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Kelly Jurden (photo by Amanda Morgan)
Kelly Jurden (photo by Amanda Morgan)
Posted: Apr 19, 2022

Jurden Named SCAC Hitter of the Week

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- For the fifth time in her career, Texas Lutheran senior Kelly Jurden (Brenham/Brenham) has been named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Hitter of the Week for her performances against University of Dallas, the conference announced late Monday night. This is Texas Lutheran's fifth SCAC Hitter of the Week honor this season.

The reigning SCAC Offensive Player of the Year and NCAA Division-III All-Time Stolen Base Leader had an outstanding weekend maintaining a .500 batting average, driving in four runs, scoring six runs, and stealing eight bases. She now has 56 stolen bases on the season, which leads all of Division-III and is tied for the second-highest single season total in league history behind her own record of 61 stolen bases set in 2019.

Jurden currently leads the SCAC in stolen bases, runs scored (37), and walks (21). Jurden is nine walks away from matching her own single-season record of 30 walks set just last season and six hits away from matching Ashley Jacobsen (2012-15) for the TLU softball All-Time hits record (246). She set the new TLU career at-bats record over the weekend with 574 career at-bats through last weekend.

No. 3 Texas Lutheran meets Trinity University to close the regular season at Ed Kruse Stadium, April 22-23. The teams play at 5 PM and 7 PM on Friday and 12 and 2 PM on Saturday with the 2 PM game serving as a JV game. The Bulldogs will honor their four seniors (Casey Martin, Chassety Raines, Sarah Metzer, and Jurden) on Saturday for Senior Day. All streaming and live stats links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.

For more information on Texas Lutheran softball, follow the Bulldogs on Twitter and Instagram (@TLUsoftball) and as always you can find updates on all Texas Lutheran athletics on tlubulldogs.com and all official TLU social media channels (@tluathletics on Twitter, @tlubulldogs on Instagram and Facebook, and @tlu_athletics on TikTok).