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College: NCAA Div. I National Players of the Week Features the Dominating Weekend of Taran Alvelo! (May 7, 2019)

Taran Alvelo helped Washington sweep Arizona and earned USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week. Photo: Washington Softball.

Taran Alvelo named Week 13 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week

After helping Washington to a sweep of the No. 4 ranked Arizona Wildcats, Washington’s Taran Alvelo (Carroll, Ohio) has earned the title of Week 13 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week. Alvelo stifled Arizona’s top-10 nationally ranked offense in three appearances over the Pac-12 Conference road-series, earning her the honor of USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week.

After helping Washington to a sweep of the No. 4 ranked Arizona Wildcats, Washington’s Taran Alvelo (Carroll, Ohio) has earned the title of Week 13 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week. Alvelo stifled Arizona’s top-10 nationally ranked offense in three appearances over the Pac-12 Conference road-series, earning her the honor of USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week.

After helping Washington to a sweep of the No. 4 ranked Arizona Wildcats, Washington’s Taran Alvelo (Carroll, Ohio) has earned the title of Week 13 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week. Announced today by USA Softball, Alvelo stifled Arizona’s top-10 nationally ranked offense in three appearances over the Pac-12 Conference road-series.

Taran Alvelo

Alvelo’s first appearance in the circle came in relief in the series opener. Entering in the bottom of the seventh inning with a pair of runners on base with two outs, Alvelo struck out her sole batter faced to lockup the 2-1 win and earn the save. Getting the start in game two of the series, Alvelo recorded 11 strikeouts, her 12th double-digit strikeout performance of the season, as the Huskies earned the series win, 3-1. Looking to secure the series sweep, Alvelo picked up her second win of the weekend after entering the game in the third inning and issuing six strikeouts through the remainder of the game.

“Taran was dominant this weekend against a powerful lineup, giving our team the chance to win all three games,” said Washington Head Coach, Heather Tarr. “She was confident, she prepared, and she worked hard leading up to the weekend. We are excited to see how good we can get as we continue to play this month.”

Alvelo was near perfect on the week, going 2-0 with one save and a 0.57 ERA. Allowing just one earned run in 12 and one-third innings in the circle, Alvelo also recorded 18 strikeouts.

This is the first USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week for Alvelo and first for an athlete from Washington since the 2014 season.

2019 USA Softball National Collegiate Players of the Week
  • Week 1 (Feb. 7-10): Kassidy Wilbur – Stephen F. Austin – Freshman – Pitcher – Bridge City, Texas
  • Week 2 (Feb. 11-17): Zoe Casas – Florida State – Senior – Outfield – Rialto, Calif.
  • Co-Week 3 (Feb. 18-24): Danielle Gibson – Arkansas – Sophomore – Infield – Murrieta, Calif.
  • Co-Week 3 (Feb. 18-24): Andrea Scali – Kent State – RS Freshman – Pitcher – Parma, Ohio
  • Week 4 (Feb. 25-March 3): Meghan Beaubien — Michigan — Sophomore — Newport, Mich.
  • Week 5 (March 4-10): Jenna Cone — George Washington — Junior — Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
  • Week 6 (March 11-17): Rachel Garcia — UCLA— RS Junior — Palmdale, Calif.
  • Week 7 (March 18-24): Maddi Hackbarth – Arizona State – Junior – Oakdale, Calif.
  • Week 8 (March 25-31): Kristina Foreman – Duke – Freshman – Tampa, Fla.
  • Week 9 (April 1-7): Jazlyn Crowder – Louisiana Tech – Senior – Outfield – Kennedale, Texas
  • Week 10 (April 8-14): Keely Rochard — Virginia Tech — Sophomore — Pitcher — Williamsburg, Va.
  • Week 11 (April 15-21): Krystal Aubert – Sacramento State – Senior – Infield – Orangevale, Calif.
  • Week 12 (April 22-28): Odicci Alexander – James Madison – Junior – Pitcher/Infield – Boydton, Va.
  • Week 13 (April 29-May 5): Taran Alvelo – Washington – Senior – Pitcher – Carroll, Ohio

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We get some “repeats” this week pitchers Amber Viser and Taran Alvelo of Minnesota and Washington, respectively, but you can’t ignore Mya Felder’s huge week that included a .706 batting average!

