Rhiannon Sassman

Rhiannon Sassman

  • Award
    Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/12/2016
  • Sport
    Softball
  • School
    West Florida
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Orlando, Fla.
  • High School
    East River HS
West Florida infielder Rhiannon Sassman (Fr.; Orlando, Fla.) was named the Gulf South Conference Softball Player of the Week on Tuesday. Sassman is the first player to win the honor twice this season, doing so Feb. 16 along with Freshman of the Week honors.

Sassman hit .600, drove in nine RBI and scored six times during four West Florida wins last week. She hit safely, scored and drove in at least one run in each of her games played to extend her hit streak to 11 games. She opened the week with a 2-for-3 performance against Spring Hill on Wednesday, driving in three runs and scoring twice with a pair of triples and a walk. In a three-game sweep of West Alabama, Sassman hit .400 with six RBI and four runs scored. She had a triple each of the first two games of the series and added a double and walk in Game 3. She was also hit by a pitch twice and stole two bases. Her on base percentage for the week was .714 and slugging percentage was 1.500. Sassman leads UWF with 11 multi-RBI games and 15 multi-hit games this year.
 
Name Yr. AVG. AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB-SA
Rhiannon Sassman Fr. .600 10 6 6 9 1 4 0 2 2-2


OTHER NOMINATIONS: Amber Johnson (CBU), Kaitlin Moore (DSU), Emily Dagnan (Lee), Brooklynn Clark (UNA), Kiley Rusen (VSU), Audrey Diekmann (UWA), Katie Spinks (UWG),