NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. –
Shayna Myshrall of softball and
Elizabeth Suhay of women's track and field have been named the Strategic Financial Solutions Student-Athletes of the Week.
Shayna Myshrall | Freshman | Softball
Myshrall's first season in the Purple and White was shortened, but impactful. Debuting at THE Spring Games, Myshrall posted the team's highest batting average (.424) and slugging percentage (.636) their 10 games in Florida. She also racked up a team-best five extra-base hits and eight RBI, while ranking second in on-base percentage (.441). Her batting average was fifth-highest in the conference in 2020.
The Syracuse native began her career going a combined 3-for-8 on Niagara's opening day against Valparaiso and Penn on March 6. Against the Crusaders, Myshrall got two hits, an RBI, and a double.
On March 8, Myshrall slugged the first home run of her college career against Saint Louis, a solo shot in the top of the second that knotted the score at 1-1.
Myshrall finished the season with back-to-back three-hit performances, on March 11 against Creighton and on March 12 against LIU. Against the Sharks, she was 3-for-4 from the plate, knocked in two runs, and scored once herself. Defensively, she also had a season-high six putouts in the contest.
Myshrall is majoring in mathematics.
Elizabeth Suhay | Senior | Women's Track and Field
Suhay is a four-year member of Niagara's women's track and field program. Initially joining the squad as the first triple jumper in team history, she has also competed in long jump as well.
Academically, she has garnered recognition as a scholar athlete every semester, is a three-time MAAC All-Academic honoree, and has an overall GPA of 3.66. She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and has interned as a pediatric oncology nurse at Oishei Children's Hospital.
Suhay is set to graduate this spring with a degree in nursing.
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