Creger Earns C-USA Pitcher of the Week Award

4/2/2012 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Sophomore Aimee Creger was named C-USA Pitcher of the Week after striking out 24 batters and posting a 0.50 ERA in two wins over Arkansas and New Mexico last week.

April 2, 2012

TULSA, Okla. - Tulsa sophomore Aimee Creger struck out 24 batters and posted a 0.50 ERA in two complete-game victories and was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

Creger, a native of Yukon, Okla., allowed just two runs, five hits and two walks in a pair of dominant wins last week over Arkansas and New Mexico. Wednesday at Arkansas she pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out nine batters in the 6-0 win. Saturday against No. 25 New Mexico in Austin, Texas, she matched a career high with 15 strikeouts and allowed just one walk and three hits to lead the Golden Hurricane to a 2-1 victory.

This is Creger's first Pitcher of the Week award of the season, and fourth of her career.

The Golden Hurricane plays at Wichita State at 6 p.m. Wednesday, before returning home for a Conference USA series against Memphis, April 6-7 at the Collins Family Softball Complex.

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