Jennifer Jimenez, Montclair State University
Junior, Shortstop
Linden, NJ/Linden

Jimenez becomes the second different Red Hawk to earn NJAC Player of the Week honors after hitting .450 (9-for-20) with three doubles, a home run, five RBI and nine runs scored in a 7-1 week for Montclair State. After drawing two walks in a 5-4 game one NJAC win over NJCU, she went 2-for-4 with a double and solo home run in a 9-0 game two victory. Two days later, she went a combined 2-for-4 with four walks and four runs scored in an 8-0 and 8-3 non-conference road sweep at Drew. Two days later, she went a combined 2-for-6 with a double and two runs scored in a 3-0 and 5-2 NJAC doubleheader sweep of Kean. She wrapped up the week by going a combined 5-for-6 with a double, a RBI, and a run scored in a non-conference doubleheader split with Manhattanville. Jimenez, who recorded a .750 slugging percentage and a .633 on-base percentage for the week, currently is hitting .386 with six home runs and 32 RBI on the season.

Jackie Sasko, Rowan University
Junior, Right-handed Pitcher
Hamilton, NJ/Steinert

Sasko earns NJAC Pitcher of the Week honors for the fourth time this season after going 3-0 with a 0.00 earned run average in three games pitched for the Profs on the week. She first surrendered just four hits and no runs while striking out five for the victory in Rowan’s 6-0 NJAC game one shutout of TCNJ. In the second game of the doubleheader, she notched the victory in relief by allowing just two hits and one walk in three innings of work in the Rowan’s 11-2 eight-inning game two win over TCNJ. She wrapped up the week by surrendering just three hits and one walk in seven innings of work while striking out six for a 4-0 NJAC road win at Rutgers-Newark which marked her second NJAC complete-game shutout in a five-day span. Overall on the season, Sasko is 17-2 with a 0.89 earned run average.

Rachel Wong, Ramapo College
Freshman, Outfielder
Livingston, NJ/Livingston

Wong earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors for the second time this season after hitting .529 (9-for-17) with two doubles, four RBI, and five runs scored in a 6-0 week of play for the Roadrunners. She opened the week by going a combined 5-for-6 with two doubles, one RBI, and two runs scored in Ramapo’s 9-1 and 8-0 NJAC doubleheader sweep of Rutgers-Newark. Two days later, she went a combined 4-for-6 with three RBI and three runs scored in the Roadrunners’ 3-0 and 10-2 non-conference doubleheader sweep of Albright. Overall on the season, Wong is hitting .304 with seven doubles and 21 RBI.

Deanna Giordano, Ramapo College
Freshman, Right-handed Pitcher
Clifton, NJ/Clifton

Giordano earns NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time this season after going 2-0 with a 0.00 earned run average in two games pitched for the Roadrunners. She first surrendered just three hits, no walks, and no runs in five innings while striking out four to earn the win in the Roadrunners’ 8-0 NJAC victory over Rutgers-Newark. She wrapped up the week by surrendering just two hits, one walk, and no runs while striking out three for her second complete-game shutout victory of the week in a 6-0 NJAC win over Richard Stockton. On the season, Giordano is 7-1 with a 1.26 earned run average.