Milian Named MAC Co-Female Scholar Athlete of the Week
March 26, 2010 | Softball
The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during the week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.
Milian, who has earned four of the six possible MAC West Pitcher of the Week honors this season, earned the weekly MAC Scholar Athlete award, the first of her career, for her performance in the DeMarini Invitational, March 19-20, in Columbia, Mo.
Leading Ball State from the circle in a 2-1 win against No. 3 Missouri on March 19, Milian gave up just four hits to the Tigers' eager bats for an earned run average of 1.0. This was the first time in six meetings that Ball State defeated Missouri. Following the Missouri game, Milian took the mound for three innings to relieve Ball State's Audra Sanders against Northwestern. She gave up no runs and just three hits to the Wildcats.
Then, due to snow on March 20, Milian pitched indoors against Northern Colorado and posted a nearly perfect game. The ace gave up just one hit and no runs to secure her seventh shutout of the season in a 5-0 win. Pitching 17 innings in two days, Milian gave up just one run, pitched 13 strikeouts and posted a 0.41 earned run average.
These performances improved Milian's season record to 13-1 and her ERA to 0.52, which is the third best in the country.
A secondary mathematics education major and member of the 2008 and 2009 Academic All-MAC teams, Milian not only leads Ball State in the circle, but also tops the team academically with a 3.97 grade point average. In addition, Milian is one of thirty softball players in the country to be nominated for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award which will be narrowed down to ten finalists in the next few weeks. For more information on the award, click HERE.
Reynolds, who shares the weekly honor with Milian, is a communications studies major and owns a 3.26 GPA. A native of Greensboro, Ga., Reynolds struck out the 992nd batter of her career March 19 to become the conference leader in all-time strikeouts.
