Ella Link

  • Award
    Female Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/17/2023
  • Sport
    American Rivers Conference
  • School
    Wartburg College
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Dyersville, Iowa
  • High School
    Western Dubuque
Female Athlete of the Week – Softball – Position Player of the Week
Ella Link, Wartburg College
Jr., C/DH, Dyersville, Iowa/Western Dubuque
  • Link and the Wartburg Knights went 3-1 in conference play during the week.
  • Link batted .500 over the four games for the Knights while posting a slugging percentage of 1.800.
  • The junior hit three home runs in the doubleheader against No. 22-ranked Coe College.
  • Game 1: Wartburg 4, Dubuque 3 – 1-for-2 (.500), RBI, 2B, BB, 3 Putouts
  • Game 2: Wartburg 3, Dubuque 2 – 1-for-2 (.500), R, RBI, HR, BB
  • Game 3: Wartburg 9, No. 22 Coe 5 – 2-for-3 (.667), 3 R, 5 RBI, 2 HR, HBP
  • Game 4: No. 22 Coe 4, Wartburg 1 – 1-for-3 (.333), R, RBI, HR, 3 Putouts
  • Link and the Wartburg Knights improved to 14-12 overall and 4-2 in league play.
  • The Knights will be back in action this Saturday when they host Nebraska Wesleyan University for another A-R-C doubleheader.
  • Link earned Second Team All-Conference honors a season ago.
  • The Dyersville native is picking up her first-career Position Player of the Week honor in addition to Female Athlete of the Week.