Payton Cooley, Softball Player of the Week

Player – Payton Cooley, Doane University (Infield)

Payton Cooley of Doane University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports softball player-of-the-week.  Cooley, a senior from Elkhorn, Nebraska, hit .769 as Doane went 5-1 on the week. She reached base in all six games and had multi-hit games in her four starts. In the final game of the weekend, she had a pinch-hit three-run home run to help lift Doane over Bethel, 7-5. Cooley was also clean defensively, turning all 16 opportunities she had into outs.