LOUISVILLE, Ky. –  Columbus State’s Keeli Waugh and Claflin’s Tiaria Norman garnered Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the week recognition for contests played April 16-22.

Waugh, a senior from Dacula, Ga., powered her way to the award and helped the Cougars go 4-0 in Peach Belt Conference play last week. She hit .667 (10-for-15), launched five home runs, doubled, knocked in 15 runs, slugged 1.733 and scored eight times. Waugh clubbed two grand slams in a game one win over UNC Pembroke and hit two more with four total hits, five RBI and four runs scored in the nightcap. The PBC Player of the Week homered again against Francis Marion, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.

Norman went 4-0 with a 0.31 ERA last week, tossing a no-hitter at Converse, striking out 37 in 22.2 innings of work. She limited her opposition to just one run on three hits and a .043 batting average. Norman also chipped in at the plate, hitting .333 with two doubles, five RBI and five runs.

The senior hurler fanned 10 in her first start of the week, no-hitting Converse in a five-inning victory. Three day later against Benedict, Norman struck out a season-high 15, surrendering a run in a one-hit complete-game victory. A native of Greenwood, S.C., Norman recorded a one-hit shutout in game two against the Tigers. She closed out the three-game Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sweep with five innings of one-hit shutout relief, fanning eight in the comeback win.

Top Performances

Skania Lemus, Mercy– .644, 19 H, 3 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 10 R, 8 multi-hit games; Rosa’Lynn Burton, Wilmington– .750, 15 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 9 R, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 4 SB, .800 OBP, 1.100 SLG; Andrea Morales, Rogers State– 2-0, 2 SV, SHO, 0.00 ERA 12 K, 4 BB, .177 opp BA; Marisa Monasseri, Caldwell– .423, 11 H, 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 6 R; Robyn Wampler, UC San Diego– 3-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 SHO, 17 K, 8 H, .111 opp BA; Kate Kopeck, St. Cloud State– 2-0, SV, 0.00 ERA, 0 R, 11 K, 15 IP; Haley Gilham, Chico State– 2-0, 2 SV, 0.49 ERA, 1 R, 9 K, .173 opp BA; Jordyn Kleman, Winona State– 2-0, 2 SHO, 15 K, 2 BB, .136 opp BA; Casey Carpenter, Lock Haven– .444, 12 H, 3 HR, 12 RBI; Rebecca Kelley, Clarion– .450, 9 H, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 6 R; Terri Van Dagens, Biola– 2-1, 0.82 ERA, SHO, 11 K, 3 BB, 7 H, .121 opp BA; Kailey Myers, Slippery Rock– .429, 9 H, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R; Madi Beining, Gannon– 2-0, 1.00 ERA, SHO, 9 K, 0 BB, 9 H, 14 IP; Brandy Marlett, Angelo State– 2-0, SV, SHO, 20 K, 12.2 IP; Callie Nunes, Concordia Irvine– 3-0, SV, 0.86 ERA, 27 K, 2 BB, 16.1 IP; Holly Pagan, Purdue Northwest– .438, 2 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, 1.125 SLG; Mallory Teunissen, Davenport– 3-0, 1.46 ERA, 2 SHO, 18 K, 24 IP; Makaleigh Dooley, Tampa– 2-1, 0.67 ERA, 2 SHO, 13 K, 0 BB, 21 IP.

REGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced blunt questions from people at a town hall meeting in Regina including one from a man who fears Canada’s immigration policies are putting lives at risk.

The man told Trudeau that Canada’s policy threatens freedom, that Islam and Christianity don’t mix and that immigrants want to kill Canadians.

Trudeau answered by saying that Canadians can have confidence in the system and that immigrants help bolster the economy and make communities more resilient.

The prime minister was also challenged to explain why Canada is honouring a contract to sell light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.

Trudeau says the federal government is grappling with the details of a complex contract signed by a previous government and will continue to speak up for human rights.

Outside the meeting at the University of Regina some protesters held signs with slogans such as “Canada Needs Pipeline Jobs.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Westminster College’s Jazmyn Rohrer and Centenary College’s Anna Dunn captured this week’s Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors, respectively.

