> SOUTHERN INDIANA — Weekly stats are from last Thursday to Wednesday.



ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

• Kendra DeArk (Transylvania softball, Jeffersonville graduate, Sr.) — weekly stats: 2-0 record, 14 innings pitched, no runs allowed, 10 hits, 13 strikeouts, six walks; top performance: winning pitcher in the Pioneers’ 5-0 home win over Hanover last Thursday in Game 1 of a doubleheader, no runs allowed, four hits, five strikeouts, no walks; notes: DeArk and her Transy teammates clinched their third consecutive Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season championship last weekend; DeArk’s record: 8-5; team records: 22-11-1 overall, 15-1 HCAC.



CHARLESTOWN

• Justin Baxtron (Indiana State men’s track, So.) — top performance: sixth in the 800-meter relay university at the Drake Relays last Wednesday through Saturday, 1:26.93; notes: 14th in the 400 relay university preliminaries, 41.31.



CLARKSVILLE

• Kelsey Becker (Wilmington softball, So.) — weekly stats: 1-for-11, one run scored, one RBI; notes: 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in the Quakers’ 12-5 home loss last Saturday against John Carroll in Game 2 of a doubleheader; season-ending stats: .289 batting average, one home run, 14 RBIs, 15 runs scored, seven doubles; team records: 13-21 overall, 2-16 Ohio Athletic Conference.

• Sheenagh Gividen (Transylvania softball, Sr.) — notes: 1-for-1 in the Pioneers’ 13-0 home victory in five innings last Thursday against Hanover in Game 2 of a doubleheader; team records: 22-11-1 overall, 15-1 HCAC.

• Alex Spainhour (Transylvania softball, Sr.) — weekly stats: 4-for-10, one double, one RBI, one run scored; top performance: 2-for-2 with an RBI in the Pioneers’ 13-0 home victory in five innings over Hanover in the second game of a doubleheader last Thursday; team records: 22-11-1 overall, 15-1 HCAC.



FLOYD CENTRAL

• Brad Baumann (Hanover men’s golf, Fr.) — notes: 13th in the HCAC Championship last weekend in Anderson with a four-round score of 327, 39-over-par (84 in the first round, 79 in the second, 80 in the third, 84 in the final).

• Ben Boesing (Southern Indiana men’s tennis, So.) — weekly stats: 0-2 doubles record; notes: No. 3 doubles loss (9-8) in a 5-1 loss to Drury in the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament Monday in Springfield, Mo.; season-ending stats: 15-2 singles record, 14-7 doubles record; team records: 15-8 overall, 4-1 Great Lakes Valley Conference.

• Joseph Boesing (Southern Indiana men’s tennis, Sr.) — weekly stats: 2-0 singles record, 1-1 doubles record; top performance: No. 3 singles victory (6-3, 7-5) and No. 2 doubles win (8-4) in a 5-1 triumph over Wayne State last Sunday in the NCAA Division II Tournament preliminary round finals in Springfield, Mo.; season-ending stats: 18-3 singles record, 19-8 doubles record; team records: 15-8 overall, 4-1 GLVC.

• Christine Cleveland (Purdue women’s rowing, Sr.) — notes: Cleveland and the Boilermakers finished first in the second heat of the women’s varsity eight race (5:28) and second in the first heat of the women’s varsity four-plus race (7:03) at the Mid-American Collegiate Rowing Association’s Championship Regatta last Saturday in Allendale, Mich.

• April Ehlers (Northern Kentucky softball, Sr.) — weekly stats: 2-1 record, 15 innings pitched, seven runs allowed (all earned), 16 hits, 21 strikeouts, two walks; top performance: winning pitcher in the Norse’s 4-3 home victory over Wisconsin-Parkside in Game 1 of a doubleheader last Friday, seven innings pitched, three runs allowed (all earned), eight hits, 11 strikeouts, no walks; Ehlers’ record: 13-7; team records: 28-13 overall, 18-5 GLVC.

• Cherrod Gwaltney (IUPUI softball, Fr.) — notes: one stolen base in the Jaguars’ 9-0 home loss in five innings last Saturday against Missouri-Kansas City in Game 1 of a doubleheader; team records: 14-30 overall, 8-12 Summit League.

• Mark Hamilton (Louisville men’s cross country, Sr.) — notes: 11th in the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon last Saturday in Louisville, 2:49:46; ninth in the men’s standings.

• Clayton Hitner (Vincennes baseball, Fr.) — current season stats: 0-0 record, 4.15 ERA, 14 strikeouts; team record: 26-18 overall.

• Meghan Jones (Bellarmine women’s track, Fr.) — top performance: sixth in the 400 at the Stan Lyons Invitational last Saturday in Indianapolis, 58.13; notes: seventh in the 200, 25.43, personal best.

• Meghan McRae (IU Southeast softball, Fr.) — notes: McRae played in the Grenadiers’ 6-0 home victory over Brescia last Friday in Game 2 of a doubleheader. IU Southeast has clinched the outright Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season title; team records: 32-18 overall, 17-1 KIAC.

