BATON ROUGE — LSU’s Dani Hofer and UL-Lafayette’s Holly Tankersley earned Louisiana Pitcher and Hitter of the Week honors for week three, while UL-Lafayette’s Ashley Brignac and Brooke Broadhead took home the honors for week four, it was announced by the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association on Wednesday.
A senior outfielder for the Lady Cajuns, Tankersley led ULL with a .478 batting average, going 11-for-23 on the week with four runs scored and four RBIs. Posting a .739 slugging percentage, she recorded a double, triple and a home run. Her home run was the team-leading eighth of the season. Against No. 3 Texas A&M, Tankersley went 4-for-6 with a double and a run scored to lead the Lady Cajuns to a 2-1 win in extra innings.
A junior for the Tigers, Hofer went 2-0 on the week with a pair of complete-game wins over No. 16 Georgia to give LSU its first series sweep of the Bulldogs since 2002. In the series finale, she threw a complete-game one-hitter, giving up a lone single with one out in the top of the seventh. In 14 innings, she allowed only one earned run and struck out 21, giving up only five total hits on the week.
Broadhead hit .438 for the week while going 7-for-16 at the plate. The senior shortstop led UL-Lafayette to a 4-0 record on the week, driving in 10 runs and scoring nine times. All 10 of her RBIs came with two outs in the inning. In addition, she recorded a pair of doubles and a home run on the week for a.750 slugging percentage and two steals.
A freshman hurler for the Lady Cajuns, Brignac picked up a three wins, including a pair of Sun Belt Conference wins, last week. Recording a 1.02 earned run average, she began the week with a perfect game against IUPUI, retiring 13 of the 15 batters she faced on strikeouts. For the week, she struck out 29 batters and surrendered only four hits and one walk.
This is the first Louisiana Pitcher of the Week honor of the season for Hofer and the second of the year for Brignac. It was also the first Hitter of the Week honor for Broadhead and the second for Tankersley.
2008 LSWA Louisiana Softball Weekly Honors:
Week Pitcher Hitter
Week 1 (Feb.27) Ashley Brignac, UL-Lafayette Holly Tankersley, UL-Lafayette
Week 2 (March 4) Ryan Thacker, Centenary Amberly Waits Louisiana Tech
Week 3 (March 11) Dani Hofer, LSU Holly Tankersley, UL-Lafayette
Week 4 (March 18) Ashley Brignac, UL-Lafayette Brooke Broadhead, UL-Lafayette