FARMINGTON, Utah - The Big Sky Conference announced the winners of Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week Wednesday morning and Southern Utah's Tyler Denhart was named Pitcher of the Week after her performance against Dixie State and Idaho State.

Denhart is the first Thunderbird pitcher to win the award multiple times in a season.

The freshman went 3-0 last week with a win over Dixie State and two wins over Idaho State. She had a 1.54 ERA, gave up just three earned runs, and struck out 10 batters over 13.2 innings of work.

She threw 4.2 innings of relief and earned the win in the circle in the Thunderbirds' 12-4 win over the Trailblazers, striking out six and giving up just one earned run.

Against the Bengals, Denhart pitched 4.0 innings in the 9-0 win on Friday and 5.0 innings with four strikeouts in their 6-4 win on Saturday.

Denhart is currently ranked third in the Big Sky in wins (6), fourth in innings pitched (78.0), and seventh in strikeouts (36).

The Thunderbirds will be back in action later today against Utah and this weekend against Portland State.

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