Emily Puente Award Player of the Week Week Of 4/24/2023 Sport Softball School Hope International Year Senior Position First Base Hometown Fresno, CA High School A transfer in her third year from Fresno City College, Puente helped lead the Royals to four wins last week as they clinched the GSAC regular season Championship with two games remaining. In her first appearance she went 2-for-3 with an RBI as she helped the Royals rally from a 7-3 deficit to win 15-7 in five innings. She then went 1-for-3 in the first game against Arizona Christian with a two run home run that put the Royals up 5-0. In the second game she also went 1-for-3 driving in a sac fly as the Royals rallied to win 10-9. Then against the Spirit in the first game she had a key single in the inning that led to the Royals taking a 1-0 lead as they won. Then in the second game she went 2-for-3 with a three run home run as she drove in all four runs to lead the Royals to a GSAC Championship clinching 4-1 victory.