Alexia Clay

Clay Cops Final BIG EAST Player Of The Week Award

May 9, 2011

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – One day after her seventh-inning grand slam at Connecticut proved to be the game-winner en route to leading Notre Dame to a second straight regular season crown, Alexia Clay was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week as announced by the league Monday afternoon.

Of the 12 Player of the Week awards handed out by the league this season, six of those have been awarded to four different Notre Dame players (Heather Johnson – 3, Alexa Maldonado – 1, Brianna Jorgensborg – 1, Clay – 1).

Clay, Notre Dame’s everyday catcher, homered twice on the week while leading Notre Dame to six victories while extending the team’s winning streak to 13 games. She totaled eight hits, nine runs, eight RBI and a .938 slugging pct.

A native of Rochester, Ind., the fifth-year senior ranks second in the BIG EAST with a .482 batting average in league play and is tied for first with 23 runs scored. She is also second with seven doubles and her .857 slugging pct. ranks fifth.

Clay is first among league players with a .571 on-base pct.

With an 19-1 BIG EAST record, Notre Dame is the top-seeded team heading into this week’s BIG EAST Championship in Louisville, Ky. The 21st-ranked Irish play at 4:00 p.m. (ET) this Thursday against Providence at Ulmer Stadium.

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