Softball player Leslie Harshey was named Forester Athlete of the Week on Thursday after posting a .480 batting average with a double, triple, home run, and eight RBI in seven games.
Harshey, a junior outfielder, had at least one base hit in each of the team's five games at the Midwest Conference Classic over the weekend. On Saturday she was 2-for-4 and drove in a run in a victory over Carroll University before collecting a career-high four base hits and five runs batted in during a triumph over Lawrence University. She finished off the day with two hits and two runs scored in a win over Beloit College. Lake Forest fell to Ripon College and St. Norbert College on Sunday, despite Harshey's 3-for-6 performance in the two games combined. She belted her second home run of the season in the first game of the day.
The Foresters split a doubleheder with visiting Elmhurst College on Wednesday. Harshey doubled and scored the team's only run in the seventh inning of the opener before having her seven-game hitting streak snapped in game two.
Harshey was 12-for-25 on the week and is now hitting .333 on the season. She leads Lake Forest with 18 runs batted in.
Forester Athletes of the Week are selected by the Athletic Department on Thursdays.