Softball Hitter of the Week: Molly VandenBout, Nicholls – Sr. – 1B – Temple, Texas (Academy)
VandenBout led Nicholls to a 5-0 week, hitting safely in all five games while batting .647 with 14 RBIs, five doubles and two home runs. She totaled six hits, including both of the Colonels' homers in the sweep of Lamar. VandenBout celebrated Senior Day by going 3-for-4 with a homer and 6 RBIs in the run-rule win finale.
Softball Pitcher of the Week: Hallie Burns, Southeastern – R Fr. – RHP – Booneville, Miss. (Booneville High School)
Burns threw the 12th no-hitter in program history in Friday's 5-2 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. She struck out five and walked two in the first complete-game no-hitter by a Lady Lion since 2021 and the first no-hitter ever by a Southeastern pitcher in Southland Conference play. Burns is 9-3 with a 1.81 ERA and has held opponents to a .190 batting average in her debut season in Hammond.
2025 Southland Conference Softball Players of the Week
| Date |
Hitter |
Pitcher |
| Feb. 10 |
Veronica Harrison, Lamar |
Macie LaRue, Southeastern |
| Feb. 17 |
Haylie Savage, HCU |
Alexis Telford, SFA |
| Feb. 24 |
Claire Sisco, Nicholls |
Ryann Schexnayder, McNeese |
| March 3 |
Maria Detillier, Southeastern |
Madison Guidry, Lamar |
| March 11 |
AB Garcia, HCU |
Macie LaRue, Southeastern |
| March 17 |
Jada Muñoz, McNeese |
Julia Sanchez, East Texas A&M |
| March 24 |
Claire Sisco, Nicholls |
Mailia Williams, A&M-Corpus Christi |
| March 31 |
Molly VandenBout, Nicholls |
Hallie Burns, Southeastern |
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school's sports information director. Voting for one's own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.