Bowling Green State University softball standout Payton Gottshall has been named the Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week. The NFCA made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 16).
Earlier on Tuesday, Gottshall was named the Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week. BGSU swept the league weekly awards, as Evelyn Loyola was named the MAC Player of the Week.
Gottshall, who hails from Massillon, Ohio (Perry H.S.), was dominant, to say the very least, in her three appearances in the circle. She had a 3-0 record with an earned-run average of 0.00, and she allowed just five hits in 21 1/3 innings of work for an opponent batting average of .