ST. LOUIS – True freshman Abby Knight has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week after her performance at the Littlewood Classic, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.
Knight, a Bloomington, Ill. native, played in four games over Illinois State's five-game campaign in Tempe, Ariz., earning three starts as the designated player. She made her first start against (RV) Minnesota and went 2-for-4 with an RBI. The following game against No. 23/21 Arizona State, she hit her first career home run to break up the Sun Devils' no-hitter.
Her best game of the weekend was the Redbirds' Littlewood Classic finale against Portland State.