Montana Fouts Closes Regular Season as SEC Softball Pitcher of the Week
5/10/2022 9:00:00 AM | Softball
The senior earned two wins against 23rd-ranked Missouri, striking out 26 over 17.2 innings
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In the final set of weekly softball awards from the Southeastern Conference this season, Alabama senior Montana Fouts collected her fourth SEC Softball Pitcher of the Week accolade Tuesday after posting a pair of wins last weekend in Tuscaloosa.
Fouts earned a pair of wins and appeared in all three games last weekend to guide the Crimson Tide to a series win over 23rd-ranked Missouri. She held the Tigers to just four runs, three earned, over 17.2 innings pitched and struck out 26 batters as opposed to just six walks. Only two of the 12 hits allowed went for extra bases. She posted her 14th game with double-digit strikeouts on Friday, fanning 14 batters.
The weekly award is Fouts' fourth of the season, previously winning back-to-back awards on Feb. 21 and Feb. 28 and a third on April 19. She is the only player to win more than two SEC weekly awards this year. It also matches her total of four from last season.
It is the 13th weekly award of her career, including four Freshman of the Week honors in 2019 and eight previous Pitcher of the Week awards during her four-year career. It is the fifth Pitcher of the Week this year for the Crimson Tide with Lexi Kilfoyl also winning on April 5 following her perfect game against Georgia. Alabama pitchers have now won a combined 50 SEC Pitcher of the Week awards all-time.
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