PHOENIX –
Grand Canyon's
Shea Smith has been named the Western Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week for March 14-20. This is her first-career honor.
Smith had a phenomenal weekend in the Easton Tournament in Fullerton, Calif. She hit .533 (8-of-15) with two runs scored and three RBI. Smith collected hits against No. 6 Alabama (1-of-2) and No.13 Oklahoma (1-of-3) this weekend. She also had the lone RBI against the Sooners.
Smith had a fantastic game against UNLV Saturday night. She went perfect in the contest, finishing 4-of-4 with two runs and one RBI. For the second time this season, Smith was perfect in a contest last achieved in Week 1 against UMBC. She posted a .533 slugging percentage and a .625 on-base percentage with a hit in four of five games.
Smith currently leads the WAC and the team in batting average (.430), on-base percentage (.523), runs (36) and doubles (12).
On the year she has tallied 36 runs from 46 hits with 12 doubles, one triple and one home run with 19 RBI to date.