Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Mealer earns first C-USA Player of the Week Award
3/6/2023 12:09:00 PM | Softball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee shortstop Laura Mealer has earned Conference USA Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
After being ranked top-15 in the country for batting average heading into the weekend, Mealer continued to swing the bat well at The Spring Games hitting .474 (9-19) with two home runs and eight RBIs. She had a hit in every game played by MTSU this weekend and multiple hits in three of the five games.
She now leads C-USA in batting average, RBIs, total hits, and runs scored.
The Chapel Hill, Tennessee native is hitting .508 on the season and leading her team with 31 hits. Mealer has five home runs and 24 RBIs with a .589 on-base percentage after this weekend.
This is her first career C-USA weekly honor.
Middle Tennessee finished 3-2 at the Spring Games and will host the MTSU Invitational starting on Thursday, March 9.
Quote from Laura Mealer
"This is exciting, and I'm really thankful for my team! I couldn't do any of this without them."
Quote from Head Coach Jeff Breeden
"Laura is an awesome player and great representative of our University. I'm very proud of the young woman she is becoming. This award is and has been earned the last few weeks. Congrats to this Blue Raider and our entire team on their start to this season."
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Follow Middle Tennessee Softball on social media on Facebook (Blue Raider Softball), Twitter (@MT_Softball) and Instagram (@mt_softball).
After being ranked top-15 in the country for batting average heading into the weekend, Mealer continued to swing the bat well at The Spring Games hitting .474 (9-19) with two home runs and eight RBIs. She had a hit in every game played by MTSU this weekend and multiple hits in three of the five games.
She now leads C-USA in batting average, RBIs, total hits, and runs scored.
The Chapel Hill, Tennessee native is hitting .508 on the season and leading her team with 31 hits. Mealer has five home runs and 24 RBIs with a .589 on-base percentage after this weekend.
This is her first career C-USA weekly honor.
Middle Tennessee finished 3-2 at the Spring Games and will host the MTSU Invitational starting on Thursday, March 9.
Quote from Laura Mealer
"This is exciting, and I'm really thankful for my team! I couldn't do any of this without them."
Quote from Head Coach Jeff Breeden
"Laura is an awesome player and great representative of our University. I'm very proud of the young woman she is becoming. This award is and has been earned the last few weeks. Congrats to this Blue Raider and our entire team on their start to this season."
Follow the Blue Raiders
Follow Middle Tennessee Softball on social media on Facebook (Blue Raider Softball), Twitter (@MT_Softball) and Instagram (@mt_softball).
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