Millsaps College - Barbara Balla, a senior centerfielder from Huntsville, Ala., has been selected the SCAC Softball Offensive Players-of-the-Week for games played from Friday, February 14 through Sunday, March 2.

Balla has started the 2003 campaign in blazing fashion and has helped spark the Majors' early season success. Millsaps is off to its best start (7-3) in school history.

Balla, who is hitting a team best .564 (22-39) through 10 games, has scored a team-high 10 runs, and leads the Majors in extra base hits with eight, including four home runs. Balla has charted 10 RBI and leads the Majors in total bases with 41.

Balla's latest performance included a 7 for 10 outing in which she led Millsaps to two victories over Division II Christian Brothers this past weekend. Balla recorded four singles, two doubles, and a homerun in the pair of wins.