BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Desirae Martinez has been named Southwestern Athletic Conference Softball Hitter of the Week for the period of February 14-20, announced Wednesday, Feb. 15, by the league off from its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
Martinez, a 5-foot-7, sophomore from Whittier, California, helped Bethune-Cookman over the course of last weekend during the season opening Paradise Classic hosted by Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Florida.
 
The California High alum went 5-for-13 for B-CU over the weekend at the Paradise Classic. She drove in four runs while scoring three runs herself. Martinez produced her first collegiate home run versus FAU and used a .615 slugging percentage across the weekend. She carried a .385 batting average across the five games, as BCU defeated Loyola (Ill.), and led No. 23 Mississippi State at the beginning of the game.
 
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About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Tennis.
 
Women's competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Volleyball.
 
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