Senior right-hander Rohrer went 5-0 in six appearances and four starts in the circle, striking out 64 over 33.1 innings. The Purcellville, Va., native fanned a career-best 17 and allowed just two hits in a 3-2 win over Geneva, then struck out 12 and yielded four hits in a 2-1 victory at Thiel.

In her other two starts, Rohrer fanned 15 in a three-hit shutout of Grove City, and struck out 11 in a two-hit shutout of Washington & Jefferson. For the week, she allowed just four walks, including none over her last 19.1 innings. In the latest NCAA rankings (through Monday’s games), she ranks fifth in Division III in hits allowed per seven innings (3.5), seventh in strikeouts per seven innings (10.5) and 10th in both earned-run average and strikeouts.

Dunn, meanwhile, batted .615 with 11 runs, three doubles, five homers, four steals and 20 runs batted in. The Shreveport, La., native took over the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference lead this past week in RBI, average and home runs.

Her seven RBI in a wild 19-18 eight-inning loss to LeTourneau tied a conference record and set the school mark for RBI in a single game. She also recorded her first multi-homer game when she hit two in a 9-4 triumph over the University of Dallas.

Other Top Performances

Farmingdale State junior pitcher Jaxie Collard was 3-0 and didn’t allow an earned run in a pair of complete games and a relief appearance. …  St. Catherine senior pitcher Krista Flugstad allowed just three earned runs over 16 innings, including two in a 4-2, 11-inning victory over Bethel, and none after the sixth. … Manhattanville junior pitcher/utility player Aarin Hartenstein went 6-for-11 (.545) with five runs, two doubles, two homers and six RBI at the plate, while also going 3-0 with 15 strikeouts in the circle. … Coast Guard senior center fielder Emma Hvozdovich hit .435 (10-for-23) with a double, four homers and 12 RBI. … Farmingdale State sophomore left fielder Jessica Lombardo paced a 6-0 week for the Rams with eight hits, four doubles, seven RBI and 14 total bases, while collecting 20 putouts and two assists over an unusually-busy week in the outfield. … Texas-Tyler junior utility player Lynsey Mitchell hit .889 (8-for-9) with three homers and 14 RBI in the Patriots’ three-game sweep of Texas-Dallas. … Farmingdale State freshman left fielder Amaris Negron had a hit in all four games she played, hitting .667 with eight hits, including a triple, homer and 14 total bases. … Westminster (Mo.) sophomore pitcher Katie Price pitched a no-hitter and a five-inning perfect game in a three-win week, and helped herself at the plate, going 6-for-12 with a double and four RBI. … Babson senior pitcher Ali Reilly went 4-0 for five appearances, with 25 strikeouts over 30 innings of work. She also hit .385 with four runs, two doubles, a homer and two RBI. … Hope senior catcher Hayley Reitsma homered twice and tripled in the nightcap of a doubleheader against Albion, collecting a school-record 14 total bases, as part of her 27 total bases for a week in which she hit .750, scored nine runs, had three triples, four homers and 10 RBI. … Rowan senior outfielder Morgan Smith went 8-for-12 (.667) with three runs, two homers and four RBI. …  Suffolk senior catcher Delaney Sylvester had a 14-hit week, including the 200th of her career, going 14-for-21 (.667) with 11 runs, four walks, a double, four homers and 13 RBI. … Suffolk freshman pitcher/utility player Payton Sylvester went 3-0 with two complete games, 23 strikeouts and just three walks in 17 innings. She fanned a career-high 11 in a win over Emmanuel, and also hit .458 (11-for-24) with eight runs, five doubles, a homer and four RBI. … Central (Iowa) sophomore center fielder Sara Tallman scored the first run of the game in three of her team’s four contests (including twice in the first inning), and hit .600 with six steals in seven attempts. … St. John Fisher senior pitcher Lindsey Thayer had a no-hitter, perfect game and one-hitter in a 3-0 week in the circle, fanning 38 batters and walking one over 19 innings. … SUNY Oswego sophomore outfielder/pitcher Rebecca Vilchez hit in all eight games, compiling a .517 average and .759 slugging percentage on 15 hits. … Randolph-Macon junior pitcher Candace Whittemore was a walk away from a perfect game in a no-hitter against Bridgewater in which she struck out six.

