Monmouth’s Irons, Marist’ Coltrain, and Niagara’s Kellner Earn Rawlings MAAC Softball Weekly Award Winners
Pitcher of the Week
Alyssa Irons, Monmouth
Sr., Rock Creek, OH/Jefferson Area
Irons went 4-0 this week with a 0.75 ERA. In 28.0 innings pitched, she allowed just three earned runs and struck out 19 batters. In the win over Fairfield on Saturday, she threw a complete game shutout while striking out six. On Sunday against the Stags, she pitched another complete game, allowing just four hits and no earned runs. Irons improved to 15-4 on the season with a MAAC-leading 1.43 earned run average.
Player of the Week
Kaley Coltrain, Marist
Jr., Roper, NC
Coltrain had 15 hits in Marist's eight games this week, hitting .652 with a 1.965 OPS (1.261 slug, .704 OBP). She hit four homers, drove in 12 runs, and scored six times. She had six multi-hit games out of eight this week, including five consecutive, and had five multi-RBI games. In a doubleheader vs. Siena on April 28, she went 5-for-6 with a homer and three RBIs. In a doubleheader against Saint Peter's on April 30, Coltrain had two hits in each game and a homer in game two as Marist swept. She went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in game one of a doubleheader at Iona on May 1. The following day, she hit a three-run homer in game one and a solo homer in game two against the Gaels. She also went 3-for-3 in that second game, and reached base safely in all six of her at-bats in the May 2 doubleheader.
Rookie of the Week
Maggie Kellner, Niagara
Fr., Eden, NY/Saint Mary’s High School
Kellner batted .526 with a .591 on-base percentage and 1.000 slugging percentage in NU's 4-2 week. Kellner had 10 hits, including three multi-hit games. She had 10 RBIs, eight runs scored, two doubles, two triples and one homerun.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.