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After failing to win a divisional game in its it first two GMC campaigns, the North Plainfield High Scool softball team entered the week winners of three in a row and senior third baseman Samantha Colon had a lot to do with that.
Colon went 10-for-10 through the three games last week and scored 10 runs with 12 RBIs and five extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs. She is the MyCentralJersey.com Softball Player of the Week.
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The senior added a couple more big games this week, including a three-hit performance Friday, with a triple, three runs and two RBIs. She’s hitting .826 this season with two doubles, three triples, two home runs and seven walks, scoring 17 times and driving in 20 runs in her first season as a fulltime starter.
“Sam has been truly just hard-working,” North Plainfield first-year coach Drew Bandola said. “She’s one of our captains. She puts in the effort every day. She’s someone who I put at third base who I knew was someone I would be able to build and work with. She’s willing to put in the time. She works really hard in the cage and you see that, her hitting is improving. Her average is extremely high, especially for the past few years, I think she’s batting above what she batted in three seasons combined. She’s just a strong plate presence and I don’t think it’s something she’s really had the opportunity to step into until this year and she’s truly taking advantage of it.”
Staff writer Simeon Pincus has been covering NJ sports since 1997, and has been on the softball beat since 1999. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SimeonPincus
Correspondent and GMC beatwriter Josh Rosenfeld contributed to this report. Follow him on Twitter/X @JoshPRosenfeld
This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ Softball Player of the Week: North Plainfield’s Samantha Colon
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Colon went 10-for-10 through the three games last week and scored 10 runs with 12 RBIs and five extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs. She is the MyCentralJersey.com Softball Player of the Week.
More: Softball roundup: Daily results and links for Skyland Conference, GMC, area Union County
More: ‘This is our moment’: Dunellen softball takes slugfest with big rally for walk-off win
The senior added a couple more big games this week, including a three-hit performance Friday, with a triple, three runs and two RBIs. She’s hitting .826 this season with two doubles, three triples, two home runs and seven walks, scoring 17 times and driving in 20 runs in her first season as a fulltime starter.
“Sam has been truly just hard-working,” North Plainfield first-year coach Drew Bandola said. “She’s one of our captains. She puts in the effort every day. She’s someone who I put at third base who I knew was someone I would be able to build and work with. She’s willing to put in the time. She works really hard in the cage and you see that, her hitting is improving. Her average is extremely high, especially for the past few years, I think she’s batting above what she batted in three seasons combined. She’s just a strong plate presence and I don’t think it’s something she’s really had the opportunity to step into until this year and she’s truly taking advantage of it.”
Staff writer Simeon Pincus has been covering NJ sports since 1997, and has been on the softball beat since 1999. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SimeonPincus
Correspondent and GMC beatwriter Josh Rosenfeld contributed to this report. Follow him on Twitter/X @JoshPRosenfeld
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This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ Softball Player of the Week: North Plainfield’s Samantha Colon
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