4-home run day earns WC’s Samantha Schwab OAC Softball Athlete of the Week

The Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) announced their Athletes of the Week Monday afternoon, and Wilmington Quakers senior catcher Samantha Schwab is the OAC Softball Athlete of the Week.

This is the first time that Schwab has been honored in her Quakers career, and she is the first one to be named since her teammate Judaea Wilson on March 20, 2023.


Schwab had a big week in Florida for the Quakers, as they went 5-3 overall as a team. During the final six games of play from Monday through Thursday, Schwab was 6-20 at the plate with 12 runs batted in (RBI), five runs scored, and four home runs.

Her big day at the plate came in the final day of the Quakers trip on Thursday. Against Susquehanna University, Schwab was 3-4 at the plate with three home runs, three runs scored and seven RBI. She followed it up with a 1-2 performance against McDaniel College that included a grand slam, four RBI, one run scored and one walk.

Schwab is the first Quaker to hit multiple home runs in a game since April 17, 2021, and the first one to hit a grand slam since March 12, 2020. She is the first player since at least 2013 to hit three home runs in a single game. 

Wilmington is back on the field in Hanover, Ind. at Hanover College Sunday afternoon in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.

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