Deanne Origer Award Female Athlete of the Week Week Of 3/18/2019 Sport American Rivers Conference School University of Dubuque Year Freshman Position Hometown Algonquin, Ill. High School Dundee-Crown Female Athlete of the Week - Softball – Position Player of the Week Deanna Origer, University of Dubuque Fr., 3B, Algonquin, Ill./Dundee-Crown Origer helped the Spartans to an 8-1 record last week with a .533 batting average, going 16-for-30 at the plate with 3 doubles, 3 triples and just 1 strikeout. She found the base path .559 percent of the time and had a slugging percentage of .833. Her work drove in 13RBI and she crossed Homeplate 10 times, herself. In UD’s 4-1 win over Gordon, Origer was 1-for-3 with 1 walk and scored 1 run. Origer was 1-for-3 with 1 double in the Spartan’s 0-5 loss to Northwestern-St. Paul. In the 9-3 win over Utica, Origer went 2-for-4 with 1 triple, 1 RBI and 1 run scored. UD’s 4-0 victory against Lakeland saw Origer go 2-for-4 with 1 RBI and 1 run. Origer went 3-for-3 with 1 walk and 3 runs scored in the 7-1 victory over Lasell In an 11-1 win over Marywood, Origer was 3-for-5 with 1 triple, driving in 4 RBI and scoring 2 runs. UD defeated Wheaton 9-1 with Origer finishing 2-for-2 with 1 walk and 2 RBI. Pittsburg-Greensburg fell to the Spartans by a score of 9-0, a contest that saw Origer go 1-for-2 with 1 RBI and 1 run. Origer closed out spring break going 1-for-4 with 1 triple, 4 RBI and 1 run in UD’s 7-5 win over Marietta. This is the first Player of the Week accolade for Origer and the first for UD since March 26, 2017 (Taylor Allard).
