Flores Earns Big 12 Honor

March 23, 2009

NORMAN, Okla. – For a second time this season, Oklahoma junior shortstop Amber Flores has been named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week. The Calexico, Calif.-native previously earned the honor during the first week of the 2009 campaign.

On Saturday against Iowa State, Flores went a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate, drove in five runs and scored two as the Sooners defeated Iowa State, 10-7, on Flores' walk-off home run in the seventh inning. On Sunday against the Cyclones, Flores went 1-for-2 with a run scored and drew a walk. She hit .857 on the weekend, going 6-for-7 with a slugging percentage of 1.857. Flores also scored three runs total on the weekend.

Overall on the week, Flores hit. 600 as Oklahoma went 3-0 with a pair of wins over ISU and a five-inning 8-0 blanking of Northern Iowa. In those three games, Flores produced a slugging percentage of 1.300 and an on-base percentage of .889.

The Sooners return to action Wednesday afternoon, hosting North Texas in a 5 p.m. CT contest at the OU Softball Complex.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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