O’Toole, Drish, Howard, Wright, Darwin named 2018-19 MaxPreps / NFCA National High School Players of Week
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. –
Colleen O'toole of
West Bridgewater (West Bridgewater, Mass.),
Jenna Drish of
Orion (Orion, Ill.),
Karagan Howard of
Iowa (Iowa, La.),
Jehlian Wright of
Harrisburg (Harrisburg, Ark.), and
Emily Darwin of
Benson (Benson, Ariz.) were selected MaxPreps / NFCA National High School Players of the Week for their outstanding play during the week of April 1-7.
East RegionO'Toole was a perfect 11-for-11 with 14 RBI in her first two games of the 2019 campaign. She recorded a pair of doubles, two triples and two home runs, attributing to her 2.090 slugging percentage. O'Toole opened the season with a 6-for-6 outing against Bristol-Plymouth RVT in which she tripled twice, homered, drove in four runs and scored three times. O'Toole posted 10 RBI with two doubles and home run and three more runs scored versus Sacred Heart.
North RegionDrish clubbed five home runs, at least one in each contest, scored 12 times and drove in 16 runs keying the Chargers to four wins last week. She left the yard twice, recorded six RBI and scored four runs in a triumph over Abingdon. Drish drove in four runs versus Morrison and Monmouth-Roseville, scoring four times against the Mustangs. The sophomore finished the week batting .846 (11-for-13), slugging 2.307 and recording an .875 on-base percentage.
South RegionHoward was 8-for-8 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, nine RBI, seven runs scored and a 2.250 slugging percentage. Hitting for the cycle versus Lake Arthur, she finished 5-for-5 (two singles, double, triple, home run), driving in five runs and scoring five times. Against Lake Charles College Prep, Howard was a triple short of consecutive cycles. She finished 3-for-3 with four more RBI and two runs scored.
South Central RegionWright hit .875 (7-for-8) with two doubles, three home runs, 10 RBI and six runs scored. She slugged 2.250 and drew four walks, attributing to her .917 on-base percentage. Wright homered in each of the Hornets' three wins. She drove in four runs and scored twice versus Cave City. Wright was 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI against Newport and also recorded three RBI versus Tuckerman.
WestBenson homered four times, drove in 16 runs and slugged 2.777 in three contests last week. She was 8-for-9 (.889) at the plate with a double, two triples, 10 runs scored, five walks and a .929 on-base percentage. Benson tripled, homered and registered six RBI versus Bisbee. She drove in five and scored five times with two long balls versus Tombstone, while the sophomore was single short of the cycle, which included a grand slam, with five RBI in a win over Santa Cruz Valley.
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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
for that week's award.
The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Players of
the Week are announced on NFCA.org every Monday during the spring
campaign with a player from each of five separate high school regions
being selected. In the fall season, one representative is chosen from
the participating regions.
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