A Pair of First Time Winners in 2022 Highlight This Week’s Heart Softball Weekly Awards

The Heart of America Athletic Conference announced its softball weekly awards on Monday, as Alli VanLanker of MidAmerica Nazarene has been named the Heart Player of the Week and Mykala Johnico of Central Methodist is the Heart Pitcher of the Week.

VanLanker hit .462 for the Pioneers last week in four games, as she went 6-of-13 from the plate. She hit three home runs and knocked in 8 RBI's, while slugging 1.154.

Johnico recorded a no-hitter in the Eagles', 2-0 win over Lyon. In the victory, the Topeka, Kansas product tallied 19 strikeouts in the shut out. For the week, she struck out 32 batters in 13.2 innings of work.