Winners are selected by the NFCA Division III Top 25 Committee, which has a representative for each of the eight NCAA regions.

2018 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher of the Week

April 18 — Jazmyn Rohrer, Westminster College (Pa.), Sr., RHP, Purcellville, Va.

April 11 — Jacqueline Spizizen, Emory University, Fr., RHP, West Bloomfield, Mich.

April 4 — Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan University, So., LHP, Chesterfield, Va.

March 28 — Sydney Jones, Hope College, Sr., RHP, South Lyon, Mich.

March 21 — Jesse DeDomenico, Rowan University, So., RHP, East Windsor, N.J.

March 14 — Alanna Namit, The College of New Jersey, Fr., RHP, Mountainside, N.J.

March 7 — Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan University, So., LHP, Chesterfield, Va.

Feb. 28 — Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan University, So., LHP, Chesterfield, Va.

2018 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Player of the Week

April 18 — Anna Dunn, Centenary College (La.), Sr., RF, Shreveport, La.

April 11 — Madison East, University of Pittsburgh-Bradford, So., CF, Milton, Pa.

April 4 — Grace Stock, Calvin College, Fr., C, Vicksburg, Mich.

March 28 — Laurren Ladwig, Manchester University, Sr., 2B, Crown Point, Ind.

March 21 — Morgan Arst, East Texas Baptist University, So., LF, Marshall, Texas

March 14 — Vada Blue Sherrill, Pfeiffer University, Jr., SS, Hiddenite, N.C.

March 7 — Amy Large, Virginia Wesleyan University, Sr., OF, Kennett Square, Pa.

Feb. 28 — Vada Blue Sherrill, Pfeiffer University, Jr., SS, Hiddenite, N.C.

Colorado Springs, Colo.- The NJCAA National Office announced this week’s NJCAA Softball Players of the Week for games played Feb. 26 through March 4.

 –Courtesy of NJCAA 

TORONTO — A woman who became the first female Indigenous dean of a Canadian law school has launched a lawsuit against the university, alleging it racially discriminated against her and forced her to resign from the post earlier this year.

Angelique EagleWoman, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe of South Dakota, was appointed head of the law school at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., in May 2016 and resigned in June.

In an unproven statement of claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice last week, EagleWoman’s lawyers allege the university subjected her to excessive oversight and monitoring that created unsustainable working conditions.

“The (university’s) ongoing micromanagement, failure to provide (EagleWoman) with the tools, resources and support needed to succeed in her role and failure to address the hostile work environment ultimately led to the complete deterioration of the working relationship,” they wrote.

EagleWoman is seeking $2.67 million in damages, a figure that she says would compensate for lost wages and account for damages for “harm to dignity, feelings and self-respect,” among other things.

Lakehead said it had received the statement of claim but would not comment on ongoing litigation. The school added that it had not yet filed a statement of defence.

The 48-year-old EagleWoman had moved from Pullman, Wash., to accept the dean’s post, which she was supposed to hold until June 30, 2021, the lawsuit said.

“This was an expensive and socially difficult transition for (EagleWoman) and her son … but one (she) believed to be worthwhile in light of this significant opportunity,” it said.

Undermined, decisions made without consulting her: lawsuit

The university’s law school was founded in 2013 with the intent of focusing on Indigenous programming. It aims to cultivate lawyers who can analyze the law from an Aboriginal perspective.

The lawsuit alleges that EagleWoman’s authority was undermined by the school, which placed a consultant in the chain of command between her and her direct supervisor. That consultant was also authorized to bypass EagleWoman and respond directly to faculty and staff, according to the statement of claim.

“This was not only demeaning for (EagleWoman), it undermined her authority and conveyed the message to others in the faculty that the (university) did not support her,” the document said. “This made it increasingly difficult for (EagleWoman) to manage faculty members and staff.”

