BATON ROUGE — After posting a 3-1 record with three complete-game shutouts last week, LSU All-American Kristin Schmidt was named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday.
The senior from Houston, Texas, notched a 0.58 earned run average in 24 innings pitched, while posting a pair of wins over No. 15 South Carolina and a win over Southern Miss. In addition, she averaged 9.6 strikeouts per seven innings and allowed just eight hits in 80 opponents at bats.
In the Tigers’ third game against the Gamecocks, she faced the minimum, allowing just one second-inning hit before retiring the final 18 outs of the game. In the first meeting with South Carolina, she struck out a season-best 15, the seventh most in school history, while recording a 10-inning, two-hit shutout.
The only runs Schmidt allowed on the week were in relief of the second game against the Gamecocks. She allowed a two-run home run that proved to be the game-winner for South Carolina in nine innings.
This is the first SEC Pitcher of the Week honor for Schmidt this season, who was previously named USA Softball and National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Player of the Week. Sophomore Lauren Castle previously earned conference honors for the Tigers this season, being named SEC Hitter of the Week.