Simmons Softball seniors Courteney Collier (Bolton, Mass.) and Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) were named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week and Player of the Week, respectively, for the week ending on April 10, 2011. This is Collier's second nod of the season, while Thompson collects the honor for the third week in a row.
Collier went 3-0 on the week with a 0.44 ERA, pitching 16 innings and giving up only 7 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 27 batters. She held opponents to a 0.127 batting average as her team went an undefeated 6-0. The highlight of the weekend was shutting out previously undefeated conference opponent Emerson College in a 2-0 win, where Collier also had a solo home run. In addition, Collier batted .500 with a 0.714 slugging percentage.
Thompson also helped her team to a 6-0 week. She batted .700 with a 1.200 slugging percentage, and had two home runs, a triple, a double and 8 RBIs. As starting shortstop in all 6 games, she only committed one error.