WINTER PARK, Fla. –Barry’s Britney Pugh and Luis Rios-Reyes have been selected by the Sunshine State Conference as Softball Pitcher and Baseball Player of the Week, presented by VALIC.
Senior pitcher Pugh tossed a no-hitter in a five-inning 13-0 win for the No. 24 Buccaneers over Kentucky State. The senior allowed just one base runner on a walk in the complete-game shutout. Pugh struck out six batters and face one over the minimum. It was her first no-hitter as a Buccaneer.
Junior Rios-Reyes led Barry to a three-game sweep at Tuskegee, hitting .417 (5-of-12) with a slugging percentage of .750. The infielder recorded four doubles during the series, including a bases-clearing double in final game of the series. Rios-Reyes recorded seven RBI in the sweep.
For more than half a century, VALIC has served as the leading retirement plan provider for higher education, as well as for K-12 schools and school districts, healthcare, government and other not-for-profit institutions. VALIC has more than $65 billion in total assists under management and manages plans for nearly 25,000 groups serving nearly two million plan participants. VALIC represents The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries, VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc., and VALIC Retirement Services Company.