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Honors Keep Rolling In; Mikkelsen Tabbed NAIA Player of the Week

First Northwestern NAIA Player of the Week since 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The honors keep rolling in for the Northwestern College softball team. Junior Gwen Mikkelsen was tabbed National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Player of the Week for her performance at the American State Bank Sports Complex this past weekend, the national office announced this morning.
  Mikkelsen (Jr., Casa Grande, Ariz.) was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Player of the Week earlier this morning. She held a blistering hot bat this past weekend at the American State Bank Sports Complex. Hitting .667 (10-for-15) and hit her first two home runs of the season, the junior drove in seven RBIs in the four wins, leading the team on the weekend. She was responsible for over one fourth of the teams hits on the weekend.  
"Gwen spends a lot of time and is getting what she deserves," notes head softball coach Shane Bouman. "So proud of her, love that's she's a Raider!
 
Northwestern shut out three of the four teams this weekend: (RV) Bellevue (6-0), Avila (Mo.) (10-0), and Waldorf (6-0). They started the weekend with a 10-5 win over Dakota State (S.D.).
 
In the field, she was a perfect 7-for-7 in her fielding chances, holding a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on the season through the first 16 games of the season.
 
On the season, she now has a team-best .413 batting average and a 1.125 OPS, while also leading the team in slugging percentage at .652 (based on the minimum requirement of 2PA/G and 75% of games played). She's one of five Red Raiders to have driven in 10+ RBIs this season (12), while also pacing the team with her five doubles.
 
The Red Raiders are off to a 16-0 start, the best start in program history, topping last year's 14-0 start. NWC is one of nine teams in the NAIA to be undefeated, and just one of three to reach the double digit wins mark without a loss.

The Casa Grande, Ariz. native becomes the Red Raider softball player to be named Player of the Week since Lexi Determan was named the Pitcher of the Week on April 30, 2008.
 
Mikkelsen joined teammate Kameryn Etherington (Jr., Algona, Iowa), who was named the Pitcher of the Week, as Northwestern swept the opening week weekly league honors. Nationally, it was Julianna Thames from Faulkner University (Ala.) who garnered NAIA Pitcher of the Week honors.  

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Players Mentioned

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Players Mentioned

Kameryn Etherington

#20 Kameryn Etherington

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Gwen Mikkelsen

#25 Gwen Mikkelsen

Junior
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