MaxPreps/NFCA Players of the Week for March 16, 2015

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Junior Autumn Humes of Bald Knob (Bald Knob, Ark.), sophomore Holly Lona of Agricultural Science (Chicago, Ill.), senior Felicia Medina of San Manuel (San Manuel, Ariz.) and junior Ashlee Swindle of Curry (Jasper, Ala.) have been selected as the MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played March 16-22.

South Central
Humes guided Bald Knob to a 5-0 week with her arm and her bat. Highlighted by a no-hitter, she was 4-0 with a 0.56 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 25 innings of work. The righty held her opponents to a .086 batting average (8 hits) and allowed three runs, two earned, while walking six. Her no-hitter was a six-inning gem versus Cedar Ridge in which she struck out seven. Humes also tossed a one-hit, 12 strikeouts complete game shutout in a 4-0 victory over Cabot and punched out 11 batters without a walk in a complete-game win over Rogers. At the plate she batted .667 (12-18) with a double, triple, three home runs, 12 RBI and eight runs scored. In a triumph over Cedar Ridge, Humes hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 with six RBI and three runs scored. She also homer and knocked in two runs against Cedar Ridge (game one) and Rogers.

North
Lona batted .750 (6-8) with eight RBI and five runs scored keying her team to wins over Seton Academy and Brooks College Prep. In addition, she doubled, tripled, homered and swiped two bases. Lone was 3-for-4 in each game, homering, knocking in five runs and scoring three against Seton Academy. She followed that by collecting a double, triple, three RBI and two runs against Brooks College Prep

West
Medina batted .875 (7-8) with two doubles, three home runs, eight runs scored, a .909 on base percentage and 2.125 slugging percentage. She was 4-for-4 with a pair of long balls, four RBI, three runs scored versus Tombstone. The senior captain scored three runs and walked three times against Hayden and closed out the week a perfect 3-for-3 with a double, home run, one RBI and two runs scored versus San Carlos.

South
Swindle tossed two complete game shutouts and was 3-0 on the week not allowing a run in 15 innings of work with 26 strikeouts and just one walk. She struck out 12, walked one and surrendered two hits in a 3-0 complete game shutout versus Oakham. Swindle closed out the week with a six-inning two-hit blanking of Cordova in which she struck out 11 and did not walk a batter. For the week, she held her opponents to a .102 batting average.

MaxPreps, the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible that week.

The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Players of the Week are announced on NFCA every Monday during the spring season, with one representative chosen from each of five separate high school regions. During the fall campaign, just a single player is selected representing all participating regions.

MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school athletics websites on the internet. Coaches who enter their team's stats on Max Preps will not only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be getting their team's information out to thousands of high school sports fans and college coaches across the country.

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