Georgia Gwinnett College junior Alex Harrell and senior Kailynn James have earned the Continental Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter and Softball Pitcher of the Week awards, respectively.

Harrell was instrumental in the Grizzlies posting a 5-0 record for the week. In those five games, he hit .611 (11-for-18), scored 11 runs and drove in an additional 10 runs. Harrell went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored in the Grizzlies' 14-4 win against Milligan University (Tennessee) last Tuesday.

The outfielder then scored four times in last Friday's opener of the CAC Showdown, hosted by GGC in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The Paragould, Arkansas, native drove in seven runs and scored three runs during a 3-for-4 performance in the team's 20-7 opening-game win against Spartanburg Methodist College (South Carolina) last Saturday.

This season Harrell leads the No. 2-ranked Grizzlies (42-4) with a .476 batting average, 20 doubles and 59 RBI. He has scored 66 runs while starting 42 of the 43 games he has appeared in.

Meanwhile, James was dominant inside the pitching circle against two teams featured in the NAIA Top 25 poll, with two shutouts and 20 strikeouts in those two games.

The right hander began the week by striking out 10 batters and allowing just three hits in a 1-0 shutout victory against No. 3 University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky) last Wednesday. James followed that with 10 strikeouts and scattering four hits in a 5-0 win last Friday against Thomas University (Georgia), a team receiving votes. The 10 strikeouts matched her career high.

The Bethlehem, Georgia, native has a 14-3 record and 0.88 earned run average after 20 appearances. She has started 14 games, tossed six shutouts and collected 116 strikeouts this spring.

GGC's baseball team concludes the regular season with four games this week in Boston against Fisher College on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26.

The No. 9-ranked softball team (36-8) also wraps up its regular season with road games Tuesday against College of Coastal Georgia, a team receiving votes in the national poll, in Brunswick, Georgia, starting at 2 p.m. That will be followed by games at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on Wednesday, April 23, in Tifton, Georgia, starting at 3 p.m.