April 30, 2012
CollegeSoftball360.com Article
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Katelyn Boyd of the Arizona State softball team has been named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week of April 23-29.
This is Boyd's fourth career conference weekly honor and ASU's 69th.
Boyd hit her second grand slam of the season, this time against No. 11 Washington to help ASU to a sweep - the team's fourth sweep in conference play. She went 2-for-3 with a grand slam in game one, also tallying six RBI and two homers in the game.
In game two of the series, she hit 3-for-4 at the plate and had a double in the series finale. Boyd finished the weekend with a team-best .545 and 1.273 slugging percentage with a .615 on-base percentage.
Katelyn Boyd is the Pac-12 Player of the Week! This is her fourth conference honor this season... fb.me/1BZtx9Krn
— ASU Softball (@ASUSoftball) April 30, 2012
Her two doubles on the week move her two closer (52, 2nd place) to the top of the ASU career record held by Kaitlin Cochran's 54. She is now also the all-time leader in program history for RBI with 232, which she surpassed on Friday night with her grand slam.
On the year she leads the team in hits (59), homers (19), slugging percentage (.977), on-base percentage (.581) and runs scored (61). Her 19 homers is a season-best for the senior.
VOTE FOR BOYD FOR THE LOWE'S SENIOR CLASS AWARD | Vote Here
Ten NCAA® softball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as finalists today for the 2012 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Katelyn Boyd has been chosen as one of the 2012 finalist. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. Vote for Katelyn at www.seniorclassaward.com/vote.
UP NEXT:
The Sun Devils host Utah May 4-6 in the regular-season home series finale. Senior day is at noon on Sunday, come out and support your seniors in their final Pac-12 game! Live stats can be found on the ASU schedule page, here, live radio here.
TICKET OFFICE PROMOTION
The first 100 fans to come through the gates each day of the Utah series will receive a 2011 National Championship commemorative ticket autographed by the Sun Devil softball team.