Here’s a closer look at the honorees for April 29-May 5, 2019…

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NMSU’s Mya Felder, Washington’s Tara Alvelo, Minnesota’s Amber Fiser Garner final Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Weekly Honors of 2019

New Mexico State’s Mya Felder was selected the Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Player of the Week, while Washington’s Taran Alvelo and Minnesota’s Amber Fiser shared the Pitcher of the Week recognition as the Association’s final weekly honors of 2019 were announced. It marks the third honor for Fiser, her second of 2019, and it is the second time Alvelo has received the plaudit with her first coming in 2017.

Felder

Felder had a big week for the Aggies as she hit .706 (12-for-17) with four multiple-hit contests and 11 RBI,  helping her squad to a three-game sweep of Cal State Bakersfield and a win over then-No. 17 Texas Tech. The rookie third baseman poked three doubles and two home runs, slugged 1.235 and was perfect defensively at the hot corner in 15 chances. In the WAC series opener versus the ‘Runners, Felder doubled twice, homered and drove in six runs. She was 3-for-4 with a longball, and two runs scored in an upset win over the Red Raiders. Felder also doubled and registered two RBI in game one against Texas Tech.

Avelo and Fiser played pivotal roles in their programs’ key conference series against top-ranked squads.

Alvelo

Avelo played a part in all three of the second-ranked Huskies’ wins at No. 6 Arizona. She was 2-0 with a 0.57 ERA and a save. The Carroll, Ohio native surrendered one run, scattered nine hits and struck out 18, holding the Wildcats to a .196 batting average. She struck out the only batter she faced to earn a save in the series-opening 2-1 victory. The senior hurler came back with a complete-game performance in game two (W, 3-1) in which Alvelo allowed a run on eight hits with 11 strikeouts and one walk. She capped off her weekend with five innings of one-hit shutout relief, allowing Washington to secure a 7-4 win.

Fiser

Fiser, who hails from Van Horne, Iowa, allowed just three hits and struck out 25 in 16.2 innings of work to help the 12th-ranked Gophers take two-of-three from then-No. 19 Northwestern in Big Ten play. The junior righty limited the Wildcats to a miniscule .059 batting average, which included a near no-hitter in the rubber match. On May 5, Fiser took a no-hitter into the seventh and finished with a one-hit shutout, striking out eight. She fanned seven straight, including two when she entered with the bases loaded, in 2.2 innings of relief work during a game two win. Despite suffering a 1-0 loss in the opener on a seventh-inning wild pitch, the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week fanned 10 and allowed just two hits in the complete-game effort.

2019 Honorees (Player /Pitcher)
  • May 7: Mya Felder, New Mexico State / Taran Alvelo, Washingon & Amber Fiser, Minnesota
  • Apr. 30: Faith Canfield, Michigan / Faith Sims, Jacksonville State
  • Apr. 23: Kayla Wedl, UIC / Andrea Scali, Kent State
  • Apr. 16: Rylee Jensen, BYU / Keely Rochard, Virginia Tech
  • Apr. 9: Alyssa Oakes, USC Update / Courtney Coppersmith, UMBC
  • Apr. 2: Amanda Sanchez, LSU / Taylor McQuillin, Arizona
  • Mar. 26: Kendyl Lindaman, Florida / Miranda Elish, Texas
  • Mar. 19: Rachel Garcia, UCLA / Brooke Yanez, UC Davis
  • Mar. 12: Jenna Cone, George Washington / Gabbie Plain, Washington
  • Mar. 5: Teaghan Cowles, Stanford & Brigette Nordbert, North Carolina State / Amber Fiser, Minnesota
  • Feb. 26: Cali Harrod, Florida State /Giselle Juarez, Oklahoma
  • Feb. 19: Tristen Edwards, Nebraska  / Keely Rochard, Virginia Tech
  • Feb. 12: Caitlyn Nolan, Virginia Tech / Kelly Barnhill, Florida
Selected Top Performances

Andrea Scali, Kent State- Perfect game versus Bowling Green (14 K), finished week 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 15 K, 8 IP; Anna Shelnutt, Florida State- .800, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 1.900 SLG; Maddie McMahon, Siena College- 2-0, 0.60 ERA, 14 K, 3 BB, R, 15 IP; Giselle Juarez, Oklahoma- 1-0, CG SHO, 13 K, 2 BB, 1 H vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State; Autumn Storms, Arkansas – 2-0, 1.08 ERA, 8 K, 0 BB, SHO, .118 opp. BA; Nicole Newman, Drake– 3-0, 0.46 ERA, 35 K, 2 BB, perfect game versus Evansville; Anyssa Iliopoulos, Rutgers- .429, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, 1.286 SLG; Morgan Johnson, Montana- .727, 8 H, 3 HR, 1.545 SLG, 6 R, 6 RBI.

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