ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Softball Players of the Week on Tuesday, March 4, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in games played last week.
Tayler Floyd (
Kentucky State) and
Emma Curry (
Spring Hill) were recognized.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK – TAYLER FLOYD, KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
Outfielder | Graduate | Des Moines, Iowa
Floyd had a career-high of three home runs in the Thorobreds 17-8 win over LeMoyne-Owen on Saturday. During the three-game series against the Magicians, she recorded nine RBIs and eight runs and saw seven hits that included two triples and three home runs. Her performance improved her to a .348 batting average on the season.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK – EMMA CURRY, SPRING HILL COLLEGE
Pitcher | Junior | Slidell, La.
Curry has been a standout arm in the circle this week, highlighted by a 6.0-inning shutout performance against Miles on March 2. She struck out seven, yielded five hits and issued no walks. She registered a 0.00 ERA in her two appearances against the Golden Bears, limiting them to five hits in 7.1 innings.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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