Maryland Eastern Shore’s Heidi Smith and Norfolk State’s Hunter Halford were named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Co-Softball Players of the Week, the conference announced today. Florida A&M’s Kyaira Brown was named Pitcher of the Week while Savannah State’s Tanisha Williams was selected as Rookie of the Week.
 
Smith (UTL, Jr., Odenton, Md.) completed the week with a .600 average (6-of-10) while driving in four RBI, two doubles and a home run. She also scored four runs while drawing two walks along with a .667 on-base percentage and a 1.100 slugging percentage. Smith’s best game came against South Carolina State in which she went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a home run.
 
Halford (1B, Jr., Jacksonville, N.C.) also went .600 (6-of-10) on the week with three RBI, two home runs, two runs scored, one triple and a walk. She finished with a .636 on-base percentage and a 1.400 slugging percentage. Halford was one of Norfolk State’s most consistent performers over the weekend as she had two hits in each of NSU’s three games played while hitting a pair of homers in the series finale versus Delaware State on Sunday.
 
Brown (P, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla.) finished with a 1-0 record while recording a save as FAMU opened MEAC play with a series sweep over North Carolina Central last week. In 9.2 innings of action, she held opposing batters to a 1.86 ERA and a .182 batting average while striking out seven and allowing two earned runs.
 
Williams (P, Fr., Covington, Ga.) completed the week with a 1-1 record and a .090 ERA while recording eight strikeouts and one earned run in 10 innings of action.
 
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS

Toni Anderson (Florida A&M) hit .364 with two home runs and four RBI as FAMU swept NCCU in its league opener.
 
Cassidy Blackwell (Hampton) finished with a .500 average while driving in three runs and a triple in the series versus Howard.
 
Brooklyn Emory (Howard) batted .286 with a pair of hits and RBI in three games against Hampton.
 
Khaliyah Flournory (Delaware State) batted .455 with five hits, five RBI and two doubles in the series versus Norfolk State.
 
Allie Hotetz (Hampton) went 2-1 against Howard while striking out a total of 17 batters.
 
Tuli Iosefa (Norfolk State) totaled three hits with an RBI and home run in the Delaware State series.
 
Drea Lesure (Savannah State) led Savannah State with a .500 average while adding three runs, six hits, a double and an RBI in five games.
 
Kayla Porter (Norfolk State) finished the series against Delaware State with a 1-1 record and a .323 ERA.
 
Jacki Smith (Bethune-Cookman) batted .429 with six hits, two runs and two RBI while recording 16 assists over the past week.