The lawsuit also alleged the university’s ombudsperson was made interim director of student services and skills at the law school without EagleWoman being consulted.

“(EagleWoman) encountered open hostility and resentment from a small segment of the faculty, staff, and students,” the document claimed. “She was given the impression that she was not deserving of the position of dean and was not hired on merit.”

EagleWoman alleged she encountered particular resistance from two faculty members, who “became unco-operative and openly defiant,” the statement of claim said.

Non-Indigenous judge appointed as interim dean

It said she tried to rectify the situation, requesting that the then-president and vice-chancellor hold a “culturally relevant Indigenous mediation process to allow her to voice her sense of powerlessness and to address the discriminatory behaviour she had been experiencing within the law faculty.”

That request was denied, the document said.

She also requested that the school “implement cultural competency/interaction training to improve the environment within the law school. She emphasized that such training was necessary to address ongoing tensions” and respond to a call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Those requests were also denied, according to the statement of claim.

Weeks after EagleWoman’s departure, a non-Indigenous provincial judge was appointed as interim dean of the law school to the chagrin of some First Nations leaders.

A review found that in accepting the position, Justice George Patrick Smith broke a rule that mandates judges avoid “controversy or public debate that could expose them to political attack.” By the time that ruling came down, Smith had already resigned from the dean’s post and he was not punished.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Five programs were selected by their peers as the 2017 NFCA Travel Ball Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year, announced the Association on Wednesday morning.

Representing each of the NFCA’s five Travel Ball regions, these respective coaching staffs – Legends (W.Va.) Softball (East), Beverly (Ill.) Bandits (North), Tennessee Mojo (South), Texas Glory (South Central) and Orange County (Calif.) Strikeforce (West)- are now eligible for the NFCA’s National Coaching Staff of the Year award.

Regional Winners

East – Legends Softball (WV)

Head Coach: Robert Brown
Assistants: Dewayne Brogan, Randy Smith, Ed Riffle, Bobby Spencer

Brown and his staff directed a complete turnaround of the Legends program… In 2017, Legends Softball won or was runner up in all competitions, including a second-place showing at the 2017 Top Gun World Series in Concord, N.C.

North – Beverly Bandits Conroy (Ill.)

Head Coach: Bill Conroy
Assistants: Rex Mack, Seth Holloway, Russell Cooper, Alexis Mack

Captured titles at King of the Hill, PGF Shootout and PGF Nationals (18u Premier Division)… Posted a 34-2 mark in elimination games against top competition and became the first team not based in Southern California to win the 18U Premier division of PGF.

South – Tennessee Mojo

Head Coach: Brooks Cherry
Assistants: Samantha Bates, Wayne Key

Mojo 2021, a first-year 14u team, finished the season 55-14-3 and won USA 14U Nationals… In preparation for nationals, Mojo 2021 recorded a top-five finish at the Scenic City Power Pool and tied for fifth at the Sparkler Jr. Power Pool in Colorado… Collected several wins over some of the top 14u teams in the country and finished the season going 8-0 in bracket play.

South Central – Texas Glory

Head Coach: Kevin Shelton
Assistants: Tony Woodall, Scott Edwards

Opened the season by winning the 2017 18u Triple Crown Texas State title… Posted top-five finishes at 18u Colorado Fireworks Super 48 (2nd), ASA/USA Futures Cup (3rd), 18u Triple Crown Nationals (5th) and 18u PGF Nationals (5th)… Highest finishing Texas organization in all five tournaments… Glory’s pitch staff tossed 20 shutouts, including four in PGF Nationals bracket play.

West – Orange County Strikeforce (Calif.)

Head Coach: Mark Bustamante
Assistants: Melissa Adams, Kaylie Bustamante, Tony Adams

Enjoyed one of the most successful seasons in the organization’s five years of existence… A record eight seniors signed with four-year college programs… In its finals tournament, OC Strikeforce boasted a perfect 8-0 mark and allowed just six runs at USSSA Nationals… Aurora Adams was named Tournament MVP and Faith Fennell garnered Defensive MVP honors.