Four Yellowjackets from the University of Rochester baseball, softball and men's and women's track & field teams earned Liberty League weekly honors, as announced by the conference on Monday.
URochester softball senior
Rowan Mulholland was named the Liberty League Softball Performer of the Week, men's track & field sophomore
Emmett Hansen earned Field Performer of the Week honors and baseball first-year
Carlos Barajas and women's track & field first-year
Lauren Murphy received Rookie of the Week honors.
Hansen scored 4,863 points in the heptathlon, finishing in 16th place at the NCAA Division III Championships and earned Second Team All-America honors in the process. The sophomore set two new personal-best marks during the 7-event competition, coming in the 60 meters (7.21 seconds) and shot put (10.98 meters). Additionally, Hansen finished 4th among the multi-event competitors in the 1000 meters (2:47.65) and was seventh in both the 60 meters and pole vault (4.25 meters).
Mulholland had a solid start to the season at the plate for the Yellowjackets, hitting .423 over eight games. She was 11-for-26 at the plate with 4 runs scored, 3 doubles, 1 home run and 9 RBI. Additionally, she slugged .654 and drew two walks for a .464 on-base percentage. Mulholland had a hit in all eight games, recording multi-hit and multi-RBI efforts in three of them. She had two RBI's in games against #1 Virginia Wesleyan and #17 Christopher Newport. Overall, UR went 5-3 on the week.
Barajas started all seven games and hit .375 (9-24) on the week for Rochester, helping the 'Jackets to a 4-3 record to wrap up their spring break trip. The first-year player added 7 runs scored, 1 double and a team-best 6 RBI over those seven contests. He added 2 walks, 2 HBP for a .419 OBP and also recorded 3 sacrifice flies while playing stellar defense at second base, converting 41-of-42 chances and turned six double plays.
Murphy was a two-time All-American in her first NCAA Championships appearance, competing in the long jump and triple jump. Murphy finished sixth in the triple jump on Saturday, posting a new URochester school record of 12.06 meters, securing first team All-America honors. She was in fourth place heading into the final round of jumps. Earlier in the meet, Murphy also placed 14th in the long jump, jumping 5.45 meters, to receive Second-Team All-America honors. URochester as a team finished tied for 31st in the standings.