CAITLYNN DYKES OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a freshman catcher from Port Neches, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Softball Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, April 2 through Sunday, April 8.

Dykes led Trinity to a 3-1 record at Austin College over the weekend, keeping the Tigers tied for first place in the SCAC West Division.

Dykes hit .571 (8-14) for the four games, scoring seven runs and driving home nine RBI. She hit a double and two home runs over the weekend, posting a slugging percentage of 1.071 for the week. In the second game of the series, Dykes paced the Tigers to a 7-5 win by cracking two home runs, and going 3-4 with three runs and five RBI overall. She followed that with a 3-4 performance, scoring two more runs and driving in three more in Saturday’s opener.

For the season, Dykes is second on the team with a .455 batting average, going 40-88 at the plate. She has scored 27 runs and driven in a team-best 37 RBI. Dykes has six doubles, one triple, and a team-high five home runs.

SCAC Softball Offensive
Players-of-the-Week

Week 1 Haley Hughes, Southwestern University
Week 2 Bethany Fronk, Birmingham-Southern College
Week 3 Allison Tarbox, Millsaps College
Week 4 Ashley Christian, Centre College
Week 5 Ashley Halbert, Hendrix College
Week 6 Caitlynn Dykes, Trinity University
Week 7 Amanda Ambrise, Southwestern University
Week 8 Caitlynn Dykes, Trinity University   
Week 9