TCU honors Athletes of the Week
4/9/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
April 9, 2008
The Male Athlete of the Week is TCU baseball player Tyler Lockwood of Sugar Land, Texas. The right-handed pitcher improved to 3-0 in Mountain West Conference play and is also 3-0 as a starter for the Frogs this season. Lockwood pitched his second-consecutive complete game against Air Force on Friday as the Frogs earned the victory with a score of 5-1.
The TCU sophomore has not walked a batter his last 29 innings pitched and has 34 strikeouts to just five walks on the season, a 6.8/1 K:BB ratio.
This past week, Lockwood allowed two base runners in an inning just twice, retired 12 of the last 16 batters he faced in the game, picked up a strike out in five of nine innings, and left just three runners in scoring position.
The Horned Frog Female Athlete of the Week is track and field standout, Kishelle Paul. Paul, a junior from Marietta, Ga., placed second overall in the women's 400-meter hurdles by clocking an NCAA regional qualifying time of 57.84 seconds at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
Her mark is currently the top mark in the Mountain West Conference and the second best time in the NCAA. Her time of 57.84 seconds currently sits as the 16th fastest time clocked in the world this spring.
Paul was part of two NCAA regional qualifying relay teams (4x100 and 4x400) this past weekend as well. The women's 4x100 blazed to a fourth-place finish in a field that featured the top-time in the world on Saturday. They clocked a time of 44.22 seconds to record a seasonal best mark, the top time in the MWC and the 16th fastest time in the world this spring.
The 4x400 unit crossed the finish line in sixth with an NCAA regional qualifying time of 3:37.63. 3:37.63 currently sits as the top mark in the Mountain West Conference and is currently the 23rd best time in the world this outdoor season.
The Road Warrior of the Week is Macall Harkins of TCU women's tennis. Harkins, a junior from Palos Verdes, Calif., went 3-1 overall last weekend to help lead No. 24 TCU to road wins over No. 58 UNLV and San Diego State to remain unbeaten in MWC play.
This past week, the California native won both singles contests in straight sets at the No. 2 position. Harkins has now won nine of her last 10 singles contests on the season.
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