Who will be the Softball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital? It’s time to look at the standouts from May 25-May 31.
Check out the nominees for lohud Softball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital, and cast your vote. The athletes’ credentials are listed above the fan poll, which will be open until 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 3. The winner will be announced on lohud sports social media on Wednesday.
Past winners this season: Shivonne Barry, Mahopac; Sofia Haber, Ardsley; Peyton Conti, Clarkstown North; Emma Smith, Kennedy Catholic; Marlena Balic, Westlake; Cayleigh Handel, Eastchester; Gianna Stracuzzi, Mamaroneck; Maddie Collado, Albertus Magnus.
Let’s meet the candidates.
Katie Attwood, Tuckahoe
The junior tossed a six-inning perfect game in Tuckahoe’s 12-0 win over North Salem for the Section 1 Class C championship. At the plate, Attwood was 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored.
Allegra Clementson, Haldane
The freshman registered 19 strikeouts over playoff wins over Briarcliff and Putnam Valley over the last week and showed control, walking one batter in each game.
Sabrina Cosgrove, Eastchester
Over the last week, the sophomore pitcher for the Section 1 Class AA champions struck out 19, including five in the championship game against Yorktown.
Taylor Donnelly, Pearl River
The junior center fielder had two huge catches in the sixth inning that helped clinch Pearl River’s Section 1 Class A championship win.
Riley Foote, John Jay-Cross River
The junior had six hits, two RBI and no fielding errors at first base over three Section 1 Class A playoff games in the last week against Ardsley, Somers and Pearl River.
Gianna Stone, Dobbs Ferry
The senior was 6-for-6 with two RBI over the last week in Section 1 playoff games against Blind Brook and Hastings.
Debbie Schechter covers softball for The Journal News/lohud. Phil Strum is local sports editor for The Journal News/lohud.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Softball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital
Reporting by Debbie Schechter and Phil Strum, Rockland/Westchester Journal News / Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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