Ferris State's Logan Fleming Tabbed As First GLIAC Softball Player Of Week This Year

Big Rapids, Mich. - For the first time in her collegiate career, Ferris State University senior infielder Logan Fleming (Rogers City) has been chosen as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Week after an impressive start to her final campaign.

Fleming was announced on Monday as the league's first player of the week nominee this year.

The Bulldog senior tallied a team-leading .643 average in FSU's opening four games of the season on Feb. 3-4 as the Bulldogs went 2-2 overall. Fleming notched seven RBI's with nine hits and two runs scored in 14 at-bats for the Bulldogs while compiling a .786 slugging percentage.

In the opening weekend of action, Fleming totaled three hits and drove in two runs in FSU's 9-1 season-opening win over Findlay while also adding three hits and three RBI's in game one against Kentucky State on Feb. 4 before coming back with three hits and two RBI's in an 11-4 triumph in the nightcap the same day.

Overall, Fleming notched three games with three hits and batted in at least two runs in three games of the four-game trip. She also had a stolen base and accounted for 11 total bases while notching a .929 fielding percentage.

The Bulldogs will return to the field this weekend as they are slated to take part in the Midwest Region Crossover with six total games Friday thru Sunday (Feb. 22-24) in Evanvsille, Ind., before making their annual trip to Florida for The Spring Games in Clermont March 9-15.