Thompson Named GNAC Player of the Week, Earns National Ranking

Simmons senior Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Softball Player of the Week, and senior Courteney Collier (Bolton, Mass.) was named GNAC co-Pitcher of the Week, for the week ending on Sunday, March 27, the conference announced on Tuesday. Simmons senior Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Week for the week ending on April 3, 2011. Additionally, she has been ranked first in the nation among NCAA Division III softball players in Batting Average (.585) and third in On Base Percentage (.611). Simmons College Softball senior Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) has been named to the 2011 New England Intercollegiate Softball Coaches Association (NEISCA) Division III All-Star First Team. Simmons Softball?s Annie Thompson ?11 (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Softball Player of the Year, and also earned ECAC First Team shortstop honors, the conference announced today. This is the first ECAC POY honor for a Simmons Softball student-athlete.
Posted: Apr 06, 2011

Simmons senior Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Week for the week ending on April 3, 2011. Additionally, she has been ranked first in the nation among NCAA Division III softball players in Batting Average (.585) and third in On Base Percentage (.611).

Thompson had 12 hits in 15 at-bats last week, including seven doubles (.800 batting average). She also tallied eight RBIs and scored seven times for the Sharks. Thompson had a 1.267 slugging percentage and only committed one error in 12 chances at shortstop.

This is Thompson's second weekly GNAC honor for the season, earned for the second week in a row.

Scoreboard
  • Sat, 05/04 Softball vs. #1S Lasell W, 6-0 (Final) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Thu, 05/02 Softball vs. No. 2 Emmanuel W, 2-1 (Final - 11 innings) RC | BX | V
  • Sat, 04/27 Softball at Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 7-4 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Sat, 04/27 Softball at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 6-0 (Final) BX | V
  • Wed, 04/24 Softball vs. Emmanuel (Mass.) L, 5-3 (Final) RC | BX | V | Program