Feb. 15, 2010

FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State's Morgan Melloh was named the Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 8-14. This is the first honor of the season and ninth overall for Melloh.

Melloh, a junior from Fishers, Ind., picked up three complete-game wins during opening weekend. She posted two shutouts, including her first career no-hitter. She had 0.35 ERA and allowed just one run in 20.0 innings of work. She also had 30 strikeouts on the week. Melloh now has 934 strikeouts in her Bulldog career, good for second place in the Fresno State record books, 75 wins (ninth), 84 complete games (ninth), 39 shutouts (ninth) and 699.9 innings pitched (10th).

Melloh became the 17th Bulldog in school history to throw a no-hitter. It was the 63rd total no-hitter at Fresno State. Melloh and fellow pitcher Mackenzie Oakes became the first Fresno State pitchers since Kristen Hunter and Amanda Scott in 2000, to have two different pitchers threw no-hitters in the same season. It was also the first time since Carie Dever and Marcie Green in 1990 that two different pitchers threw no-hitters in back-to-back days.

The No. 25 ranked Bulldogs are 6-0 on the year, their best start since 2001.

New Mexico State's Angie Ortega was named WAC Hitter of the Week for the second time of her career.

Other Hitter of the Week nominees included: Boise State's Tazz Weatherly hit .385 with one homer and four RBI ... Michelle Moses of Fresno State hit .533 with eight hits, one home run and six RBI ... Hawai`i's Katie Grimes hit .400 with a eight RBI and a .800 slugging percentage on the week ... Sam Bias of Nevada hit .462 with a .611 on-base percentage and a .692 slugging percentage ... San Jose State's Alyssa Sulay hit .368 with five RBI as the Spartans went 5-2 to start the season ... Joreigh Landers of Utah State hit .400 with one home run and five RBI on the week.

"We Are Your Team" - The 2010 Fresno State softball team heads to the Stanford/Nike Invitational next week.