records: 9-12 overall, 2-1 GLVC; Forbis’ record: 2-2.

• Drew Haynes (Louisville baseball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 4-for-14, two runs scored; team record: 15-1 overall.

• Braydon Hobbs (Bellarmine men’s basketball, So.) — weekly stats: 9.5 points per game, 7-17 FG, 4-11 3-pt., 1-2 FT, nine assists, seven rebounds; top performance: 11 points, game-high seven assists and team-high five rebounds in the Knights’ semifinal loss in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional last Sunday to Quincy, 66-61; season-ending stats: 11.6 points per game, 4.2 rebounds per game, team-high 171 assists, team-high 46 steals; team record: 23-9 overall.

• Angela James (Oakland City softball, Jr.) — notes: James scored a run in the Oaks’ 6-5 home victory over Asbury last Thursday in Game 1 of a doubleheader; team record: 8-6 overall.

• Chelsea Jordan (Louisville softball, Fr.) — notes: Jordan scored a run as a pinch runner in the Cardinals’ 9-5 home setback to Michigan in the Red and Black Tournament last Saturday; team records: 15-8 overall.

• Nik Kahl (Hanover baseball, Sr.) — weekly stats: four innings pitched, two runs (both earned), seven hits, one walk; team record: 5-7 overall; Kahl’s record: 0-0.

• Paige Wills (Bellarmine softball, So.) — notes: Wills scored one run in the Knights’ 3-1 loss in Game 1 of a doubleheader last Saturday at Missouri S&T; team record: 10-16 overall, 3-3 GLVC.



PRESENTATION ACADEMY

• Alden Krausse (IU Southeast women’s basketball, Floyds Knobs native, Jr.) — top performance: 10 points, team-high eight points, game-high blocks and two steals in the Grenadiers’ 65-58 loss to Jamestown last Thursday in the first round of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship tournament last Thursday in Sioux City, Iowa; season-ending stats: 10 points per game, 5.3 rebounds per game, team-high 95 blocks; team record: 23-9 overall.



PROVIDENCE

• Justin Benedetti (Bellarmine men’s basketball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 14 points per game, 9-21 FG, 5-11 3-pt., 5-6 FT, eight rebounds, four assists; top performance: team-high 16 points, shooting 4-of-8 from the field, 3-of-6 from 3-point range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, three rebounds and three assists in Bellarmine’s 70-66 first-round win over Central State in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional last Saturday in Owensboro, Ky.; season-ending stats: 12.6 points per game, 3.9 rebounds per game, 72 assists, 22 steals; team record: 23-9 overall.

• Jonathan Lilly (Purdue baseball, Sr.) — notes: Lilly played in the Boilermakers’ 4-3 victory in 10 innings last Sunday at Evansville; team record: 4-8 overall.



SILVER CREEK

• Kyle Barnett (Hanover baseball, Sr.) — weekly stats: 6-for-14, 12 RBIs, five runs scored, three doubles; 5.1 innings pitched, seven runs (three earned), 10 hits, five strikeouts, three walks; top performance: 2-for-4 with five RBIs and three runs scored in the Panthers’ 18-3 home victory over Centre in the nightcap of a doubleheader last Sunday; team record: 5-7 overall; Barnett’s record: 2-0.

• Brendan Chwalek (Nova Southeastern men’s track, Fr.) — top performance: third in the 1,500-meter run at the FAU/FIU Invitational last Saturday in Miramar, Fla., 4:12.61; notes: 12th in the 800, 2:03.58.

• Sarah Hebble (Ball State women’s tennis, So.) — notes: No. 5 singles loss (6-2, 6-2) and No. 1 doubles loss (8-0) in the Cardinals’ 7-0 loss last Thursday at Saint Louis; team record: 6-7 overall.

• Ashley Seaton (Indianapolis women’s golf, Sr.) — notes: 46th in the Ashland University Desert Invitational last Wednesday and Thursday in Mesa, Ariz., with a two-round score of 185, 43-over-par.

If you have any information on area college athletes, contact Kevin Harris at kevin.harris@newsandtribune.com or 812-206-2117.