BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After posting a 0.70 ERA over two outings last week, University of West Florida sophomore Kelsey Sweatt has earned Gulf South Conference Pitcher of the Week honors for the first time in her career. Sweatt is UWF's third student-athlete (Teala Howard, Rhiannon Sassman) to earn a weekly conference award this season.
 
Sweatt started games against Montevallo and No. 9 Valdosta State last week, getting the start in each. The sophomore threw three innings and struck out five batters against Montevallo, allowing only one hit. She earned the win with a complete game effort over VSU allowing just two hits and one earned run.
 
In all, Sweatt struck out 8 batters over 10 innings and allowed a .094 opponents batting average, improving to 9-1 for the season.
 
Sweatt ranks 11th in Division II in hits allowed per seven innings (3.72), and she ranks second in the GSC in opponent batting average (.152), third in strikeouts (75) and ERA (1.43), and fourth in wins (9).
 
UWF will visit Mobile, Alabama, for a single game against Spring Hill on Wednesday before heading to Cleveland, Mississippi, for a weekend series at Delta State.