Oklahoma State University Athletics
Shippy Collects First Big 12 Weekly Honor
February 12, 2018 | Cowgirl Softball
IRVING, Texas – Oklahoma State softball standout Vanessa Shippy was named the Big 12 Player of the Week for the first time in her career, it was announced by the league office Monday.
It is OSU's first Big 12 weekly honor since Madi Sue Montgomery was named the league's player of the week on April 12, 2016.
Shippy is coming off an incredible performance at the Kajikawa Classic this past weekend, as she batted 11-for-13, scored nine runs, drove in six, walked five times and hit two home runs.
Through one week of play, Shippy leads the Big 12 Conference in batting average (.836), on-base percentage (895), hits (11), walks (5), runs scored (9) and total bases (17). She also ranks in the top five among players in the league in slugging percentage (1.308), runs batted in (6) and home runs (2).
Along with putting up gaudy numbers all weekend, the left-handed hitter notched several notable moments in her historic career out in the desert.
Her second walk against No. 7/7 Arizona last Friday pushed her into the top spot on the OSU career walks list, as she surpassed Tiffany Mikkelson's previous record of 122 bases on balls. Shippy also became the eighth Cowgirl in program history to log 200 career hits when she supplied the Cowgirls' fourth run in a 6-3 win over Missouri by chopping a 2-2 pitch back up the middle, scoring Rylee Bayless from third.
The Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, native currently ranks eighth in team history with 204 career hits. She also sits second in program history with 145 career runs scored, sevenths with 11 runs batted in and eighth with 302 total bases.
Shippy also added 19 points to her career slugging percentage to climb to second place in OSU history. Her other career averages have her slotted third in career batting average at .392 and first in on-base percentage with a .514 clip.
For more information on Shippy and the Cowgirls, follow the team on Twitter (@CowgirlSB), Facebook (Cowgirl Softball) and Instagram (osusoftball).
It is OSU's first Big 12 weekly honor since Madi Sue Montgomery was named the league's player of the week on April 12, 2016.
Shippy is coming off an incredible performance at the Kajikawa Classic this past weekend, as she batted 11-for-13, scored nine runs, drove in six, walked five times and hit two home runs.
Through one week of play, Shippy leads the Big 12 Conference in batting average (.836), on-base percentage (895), hits (11), walks (5), runs scored (9) and total bases (17). She also ranks in the top five among players in the league in slugging percentage (1.308), runs batted in (6) and home runs (2).
Along with putting up gaudy numbers all weekend, the left-handed hitter notched several notable moments in her historic career out in the desert.
Her second walk against No. 7/7 Arizona last Friday pushed her into the top spot on the OSU career walks list, as she surpassed Tiffany Mikkelson's previous record of 122 bases on balls. Shippy also became the eighth Cowgirl in program history to log 200 career hits when she supplied the Cowgirls' fourth run in a 6-3 win over Missouri by chopping a 2-2 pitch back up the middle, scoring Rylee Bayless from third.
The Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, native currently ranks eighth in team history with 204 career hits. She also sits second in program history with 145 career runs scored, sevenths with 11 runs batted in and eighth with 302 total bases.
Shippy also added 19 points to her career slugging percentage to climb to second place in OSU history. Her other career averages have her slotted third in career batting average at .392 and first in on-base percentage with a .514 clip.
For more information on Shippy and the Cowgirls, follow the team on Twitter (@CowgirlSB), Facebook (Cowgirl Softball) and Instagram (osusoftball).
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