Former Warren East Lady Raider named 2023 OVC Pitcher of the Year
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Eastern Illinois softball player Olivia Price was named the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year.
Price graduated from Warren East High School in 2020, and is now a junior at Eastern Illinois.
A product of Smiths Grove, Ky., Price finished OVC play with a league-leading 10 wins while ranking third with 81.1 innings pitched.
Also as an All-OVC first-team selection, she had 51 strikeouts in league action to rank fourth.
Overall, Price led the league with a 1.92 earned run average.
She becomes the third Panther to be named OVC Pitcher of the Year.
The Panthers are currently playing in the 2023 OVC Softball Championship as the #2 seed. EIU defeated #3 Southern Indiana 2-1 in their first matchup of the tournament, and will play in the semifinals on Friday.
All games will be broadcasted on ESPN+.
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