MWC Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week (4/10/01)

Utah's Melissa Stahnke and New Mexico's Hayley Punter take home conference honors.

Utah's Melissa Stahnke was named the Mountain West Conference Softball Player of the Week.
Softball Home HEADLINES New Mexico's Gayle Tripp, UNLV's Brittany Meade Nominees for 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year Award New Mexico's Gayle Tripp, UNLV's Brittany Meade Nominees for 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year Award Mountain West Conference Softball Press Release - 2009 Wrap-Up RELATED LINKS • Follow all of the college softball action at CollegeSports.com • Email this to a friend

April 10, 2001

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Utah shortstop Melissa Stahnke and New Mexico right-handed pitcher Hayley Punter are the Mountain West Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. This is the first player of the week honor for Stahnke and pitcher of the week award for Punter this season.

Stahnke, a freshman from Ridgefield, Wash. (Ridgefield HS), hit .471 (8-for-17) with 10 RBI, three runs scored, three home runs and two doubles in five games last week. She helped lead the Utes to a 5-1 victory over Utah State to begin the week as she went 2-for-3 with a run, two RBI and a home run. Stahnke went 3-for-6 in two games vs. San Diego State, with her best performance coming in the Utes 6-3 win, which she batted 3-for-4, scoring a run and driving in three RBI off of two doubles and a home run. Against UNLV, Stahnke helped Utah split the series, going 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in the Utes 5-2 win, while collecting two RBI after going 2-of-4 from the plate in the 7-4 loss. Stahnke currently leads the team in home runs (14), doubles (9) and slugging percentage (.760), while ranking second in batting average (.364), RBI (43) and hits (47).

Punter, a freshman from Victoria, Australia. (Brentwood Secondary School), went 1-0 in her only appearance last week for New Mexico. In the Lobos 2-1 victory over Colorado State, she allowed just three hits and one unearned run in seven innings of work, while striking out an MWC-high this season 12 and walking none. Punter struck out every Ram batter at least once in the contest and now has 108 K's on the year.

Mountain West Conference Softball Players of the Week: Feb. 7 - Tiffani Chambers (Jr., C/UT), New Mexico, Feb. 14 - Racheal Goodpaster (Sr., SS), UNLV, Feb. 21 - Linda Garza (Sr., 3B), UNLV, Feb. 27 - Samantha Kimura (Jr., C), UNLV, March 6 - Oli Keohohou (Fr., OF), BYU, March 13 - Lyndsey Trevis (Jr., 3B), Utah, March 20 - Lyndsey Trevis (Jr., 3B), Utah, March 27 - Krissy Keene (Sr., OF), New Mexico, April 3 - Niki Hayhurst (So., 1B), Utah, April 10 - Melissa Stahnke (Fr., SS), Utah.

Mountain West Conference Softball Pitchers of the Week: Feb. 7 - Sandra Durazo (Sr., RHP), San Diego State, Feb. 14 - Nicole Traux (Jr., RHP), UNLV, Feb. 21 - Kacey Ellis (Fr., RHP), UNLV, Feb. 27 - Geney Orris (Jr., RHP), UNLV, March 6 - Sandra Durazo (Sr., RHP), San Diego State, March 13 - Kristin Arbogast (Sr., RHP), Utah, March 20 - Amy Dumas (Fr., RHP) New Mexico, March 27 - Amy Dumas (Fr., RHP) New Mexico, April 3 - Sandra Durazo (Sr., RHP), San Diego State, April 10 - Hayley Punter (Fr., RHP), New Mexico.