Samantha Bratland Award Female Athlete of the Week Week Of 5/7/2017 Sport American Rivers Conference School Luther College Year Sophomore Position Hometown Spring Grove, Minn. High School Spring Grove Female Athlete of the Week – Softball – Pitcher of the Week Samantha Bratland, Luther College So., Spring Grove, Minn. / Spring Grove Bratland picked up two wins during the Iowa Conference Tournament helping lead Luther to second consecutive tournament title Defeated Wartburg 5-1 posting a season high 12 strike outs Pitched the final two innings in 4-3 nine inning victory over Central in the title game allowing one run on three hits Bratland improved to 21-2 for the year with an ERA of 1.24 This is Bratland’s third Pitcher of the Week honor in her career (5/7/17, 4/23/17, 3/21/16) 2016 First Team All-Iowa Conference Pitcher Luther is set to host NCAA Division III softball regional this weekend where they will face St. Scholastica first round
