ST. LOUIS – Illinois State softball's Andrea Coursey has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week. It's the first career weekly honor for the senior and final weekly accolade given by the Valley this season.
Coursey helped the Redbirds power past Valparaiso this weekend, as Illinois State captured the MVC regular season title. The senior boasted a team-best .545 batting average with a team-high eight RBIs in three starts at designated player. Coursey, who extended her hitting streak to eight games, turned in three multi-hit games while launching a pair of three-RBI homers in the final two games of the series. She also contributed a pair of doubles and a walk, while tagging 14 total bases. Coursey finished the weekend with a 1.273 slugging percentage and .583 on base percentage.
ON DECK
Illinois State will travel to Evansville, Indiana, as the No. 1 seed for the 2021 Missouri Valley Conference Softball Championship, May 12-15. The Redbirds have an automatic bye to the tournament's semifinal round on Friday, May 14 and will play at 11 a.m. For more information on the tournament, visit the Valley's Championship Central page.
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