Sophia Knight racked up a Mid-American Conference softball honor recently.
The former Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School and current University of Toledo right-handed hurler was tabbed as the Mid-American Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week for her performances in the Velvet Milkman Classic in Murray, Ky. Feb. 24.
She shared the weekly conference honor with Ohio's Skipp Miller. It was Knight's first MAC Co-Pitcher of the Week honor and first for the Toledo softball team this season.
Knight (5-3) led the Toledo pitching staff at Murray State's Velvet Milkman Classic, allowing just two earned runs and striking out 22 batters for a 0.65 ERA in 21.2 innings pitched.
The junior came on in relief to pitch for the last five innings, allowing just one unearned run and striking out the side to end the game in a win over IUPUI.
Later that afternoon, she recorded six strikeouts, including the 200th of her career, in 5.2 innings to pick up the win over Western Illinois.
Knight, a daughter of Nikki and Jerry Knight and a Nursing major, pitched five scoreless innings in relief and put WIU down in order in the seventh to pick up the win.
As a sophomore in 2023, Knight made 14 starts in 25 games played. She was 9-9 with nine complete games and a 3.82 ERA and fanned 76 batters in 121 innings of work.
Knight tied her season-high nine strikeouts vs. Bowling Green and made the Dean's List.
As a freshman in 2022, Knight appeared as the primary pitcher for the Rockets in 34 games, throwing a team-high 130.1 innings, recorded 105 strikeouts, and was 6-18 with a 6.55 ERA.
She collected her first career win vs. Charleston Southern, threw a season-high nine strikeouts vs. Niagara and tossed
10.2 innings at Michigan State, the second-most in Toledo history.
Knight lettered all four years in softball and basketball and lettered three years in volleyball at Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School.
She was a team captain senior season and named First-Team All-Ohio before signing with Toledo.
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