Official Site of the Big East · May 10, 2021
Season’s Final Set Of #BIGEASTsb Weekly Awards Announced
Villanova’s Giampolo and Rauch, UConn’s Sanden collect last weekly honors of 2021.
BIG EAST Player of the Week
Angela Giampolo, Villanova, Sr., 2B
Giampolo led the Wildcats to a weekend sweep of UConn to clinch the No. 2 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Championship presented by JEEP. The senior batted .500 with a league-high six RBI, posting a .750 on base percentage after being walked five times as well. Giampolo was clutch in the series, driving home the go-ahead run in Game 2 of the UConn series before driving in the tying and go-ahead runs in Game 3.
BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week
Paige Rauch, Villanova, Sr., P/UT