Gretchen Yanss Award Softball Pitcher of the Week Week Of 3/18/2024 Sport Softball School Penn State Abington Year Junior Position Hometown Odenton, Md. High School Arundel Pitcher of the Week - Volt Division Gretchen Yanss / Jr / Penn State Abington / Odenton, Md. / Arundel HS In a 3-1 week for the Nittany Lions, Yanss went 2-0 in two starts and three appearances. She started the week tossing her second career perfect game as she silenced the Sarah Lawrence College offense, striking out seven batters in the run-shortened five innings. Yanss followed that up with a complete game performance against Immaculata University where she went a full seven to earn the win a 2-1 game, finishing with a season-high eight strikeouts. In game two against the Mighty Macs, Yanss tossed two innings of relief allowing one unearned run and striking out one. Ath the plate, Yanss went 5-for-8 with four runs and six RBI, including a career-high five RBI in the game one victory against Sarah Lawrence. This is the first Player of the Week nod for Yanss, who was a First Team All-Conference honoree in 2023 and a Second Team member in 2022.