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Irving, Texas, March 20, 2023 – After hitting her first career home run to walk off No.11/9 Texas on Friday night, Kathy Garcia-Soto (Tampa) was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
Heading into the bottom of the seventh inning tied with Texas, Garcia-Soto stepped up the plate and after one pitch, she knocked her first career home run over the left field wall. Early in the day, she had he walk off hit to defeat Lehigh 8-7 in eight innings.
Over the weekend, she led the team, batting a .