Krolczyk of Southeastern, Vallejo of McNeese win Southland Softball Player of the Week awards

FRISCO, Texas – Southeastern Louisiana’s Bailey Krolczyk and McNeese’s Ashley Vallejo are the winners of the Southland Conference Softball Player of the Week awards for the ninth week of the 2023 season, which were announced Monday by the conference office.

Hitter of the Week: Bailey Krolczyk, Southeastern – Jr. – C – Corpus Christi, Texas (Veterans Memorial HS)

Krolczyk hit .438 with three home runs, two doubles and 11 RBI in a 5-0 week and tied the school record for longest hitting streak (17 games). She drove in six runs in a 12-0 victory at Jackson State and hit two home runs in a 12-8 win over UIW. She currently leads the Southland in slugging percentage, OPS, home runs, doubles and RBI.

Pitcher of the Week: Ashley Vallejo, McNeese – Jr. – RHP – New Waverly, Texas (Willis HS)

Vallejo appeared in three games last week and was 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA and two one-hit shutouts. She was the winning pitcher in the two Cowgirl wins in the Northwstern State series. She allowed only three hits last week, with her other hit and only run and earned run given up last week against Louisiana. In the opening game against NSU, Vallejo struck out a career high 14 including striking out 10 of the first 12 batters she faced. She followed that performance up with another one-hitter in the rubber game of the series to clinch the series, retiring the first 13 batters she faced before allowing two walks.

2023 Southland Softball Players of the Week
Date Hitter of the Week / Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 13 Lexi Johnson, Southeastern / Cera Blanchard, Southeastern
Feb. 20 Lexi Johnson, Southeastern (2) / Maggie Darr, Northwestern State
Feb. 27 Melise Gossen, Nicholls / Whitney Tate, McNeese
Mar. 6 Makenzie Chaffin, Northwestern State / Primrose Aholelei, A&M-Corpus Christi
Mar. 13 Maria Detillier, Southeastern / Audrey McNeill, Nicholls
Mar. 20 Mariana Torres, McNeese / Katy Janes, HCU
Mar. 27 Bailey Krolczyk, Southeastern / KK Ladner, Southeastern
Apr. 3 Crislyne Moreno, McNeese / Whitney Tate, McNeese (2)
Apr. 10 Bailey Krolczyk, Southeastern (2) / Ashley Vallejo, McNeese

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.