COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Freshman hurler Casey Baddley of the Ranger softball team and sophomore left-hander Colt Burns of the Northwest baseball team have been named the NJCAA Division II Pitchers of the Week for their respective sports, sweeping the honors for games played Feb. 20 through Feb. 26. 

In her first collegiate action in two years, Baddley mowed down the competition at the Northeast TigerFest Feb. 24-25 in Booneville in helping the Rangers to a 3-2 weekend.

Baddley, a native of Nesbit (DeSoto Central HS), went 3-0 with a 1.20 ERA in three appearances, striking out 14 batters against three walks in 11.2 innings of work.

A native of Olive Branch (Lewisburg HS), Burns has strung together 12 solid innings in his first two outings of the year, striking out a total of 14 batters against just three walks and holding opponents to a dismal .053 batting average.

Burns tossed five innings of no-hit ball in his season debut against Southwest Tennessee, and followed that up with a career-high eight strikeouts vs. Rend Lake. He's 1-0 on the year and has not allowed an earned run in 38 batters faced.

The Northwest baseball team will be in action on March 1 vs. Jones County and Arkansas Baptist as part of a tripleheader in Senatobia, while the Ranger softball team will travel to Itawamba on March 3.