Samantha Varela, Penn State Hazelton

This week’s USCAA Softball Player of the Week honor goes to Samantha Varela of Penn State University Hazleton. The freshmen from Hazleton went deep three times and brought in 10 runs last week in two games against the SUNY Delhi Broncos. Varela was 5-6 with two homeruns in the first game of the series. She followed that performance up with a grand slam that would prove to be the difference in Hazleton’s 4-2 victory in the second game of the doubleheader.