By TODD MOORE
Barton Sports Info
Meleia Ingram of the Barton Community College softball team has been named the Week Twelve KJCCC Pitcher of the Week.
A perfect game highlighted Ingram's 19-strikeout pair of contests, picking up victories over Southeast Community College and Pratt Community College.
On Monday, Ingram threw a seven-strikeout, four-inning performance in a non-conference victory over Southeast. Two days later, Ingram totally shut down conference foe Pratt by facing the minimum of 15 batters and striking out 12 with no batted-ball put in play, leaving the infield.
Improving to 16-4 on the season, Ingram has eclipsed 10 or more strikeouts in five contests to lower her ERA in KJCCC play to 2.50.
This is the third honor for the freshman out of Salina and the program's fifth of the season, sharing week five and six awards respectively with Karter Alvord and Chloe Enslinger giving Barton consecutive sweeps of the player and pitcher voting.
Most recently, Ingram and the Cougars ran into a buzzsaw Tuesday in El Dorado, Ingram taking the game one loss with Barton dropping both contests at 16th ranked Butler.
Sliding to 24-6 in KJCCC play and 31-13 overall, Barton winds up the regular season Saturday in a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader hosting first place Hutchinson Community College (25-3, 33-7).