Kentucky senior softball star Megan Yocke was named SEC Player of the Week yesterday.
Here is the release from the Southeastern Conference:
[B]SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK[/B]
[B]Megan Yocke – Kentucky[/B]
[B]Sr., C/2B, Sunnyvale, Calif. [/B]
With UK trailing 4-1 going into the bottom of the seventh inning in the rubber-match of the series, Yocke came through for the Wildcats. With two runners aboard and two outs, Yocke smacked a three-run home run to tie the score at four apiece and force extra innings. UK would win the game 5-4 to win the series with UT for the first time since 2000. In the final game between the two squads, Yocke reached base four times in the game as she added a pair of walks to her two hits. She was intentionally walked in the bottom of the 10th to load the bases and to set the stage for sophomore Kara Dill’s walk-off single to win the game. For the series, Yocke batted a team-best .556 and twice had multi-hit games. Her fifth home run of the season proved to be the difference maker in the series. With the three-run homer, Yocke charted her 102nd career RBI to become just the ninth player in program history to total 100 or more career RBI.
