Virginia Tech's Keely Rochard has earned national player/pitcher of the week by three different organizations, as well as ACC Pitcher of the Week, and Emma Strouth was tabbed ACC Co-Player of the Week, as announced by the organizations on Tuesday.
Rochard picks up her second NFCA and Fastpitch News Pitcher of the Week honors this season, while earning her first USA Softball Player of the Week. Strouth earns her first weekly honor from the league office this spring, while Rochard gets her third ACC honor this season.
Rochard threw a perfect game against then-No. 20/17 JMU (31-7, 11-1 CAA) last Wednesday, marking the No. 21/20 Hokies' (37-6, 16-2 ACC) seventh in program history and the first-ever against a ranked opponent. She would follow it up with pretty much another perfect game, allowing a leadoff hit versus Virginia (16-25, 5-13), then retiring 21 batters in a row.
The Williamsburg, Virginia native has retired 36 of her last 37 batters faced. Her perfect game was her third no-hitter this season.
Strouth broke the school record for RBIs in a season last Friday against in-state rival Virginia, getting a two-run single to break Megan Evans' record of 50 set in 2005. She would go on to have four RBIs in the game, tying her career high and having four in a game for the fifth time this season.
The senior now has 53 on the season, the most in the ACC and tied for eighth nationally. She was instrumental in Tech's win over the Dukes, going 2 for 3 with two RBIs to help the Hokies get their first win over a ranked opponent at home since 2016 and their second ranked win of the season. Strouth had a 1.067 slugging percentage for the week.
The Hokies will head to the Queen City Wednesday, taking on Charlotte (14-5-2, 6-2 C-USA) in a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m. ET.
