News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
BIRMINGHAM – Texas A&M softball’s Sydney Lessentine has been named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon.
Lessentine threw her first career no-hitter and became the first Aggie freshman since 2008 to accomplish the feat. The rookie recorded double-digit strikeouts for the second time in her career fanning 11 of the 16 batters she faced, including a stretch of eight consecutive punchouts. Lessentine’s lone flaw came when she hit the third batter in the opening frame.
A native of Alamogordo, N.M., Lessentine leads the Aggies this season in ERA (0.91), shutouts (2), strikeouts (42), batting average against (.092) and WHIP (0.565).
The weekly accolade is a career first for Lessentine and it’s the second team honor in as many weeks after Mya Perez earned SEC Co-Player of the Week on Feb. 24.
March 3 SEC Weekly Awards
Co-Players of the Week
Reagan Walsh (Florida), Arianna Rodi (South Carolina)
Pitcher of the Week
Aliyah Binford (Ole Miss)
Freshman of the Week
Sydney Lessentine (Texas A&M), Peyton Tanner (Tennessee)