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Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Softball Weekly Honors Announced

            (Sioux City, IA) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following softball player and pitcher-of-the-week for April 2 –April 8, 2007.  Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2006-2007 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. 

The following are the GPAC weekly honorees for April 2 – April 8 (week four):

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Softball Weekly Honors

Pitcher – Cassie Lager, Dana

            Dana pitcher Cassie Lager is the Hauff Mid-America Sports Softball Pitcher-of-the-Week.  Lager, a junior from Missouri Valley, Iowa, picked up win and a save on the week as the Vikings went 2-0.  In a 10-1 victory over Sioux Falls she struck out 12 and walked only one.  In her save she pitched one inning and struck out the side.  For the week she allowed no earned runs as Dana improved to 17-12.

Player- Klancy Nixon, Nebraska Wesleyan
            Nebraska Wesleyan shortstop Klancy Nixon is the Hauff Mid-America Sports Softball Player-of-the-Week.  Nixon, a junior from Norfolk, Nebraska, posted a .667 batting average with a slugging percentage of 1.417.  For the week she totaled six RBI’s, two homeruns, while going 8-12 at the plate.  Nixon reached base at least twice in each of the four NWU games and scored eight runs.  In the field she was 13-13 on fielding chances.  The Prairie Wolves are now 10-6 on the season.
For more information, contact:

Shad Beam, sports information director, (402) 426-7389, sbeam@dana.edu
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Scott Guzinski, assistant Sports Information Director, (402) 426-7949, sguzinsk@dana.edu