Contact: Greg Murphy

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Cleveland State redshirt freshman catcher Erica McNew (Canton, Ohio) has been named the Horizon League Player of the Week.

The league made the announcement on Monday afternoon.

It is the first honor for McNew and the second by a CSU player this year. Senior Dara Tomanpicked up the award on Feb. 19.

McNew had a huge week at the plate in CSU's seven games last week, hitting .478 (11-23) with seven runs, one double, four home runs and seven runs batted in. She also drew two walks, had a .520 on-base percentage and a 1.043 slugging percentage for the week. McNew leads the Horizon League with 12 home runs, while also ranking second in batting average (.386) and fifth in RBI (24).

After dropping doubleheaders to Akron and St. Francis (Pa.) to begin the week, the Vikings went on the road to take two out of three games at Youngstown State.

CSU (12-18, 3-3 HL) is back in action for six games this week. CSU hosts a three-game league series with Detroit on Wednesday and Thursday and three games with Loyola on Saturday and Sunday.