• Jimmy Nungester (IU Southeast men’s tennis, Fr.) — weekly stats: 0-1 singles record, 2-0 doubles record; top performance: No. 3 doubles victory (8-0) in the Grenadiers’ 7-2 loss at Brescia in the KIAC Tournament championship match last Saturday; team records: 11-8 overall, 6-3 KIAC.

• Katie Phillips (Spalding softball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 3-for-11, three RBIs, one double, one run scored; top performance: 2-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and one run scored in the Golden Eagles’ 5-3 win last Saturday at Eureka in the first game of a doubleheader; team records: 17-12 overall, 11-5 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

• Rena Philpot (Spalding softball, So.) — weekly stats: 3-for-6, one run scored, one stolen base; 2-0 record, 14 innings pitched, three runs allowed (all earned), 13 hits, 13 strikeouts, 10 walks; top performance: winning pitcher in the Golden Eagles’ 3-0 victory last Friday at Greenville in Game 1 of a doubleheader, seven innings pitched, no runs allowed, four hits, eight strikeouts, eight walks; 2-for-3 at the plate; Philpot’s record: 7-2; team records: 17-12 overall, 11-5 SLIAC.

• Jeffrey Thompson (Louisville baseball, Fr.) — notes: no-decision outing in starting role in the Cardinals’ 9-4 home victory over Georgetown last Sunday, 2 1/3 innings pitched, four runs allowed (all earned), seven hits, one walk, one strikeout; Thompson’s record: 1-0; team records: 25-20 overall, 11-7 Big East.

• Libby Wright (St. Mary-of-the-Woods softball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 4-for-7; top performance: 4-for-4 in the Pomeroys’ 11-4 loss last Saturday at Taylor in the second game of a doubleheader; team record: 14-19 overall.



HENRYVILLE

• Amanda Embry (Wabash Valley softball, Fr.) — current season stats: .357 batting average, five RBIs, two runs scored; 1-0 record, 4.20 earned-run average, five innings pitched, six hits allowed, four strikeouts, one walk; team records: 33-8 overall, 26-4 Great Rivers Athletic Conference.



JEFFERSONVILLE

• Caleb Browner (Campbellsville wrestling, Fr.) — notes: Browner was recently named the Campbellsville wrestling team’s Freshman of the Year.

• Sam Burke (Bellarmine baseball, So.) — weekly stats: 1-for-9, one double, one run scored; notes: 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the Knights’ 2-1 home victory in 11 innings against Lewis in Game 1 of a doubleheader last Saturday; team records: 25-19 overall, 17-10 GLVC.

• Neil Fertig (Danville Area CC baseball, So.) — current season stats: .186 batting average, nine runs scored, eight RBIs; team records: 22-19 overall, 9-13 Mid-West Athletic Conference.

• Shanice Gholson (Vincennes women’s track, Fr.) — top performance: third in the 100 at the Stan Lyons Invitational last Saturday in Indianapolis, 12.42.

• Sabrina Johnson (Xavier women’s track, Jr.) — top performance: sixth in the discus at the RedHawk Invitational last Saturday in Oxford, Ohio, 137-0; notes: 10th in the shot put, 32-6 1/4.

• Neal Masterson (Bellarmine men’s track, Sr.) — top performance: 43rd in the 5,000 at the Hillsdale College Gina Relays last Thursday through Saturday, 15:31.6.

• Natalie Nikitas (Bluffton softball, Fr.) — notes: one run scored in the Beavers’ 9-1 home win in six innings last Saturday against Franklin in the first game of a doubleheader; team records: 19-14 overall, 11-5 HCAC.

• Jordan Nokes (Hanover softball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 3-for-7, three RBIs, two runs scored, two home runs; top performance: 3-for-3 with two homers, three RBIs and two runs scored in the Panthers’ 8-5 home setback to Manchester in Game 2 of a doubleheader last Saturday; notes: Nokes’ first homer, a solo shot in the fifth inning, against the Spartans was the first in her collegiate career; season-ending stats: .147 batting average, two homers, five RBIs; team records: 8-22 overall, 4-12 HCAC.

• Ashley Pait (Transylvania softball, Sr.) — weekly stats: 6-for-9, four runs scored, four RBIs, four stolen bases; top performance: 2-for-3 with two RBIs, two stolen bases and a run scored in the Pioneers’ 7-4 home victory over Defiance last Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader; team records: 22-11-1 overall, 15-1 HCAC.

• Hunter Tipton (Danville Area CC baseball, Fr.) — current season stats: 1-1 record, 3.00 ERA, 26 strikeouts; team records: 22-19 overall, 9-13 Mid-West Athletic Conference.



NEW ALBANY

• Stephanie Cave (Indianapolis women’s track, So.) — top performance: 14th in the 5,000 at the Hillsdale College Gina Relays last Thursday through Saturday, 18:49.85.

• Ashley Cochran (Hanover softball, Fr.) — weekly stats: one run scored; 0-1 record, six innings pitched, seven runs allowed (five earned), 15 hits, two walks, no strikeouts; notes: losing pitcher in the Panthers’ 8-5 home loss to Manchester in Game 2 of a doubleheader last Saturday, five innings pitched, four runs allowed (two earned), 11 hits, one walk; season-ending stats: 2-4 record, 7.29 ERA; team records: 8-22 overall, 4-12 HCAC.

