CLEVELAND- Western Michigan senior softball player Marlee Wilson has been named the Mid-American Conference Student-Athlete of the Week. It is the second recognition for Wilson this week, as she was also named the MAC West Division Softball Player of the Week after batting .571 over five games this past week.

Wilson helped WMU upset nationally No. 14 ranked Michigan on the road, as well as win last weekend's MAC series against Eastern Michigan. Wilson went 8-for-14 at the plate with one home run, one double, four runs scored and four RBIs. Defensively she had a perfect (1.000) fielding percentage at first base.

Wilson collected two hits, including a home run and drove in three in the Broncos' 8-2 upset on the road at Michigan on Tuesday, as the Broncos handed U-M its first home loss of the season. Entering the game, the Wolverines had outscored opponents 92-5 in home contests and held a 12-0 record at Alumni Field. Overall on the year, Michigan had allowed just two earned runs. U-M had also entered the game leading the nation with a 1.09 staff ERA.

Wilson came back on Wednesday and batted 3-for-3 at Detroit in the Broncos' final non-conference game of the season. Wilson closed out the weekend batting .479 in the three-game series against Eastern Michigan, going 3-for-7 with a double, a run scored and an RBI. WMU took the series, two games to one.

Wilson graduated summa cum laude with her undergrad degree in University Studies in the summer of 2017 with a 3.97 GPA and is currently working towards her master's degree in sports management, where she is maintaining a 4.0 GPA. She hopes to become a graduate assistant softball coach at a program this fall and continue to study sport management or sport psychology. Her career goal is to become a collegiate softball coach.