General Release - ODAC POTW Honors - Guilford College

GUILFORD STUDENT-ATHLETES TAKE WEEKLY ODAC HONORS

Greensboro, NC -- Guilford College's Jennifer Franklin received the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's (ODAC) Softball Hitter of the Week Award and golfers Colin Clark and Jeff Osberg won the league's Golfer of the Week Award Tuesday. The honors mark the first weekly prizes awarded by the conference this spring.


Jennifer Franklin	Colin Clark	Jeff Osberg

Franklin, a senior outfielder, hit .514 in the Quakers' first 10 games. She recorded a hit in each of her first nine outings for a 12-game hitting streak dating to last season. Franklin has four doubles among her team-high 18 hits and three runs batted in. She has seven multi-hit games, including two three-hit showings. Franklin doubled twice in Guilford's 3-1 upset over 20th-ranked Methodist Feb. 23 and had a pair of hits in the team's 2-1 triumph over regional power Christopher Newport Mar. 3. She also has a stolen base this year and has fielded all 13 defensive chances cleanly.

Coach Ty Cook's Quakers (3-7) return from this week's spring break with four games at the Ferrum Invitational Tournament Mar. 12-13 in Ferrum, VA.

Clark and Osberg both shot two-day scores of seven-over-par 148 (73-75) to finish second among 108 individuals and help the Quakers win the 22-team Pine Needles/Pfeiffer Intercollegiate Feb. 28-Mar. 1. Clark, a sophomore, lowered his stroke average to a team-best 75.08 in 12 rounds. Osberg, a junior, stands fifth on the team with a 75.56 average in nine rounds. Guilford is ranked second in the current Precept/NCAA Division III Coaches' Poll and knocked off a number of Division II schools and Methodist, the number-one team in Division III, at the Pine Needles tournament.

Coach Jack Jensen's golfers placed seventh among 17 teams at the Richard Rendleman Invitational in Salisbury, NC, Tuesday. Monday's opening-round results were declared final when Tuesday's second round was cancelled due to heavy rain and thunderstorms.