• Kimberly Condra (Indianapolis women’s track, So.) — top performance: 32nd in the 800 at the Stan Lyons Invitational last Saturday in Indianapolis, 2:31.53; notes: 39th in the 1,500, 5:25.04.

• Phil Forbis (Bellarmine baseball, So.) — weekly stats: 1-0 record, three innings pitched, two runs allowed (both earned), three hits, three strikeouts, one walk; top performance: winning pitcher in relief in the Knights’ 2-1 home win in 11 innings last Saturday against Lewis in Game 1 of a doubleheader, no runs allowed, no hits, two strikeouts, no walks; Forbis’ record: 2-0; team records: 25-19 overall, 17-10 GLVC.

• Sean Godfrey (Ball State baseball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 4-for-11, three runs scored, two doubles, one RBI; top performance: 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI in the Cardinals’ 18-5 loss last Sunday at Eastern Michigan; team records: 12-28 overall, 8-9 Mid-American Conference.

• Drew Haynes (Louisville baseball, Sr.) — weekly stats: 1-for-9; notes: 1-for-3 in the Cardinals’ 3-2 home victory over Georgetown last Friday; team records: 25-20 overall, 11-7 Big East.

• Angela James (Oakland City softball, Sr.) — notes: 1-for-2 with a double and one run scored in the Oaks’ 10-4 loss to Covenant in Game 2 of the National Christian College Athletic Association Mid-East Region Championship Series Wednesday in Boonville; team record: 17-18 overall.

• Chelsea Jordan (Louisville softball, So.) — notes: Jordan came in as a pinch runner in the Cardinals’ 8-1 victory Wednesday at Georgetown; team records: 34-14 overall, 12-4 Big East.

• Jeremy Juliot (Vincennes baseball, Fr.) — current season stats: 3-0 record, 1.69 ERA, 29 strikeouts; team record: 26-18 overall.

• Carissa Martin (Bellarmine women’s track, Jr.) — top performance: sixth in the 800 at the Stan Lyons Invitational last Saturday in Indianapolis, 2:13.48, personal best and NCAA provisional qualifying time; notes: Martin’s 800 time won her heat at the invitational and ranks in the top 20 in the nation.

• Pryce Ragains (IUPUI men’s track, Fr.) — top performance: 39th in the 5,000 at the Stan Lyons Invitational last Saturday in Indianapolis, 16:03.86.

• Logan Watts (Lewis men’s golf, Sr.) — top performance: 10th in the NCAA Division II Midwest/South Central Regional Monday through Wednesday in Georgetown, Ky., with a three-round score of 219 (75 in the first round, 74 in the second, 70 in the final).



PROVIDENCE

• Noah Huffman (Indianapolis men’s track, Sr.) — top performance: 23rd in the discus at the Stan Lyons Invitational last Saturday in Indianapolis, 36.85 meters.

• Trey Pfund (Marian men’s golf, So.) — top performance: fourth in the Mid-Central Conference Championships Monday and Tuesday in Winona Lake with a three-round score of 218, 5-over-par (72 in the first round, 70 in the second, 76 in the final); notes: Pfund made the all-MCC team for the second season in a row.



SILVER CREEK

• Aaron Beck (Indianapolis men’s track, Fr.) — top performance: 43rd in the 5,000 at the Stan Lyons Invitational last Saturday in Indianapolis, 16:14.67.

• Sarah Hebble (Ball State women’s tennis, Jr.) — weekly stats: 1-0 singles record, 1-1 doubles record; top performance: No. 3 singles win (6-3, 6-0) and No. 2 doubles victory (8-3) in the Cardinals’ 4-0 win over Northern Illinois in the first round of the MAC Tournament last Thursday in Ypsilanti, Mich.; season-ending stats: 9-13 singles record, 9-13 doubles record; team records: 8-15 overall, 1-5 MAC.

• Brandon White (Lewis men’s golf, So.) — notes: 79th in the NCAA Division II  Midwest/South Central Regional Monday through Wednesday in Georgetown Ky., with a three-round score of 233 (80 in the first round, 75 in the second, 78 in the final).



SOUTH CENTRAL

• Chris O’Connor (Marian men’s track, Fr.) — top performance: 10th in the high jump at the Mid-Central Conference Championships last Friday and Saturday in Marion, 6-3 1/4.

• Sarah Pease (Indiana women’s track, Sr.) — top performance: third in the 3,000 steeplechase at the Penn Relays last Thursday through Saturday, 10:12.38, season best; notes: Pease’s steeplechase time is the best in the Big Ten Conference this season and the sixth fastest in Penn Relays history.



OTHER ATHLETES

• Amelia Motsch (Louisville women’s rowing, Jr.) — notes: Motsch and the Cardinals won the varsity eight final and finished second in the second varsity eight final, the varsity four final and the third varsity eight final last Sunday at the Big East Conference Championships in West Windsor, N.J.

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