Schoepflin earns NJCAA softball player of the week honors

Western Nebraska Community College softball player Jordan Schoepflin, of Arvada, Colo., earned National Junior College Athletic Association pleyer of the week honors for your play last week. Schoepflin made a huge impact for the Cougars last week as she helped the Cougars capture the conference title and the No. 1 seed in the Region IX tournament that will be held March 7-9 at Volunteer Field in Scottsbluff.

Schoepflin had a big four games for the Cougars as she hit .642 (9-14) with three runs, one double, one home run, six RBI's and one walk helping them earn a 3-1 record for the week.

On April 17, in a split doubleheader against Otero Junior College (Colo.), the freshman went 6-for-8 with two runs, one double, one home run and five RBI's.

The next day, in two wins over Trinidad State Junior College (Colo.), the Colorado native went 3-for-6 with one run, one RBI, and one walk.

In the win over Trinidad that clinched the conference title for the Cougars, Schoepflin went 3-for-4 with three singles, one run and one RBI. After last week the freshman is now batting .440 on the season..