Red Lion Players of the Week Announced

3/4/2019 11:19:26 AM

March 4, 2019

The following CCC student-athletes have been recognized as Red Lion Players of the Week for their performances during the period February 25-March 3.

Softball – Hitting

Ali Graham of Oregon Tech has been selected as the Red Lion softball Player of the Week.

Graham had the best weekend of her Oregon Tech career in the No. 10-ranked Owls’ sweep of Northwest. The senior from Chehalis, Wash. hit .818 (9-for-11), blasting two doubles and a grand slam to push her RBI total to 12 over the four games. Scoring five runs and slugging at an exceptional 1.273 clip, Graham helped lead the Lady Owl lineup to a combined offensive output of 43 runs in the perfect weekend.

Honorable mention: Jessie Isham, CRB

Softball – Pitching

Southern Oregon’s Gabby Sandoval has been named the Red Lion softball Pitcher of the Week.

Sandoval once again finds herself as the CCC Pitcher of the Week after yet another tremendous weekend in the circle for No. 3 Southern Oregon.  The junior from Anaheim, Calif. did not allow an earned run in 16 and two-thirds innings of work. Tossing her seventh and eighth complete games to improve to 8-1 on the still-young season. Not only did Sandoval toss her fourth shutout of the year in her second start of the series, but she also appeared in relief in the series finale, striking out four in two and two-thirds innings of work.

Honorable mention: Alyssa Vidal, CRB

Baseball – Hitting

Corban’s Ben Ross has been selected as the Red Lion baseball Player of the Week.

Ross, the Warrior cleanup man, had a monstrous weekend at the plate in Corban’s series win over Oregon Tech. The senior out of Wasilla, Alaska went 8-for-16 at the dish, driving in seven runs over the four-game span. Ross collected four extra base hits in the series—including a booming opposite field home run—and he would come around to score four times.

Honorable mention: none

Baseball – Pitching

British Columbia’s Niall Windeler has been chosen as the Red Lion baseball Pitcher of the Week.

Windeler, a southpaw out of Toronto, was outstanding in game one of British Columbia’s series win over No. 5-ranked Lewis-Clark State. The Thunderbird ace tied a single-game school record for strikeouts with 15 in an 11-5 triumph in the squad’s NAIA West opener. Windeler finished the night allowing just two hits with four earned runs, taking a no-hit bid into the eighth inning.

Honorable mention: none