Indianapolis, Ind. -- Youngstown State senior Kim Klonowski was named the Horizon League Player of the Week for April 11, the league announced on Monday.
It marks the third time in the last five weeks a Youngstown State player has garnered the award from the league, and the fourth time this season a YSU has received a weekly honor. Junior Jordan Ingalls was named the player of the on March 21 and March 28, and freshman Casey Crozier was named the pitcher of the week on Feb. 28.
This fourth award ties for the most number of times Youngstown State has earned a player/pitcher-of-the-week award in a season. The last time YSU received four player of the week honors was in 2005. The Guins set the mark of four awards in 2004.
Klonowski batted .467, went 7-for-15 on the week, crushing her first two home runs of the season, driving in four while recording a hit in four of the five contests.
Youngstown State went 4-1 last week, collecting a key road series win at UIC over the weekend. Holding a 19-14 record, the Penguins sit just one victory from their first 20-win season since 2006.
In the Penguins' doubleheader versus Toledo, the senior belted her first homer of the season in a 10-0 rout that capped the sweep. Her second long ball of the week came in the opener of the League series on Saturday, helping push Youngstown State to a 6-3 win over UIC.
YSU hosts Detroit in a three-game series starting Tuesday, April 12, at 5 p.m.
