WASHINGTON, D.C. – George Mason freshman pitcher Kylie Wilkerson was named this week's Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday morning. This is Wilkerson's first career conference honor and the softball team's first weekly award of the season.
Rookie of the Week – Kylie Wilkerson: 1 Appearance, 1 Start, 1-0 W-L, 0.00 ERA, 4 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 0 R, 0 ER, 9.0 IP (Extra-inning complete game shutout)
In her first career start, freshman Kylie Wilkerson pitched a nine-inning complete game shutout to beat UMBC 1-0 in extra innings on Saturday, Feb. 24, at the UNCW Tournament held in Wilmington, N.C. The Warrenton, Va., native struck out three batters, surrendered zero walks and only allowed four hits throughout the tightly contested game with the Retrievers.
The Patriots eventually won the game in walk-off fashion, after sophomore
Elyssa DeRosa knocked in the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Wilkerson currently has a 1-0 record and leads Mason starting pitchers in ERA with 1.54. She also has the team's sole save on the season, when she made her
college debut on Feb. 16 against Villanova and recorded a six-out save to preserve the 6-5 win over the Wildcats.
UP NEXT
Wilkerson (1-0, 1.54 ERA, 1 SV) and the Patriots (4-7) will play their home opener this weekend, March 2-3, when they host Stony Brook in a Saturday doubleheader and Cornell in a Sunday doubleheader. The team will be both holding a canned food drive and playing their NFCA Strikeout Cancer game on Saturday. Both doubleheaders will be scheduled for noon and 2:30 p.m. first pitches.
