Northern Kentucky University sophomore Emily Schwaeble (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain) has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Player of the Week.

Schwaeble guided the Norse to four league wins over the weekend as Northern Kentucky swept Kentucky Wesleyan and Southern Indiana. Schwaeble hit .615 (8-for-13) with nine RBIs, three runs, two doubles and a home run.

On Saturday, she was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, two doubles and a run scored in Northern Kentucky’s 8-0 win in the first game. In the day’s second game, an 11-2 Norse victory, Schwaeble was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored.

In Sunday’s 5-1 win over Southern Indiana in the series opener, Schwaeble was 1-for-3 with an RBI. She returned in the nightcap to go 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a home run to lead the Norse to a 5-1 win.

Schwaeble is hitting .348 on the season with four home runs and a team-high 26 RBIs.

Northern Kentucky (20-9) is leading the GLVC with an 11-2 conference record. The Norse have won six of the last seven games and will host Malone on Thursday and visit Bellarmine on Sunday.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Drury’s Brittany Smith, Illinois-Springfield’s Brittany Morgan, Indianapolis’ Kelsey Rummel, Lewis’ Diana Pickrum, Maryville’s Julie Jouglard, Missouri-St. Louis’ Karey Kruse, Northern Kentucky’s and UW-Parkside’s Christine Holthus.