OKLAHOMA CITY - After earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the American Athletic Conference Championship last weekend, Emily Watson has been named the USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week, it was announced on Tuesday.
Watson went 3-0 with a 0.33 ERA and an American Athletic Conference Championship-record 36 strikeouts against just 13 hits in 21 innings to help Tulsa earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with its third consecutive conference tournament title. She is the first player in league history to earn the championship's Most Outstanding Player award twice.
"I'm very honored and humbled to receive this award," Watson said.