NDSU’s Buringa Has Earned Summit League Softball Player Of The Week Honors

     On Monday league officials announced that Emilee Buringa of North Dakota State University has been named the TicketSmarter Summit League Softball Player of the Week.

     She helped lead the Bison to a 4-0 weekend at the GATA Challenge in Statesboro, Ga., hosted by Georgia Southern. The sophomore center fielder was hot with the bat, going 7-for-11 hitting with a .636 batting average. Buringa also hit a home run and double along with driving in seven runs and scoring five times.

     Buringa is the first NDSU Bison to earn the Summit League Softball Player of the Week honors since Maddie Hansen on April 8, 2019.