May 4, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. – After putting up a batting average of .769 last week, sophomore Ashley Fleming was rewarded for her outstanding performance by being named the Big 12 Player of the Week, as announced Tuesday by the league office. It is the first career weekly award for Fleming.
The sophomore out of Silex, Mo., finished the week with 10 hits in 13 at-bats, which included three doubles and two home runs. She also scored seven times and drove in eight runs, while going a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen bases. Her on-base percentage for the week was .789, and her slugging percentage was an astounding 1.462.
Fleming recorded at least one hit in all five games last week, which included perfect 3-for-3 days in the series openers with Iowa State and Baylor. In the Iowa State doubleheader, Fleming finished 4-for-5 with three runs, four RBI, a double, a home run and two walks. In the midweek makeup game against Central Methodist, Fleming went 1-for-2 with a run, a walk and a stolen base. She finished the Baylor series at 4-for-5 with three runs, two doubles and four RBI. She is hitting .374 on the season and is tied for the team-lead in home runs with eight, while ranking in at second on the team with 36 runs batted in.
Fleming is the third Tiger to win a Big 12 Player of the Week award this season. Junior Catherine Lee won the award back on April 20, while sophomore Chelsea Thomas was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 2.
Fleming and the Missouri Tigers resume play this Wednesday with a non-conference doubleheader against Western Illinois, beginning at 3 p.m. CT. Mizzou will close out conference play with a two-game set against Nebraska, beginning Saturday at Noon CT.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Feb. 16: Meagan May, Texas A&M, Fr., C
Feb. 23: Amber Flores, Oklahoma, Sr., 2B
March 2: Mariah Gearhart, Oklahoma State, Jr., 3B / Nadia Taylor, Texas, So., 3B
March 8: Julie Ward, Oklahoma State, So., 1B
March 15: Brooke Thomason, Nebraska, Fr., OF
March 23: Meagan May, Texas A&M, Fr., C
April 6: Chelsea Garcia, Oklahoma State, So., SS
April 13: Megan Castle, Oklahoma State, Sr., RF
April 20: Catherine Lee, Missouri, Jr., C/1B
April 27: Lexy Bennett, Texas, So., 1B
May 4: Ashley Fleming, Missouri, So., 1B/OF
PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Feb. 16: Blaire Luna, Texas, Fr., RHP
Feb. 23: Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Fr., LHP
March 2: Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, So., RHP
March 8: Anna Whiddon, Oklahoma State, Sr., RHP
March 15: Robin Mackin, Nebraska, Jr., RHP
March 23: Blaire Luna, Texas, Fr., RHP
April 6: Blaire Luna, Texas, Fr., RHP
April 13: Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Fr., LHP
April 20: Anna Whiddon, Oklahoma State, Sr., RHP
April 27: Blaire Luna, Texas, Fr., RHP
May 4: Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Fr., LHP