North Delta native Courtney Cronin joined an elite group earlier this week.
A member of the IPFW (Indiana University – Purdue/Fort Wayne) Mastodons, Cronin was named Summit League Player of the week March 4. On Monday, the senior won Pitcher of the Week honours, becoming just the fifth player in League history to be named a Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week in the same season, and just the third to do it in back-to-back weeks.
Cronin excelled with the bat at the Marshall Invitational tournament in Huntington, West Virginia March 2-3, going eight-for-14 with six doubles and a home run, driving in nine runs in four games to earn the Player of the Week award.
Last weekend, she allowed just five hits and five walks while striking out 22 batters in 19 innings, not giving up a run to extend her shutout streak to 24 innings. She threw three consecutive shutouts and earned her eighth Pitcher of the Week honour in her four-year career at IPFW.
Cronin currently leads the Summit League with a 0.81 ERA, and has an 8-1 record with 52 strikeouts in 60.2 innings of work.
She is also batting .250 on the season, with a team-high four home runs and 19 RBI’s, numbers that rank her second in the Summit League in each category.