Brooke Thomason and Robin Mackin (Nebraska) have been named Big 12 Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week it was announced. This is the first career honor for both student-athletes.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Brooke Thomason, Nebraska, Fr., OF, Olathe, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest
Thomason hit safely in all five games at the Diamond Devil Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., against a tough schedule that had Nebraska playing three games against ranked teams and two games against top-10 foes. She batted .563 on the weekend, producing six runs, three home runs and one double with a 1.188 slugging percentage. After going 3-for-6 with a double on the first day of the tournament, Thomason had a career game against Pacific, going 3-for-4 with two home runs, two runs scored and five RBI. All were career highs, while she became the first Husker freshman to homer twice in a game since 2006. Thomason then went 3-for-6 in a pair of games at 10th-ranked Arizona State, including a 2-for-3 effort when her homer accounted for NU’s lone run against the Sun Devils. She homered three times in her final three games at the tournament after no Husker freshman had homered more than two times in an entire season since 2006.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Robin Mackin, Nebraska, Jr., RHP, Ontario, Canada/Fresno State
Mackin allowed only one run in two starts at the Diamond Devil Invitational, including nearly recording her second shutout of a top-10 opponent this season. Against 10th-ranked Arizona State, Mackin fired a three-hitter and held ASU to only one run in a 1-0 loss. The Sun Devils were averaging 9.5 runs per game and had scored at least four runs in 17 straight games before Mackin held them to season-low totals in hits (3) and runs (1), while posting the second-highest strikeout total against the Sun Devils this season (6). In her other start of the weekend, Mackin tossed a four-hit shutout against Pacific. The four hits she allowed were infield singles, while she added six strikeouts in only 5.0 innings. On the weekend, Mackin held opposing hitters to a .171 batting average while posting a 1-1 record with a 0.58 ERA. She added 13 strikeouts in 12.0 innings.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Feb. 16:   Meagan May, Texas A&M, Fr., C
Feb. 23:   Amber Flores, Oklahoma, Sr., 2B
March 2:  Mariah Gearhart, Oklahoma State, Jr., 3B
               Nadia Taylor, Texas, So., 3B
March 8:   Julie Ward, Oklahoma State, So., 1B
March 15: Brooke Thomason, Nebraska, Fr., OF

PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Feb. 16:   Blaire Luna, Texas, Fr., RHP
Feb. 23:   Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Fr., LHP
March 2:  Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, So., RHP
March 8:   Anna Whiddon, Oklahoma State, Sr., RHP
March 15: Robin Mackin, Nebraska, Jr., RHP