SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Western Carolina’s Kara Salvo and Chattanooga’s Taylor Deason have been named the Southern Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, the league announced Monday. The selections are made by the Southern Conference office.

Salvo was selected as Player of the Week after hitting .632 in five games for the Catamounts last week. She recorded at least one hit in all five contests, posting four multi-hit performances. Salvo started with a 2-for-4 day against ETSU in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday and went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the second game. She added a hit in the opening game of a three game series against Appalachian State on Saturday before going 3-for-4 with a solo home run and notching three RBIs in a 5-0 Catamount win in game two. She concluded the weekend with three hits and another RBI in the final game of the series. Her week ended with 12 hits in 19 at-bats, with six RBIs and five runs scored. 

Deason earns Pitcher of the Week honors following her performance for Chattanooga last week. She made three appearances, highlighted by a complete-game one hitter against Furman on Saturday. Deason struck out eight and walked just two in the 3-0 Moc victory. She also made two relief appearances, going three innings in relief against Lipscomb. Deason scored a save in the final game of the Furman series, throwing two innings of scoreless ball with a pair of strikeouts. She finished the week with 11 strikeouts in 12 innings of work and surrendered just two earned runs for a 1.17 ERA.

­Also receiving nominations for Player of the Week: Appalachian State’s Ashley Best, Elon’s Carleigh Nestor, Georgia Southern’s Kourtny Thomas, Samford’s Caitlin Bice and Chattanooga’s Sam Taylor.

Also nominated for Pitcher of the Week: Georgia Southern’s Sarah Purvis and Samford’s Mollie Hanson.

 
2014 Softball Player of the Week
Feb. 10             Emily Cameron, Elon
Feb. 17             Sam Taylor, Chattanooga
Feb. 24             Abby Adams, Samford
March 3            Carleigh Nestor, Elon
March 11           Anyssa Robles, Chattanooga
March 17           Nicole Thomas, UNCG
March 24           Kara Salvo, Western Carolina

2014 Softball Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 10             Sarah Purvis, Georgia Southern
Feb. 17             Sarah Purvis, Georgia Southern
Feb. 24             Shelby Parker, Furman
March 3            Sarah Purvis, Georgia Southern
March 11           Sarah Purvis, Georgia Southern
March 17           Lauren Collier, Furman
March 24           Taylor Deason, Chattanooga