STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State Softball catcher Macie Vickers was named WAC Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
Vickers is the first Texan to earn a WAC weekly honor this season. Last season, the Texans had a pair win earn WAC Player of the Week honors, but Vickers is the first in the past two seasons to earn the honor in the first two weeks of the season.
The Texans have started their 2026 campaign with their second-best start in their D1 era at 9-1 following a 4-1 performance in the Whataburger Invitational last weekend. The squad set an all-time program record with 21 hits on Feb. 14 against Colgate.
Vickers started all five games during this past week's Whataburger Invitational, catching for two and hitting as the designated for three. The sophomore averaged .438 on the weekend, tallying three runs on seven hits and driving in 10 runs in 16 at-bats. She had three extra-base hits totaling a pair of doubles and a triple. Behind the plate, Vickers did not have a single runner attempt to steal a base on her.
The Escalon, Calif., native, notched three multi-hit games in the Whataburger Invitational including a three-hit game against Colgate on Feb. 14. She also tallied a pair of multi-RBI games. Against Colgate on Feb. 13, she recorded a 5-RBI game with a pair of extra-base hits in part of a 14-5 run rule victory.
The Nebraska transfer spent her first collegiate season in Lincoln, before joining the Texans ahead of her sophomore campaign. Through 10 games thus far this season, Vickers has started every game for the Texans. In the first two opening weekends, she has totaled six runs on 12 hits on 34 at-bats. She has posted a team-best 16 RBI which leads the WAC and is ranked 17th in the NCAA this season. She has also totaled four doubles this season which is tied for the fourth most in the league.
Tarleton State will be back in action for another home invitational starting on Thursday. The Texans will open with a pair of games against Tulsa followed by six total games in four days also against Army, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Pittsburgh in the Texan Classic
