Pfeiffer Women Excel in Spring Sports
Pfeiffer Women Excel in Spring Sports
This past March, of Winston-Salem, N.C. was on a roll, having scored six goals in two games in her first season as a midfielder on Pfeiffer鈥檚 women鈥檚 lacrosse team. Those impressive stats prompted the to name her Rookie of the Week during the week of March 21.
鈥淚t felt amazing and so rewarding,鈥� she said recently. 鈥淚 had provided my team with huge help in the midfield — and made a huge statement to our conference.鈥�
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, of Farmville, Va. was granted an extra year of eligibility to compete in track & field while she pursued a Master of Science degree in Financial Fraud Investigations. She made the most of this unusual opportunity, making the USA South All-Conference鈥檚 1st Team as a champion hammer thrower and the USA South All-Conference鈥檚 3rd Team as a discus thrower. She was also named the USA South鈥檚 Field Athlete of the Week during the week of April 4.
鈥淚t feels good to accomplish what I did,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 went in with the mindset of being ready for anything, and it paid off.鈥�
Robinson and Ford exemplified many strong performances by Pfeiffer鈥檚 female student-athletes during the spring semester. All told,15 women across four sports won 23 awards, including 13 Player of the Week awards and 14 all-conference awards. Each sport also had one representative on the USA South All-Sportsmanship Team.
Freshmen were well-represented among the award winners: Softball pitcher , of Ararat, N.C., won a Rookie of the Year award, as did outfielder of Calabash, N.C.
Griffin set a very high bar for the future freshmen on Pfeiffer鈥檚 softball team. She put up outstanding as a hitter, finishing the season with a .410 average, and her fielding percentage was .931.
Griffin credits her success with 鈥渢he exceptional support from my coaches through their mentoring, leadership, and motivation,鈥� She also plugged a sisterhood of teammates who 鈥減rovided a bond of friendship and support second to none.鈥�
, a tennis player from Lubbock, Tex., won the USA South All-Sportsmanship award, and she made the USA South All-Sportsmanship Team.
Rekieta credited the support of her teammates for her success on the tennis court. And she thanked Justin Fainter, the head coach of men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 tennis at Pfeiffer, for having 鈥渇ound me all the way in Texas.鈥�
Fainter 鈥渃ares so much for his team and would do anything to be sure we put our all into our sport, on the good days and the bad days,鈥� Rekieta said. 鈥淗e is there to motivate and make me a better player each match.鈥�
Here鈥檚 more information on the spring standouts among Pfeiffer鈥檚 female student-athletes:
鈥� Freshman 鈥� Softball (Ararat, N.C.)
USA South Rookie Pitcher of the Year
USA South Rookie Pitcher of the Week -March 28, April 4
鈥� Junior 鈥� Women鈥檚 Golf (Rockwell, N.C.)
USA South All-Sportsmanship
鈥� Grad Student 鈥� Track & Field (Farmville, Va.)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� 1st Team (Champion) 鈥� Hammer Throw
USA South All-Conference 鈥� 3rd Team – Discus
USA South Field Athlete of the Week 鈥� April 4
鈥� Freshman 鈥� Softball (Calabash, N.C.)
USA South Rookie of the Year
USA South 鈥� East Division 鈥� 1st Team 鈥� Outfield
鈥� Junior 鈥� Softball (Norwood, N.C.)
USA South Player of the Week 鈥� April 4
鈥� Senior 鈥� Softball (New London, N.C.)
USA South 鈥� East Division 鈥� 1st Team 鈥� Pitcher
USA South Pitcher of the Week 鈥� Feb. 28
鈥� Senior 鈥� Softball (Boonville, N.C.)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� Utility Player
USA South 鈥� East Division 鈥� 1st Team
USA South Player of the Week 鈥� April 25
鈥� Junior 鈥� Women鈥檚 Lacrosse (Gastonia, N.C.)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� 2nd Team
USA South Defensive Player of the Week 鈥� March 7, March 28, April 25
鈥� Sophomore 鈥� Women鈥檚 Lacrosse (Apex, N.C.)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� 2nd Team 鈥� Goalkeeper
鈥� Freshman 鈥� Women鈥檚 Tennis (Lubbock, Texas)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� East Division 鈥� 2nd Team
USA South All-Sportsmanship
鈥� Freshman 鈥� Women鈥檚 Lacrosse (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
USA South Rookie of the Week 鈥� March 21
鈥� Junior 鈥� Women鈥檚 Track & Field (Liberty, S.C.)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� 3rd Team – Discus
鈥� Senior 鈥� Women鈥檚 Track & Field (Pawley鈥檚 Island, S.C.)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� 2nd Team 鈥� Hammer Throw
USA South Field Athlete of the Week 鈥� March 7, March 28, April 11
USA South All-Sportsmanship
鈥� Senior 鈥� Softball (Taylorsville, N.C.)
USA South 鈥� East Division 鈥� 2nd Team 鈥� 2nd Base
USA South All-Sportsmanship
鈥� Junior 鈥� Softball (Lenoir, N.C.)
USA South All-Conference 鈥� Shortstop
USA South 鈥� East Division 鈥� 1st Team 鈥� Shortstop