Keren Martinez (Gorton HS / Yonkers, N.Y.), Morgan Lippens (Morgan Township HS / Valparaiso, Ind.), Lorrin Malerie Turner (Wise HS / Upper Marlboro, Md.), Olivia Brees (Jefferson West HS / Meriden, Kan.) and Hailey Dolcini (Fortuna HS / Fortuna, Calif.) were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week, respectively, announced on Monday for games played May 4-10.

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Morgan Lippens

Lippens was near perfect at the plate by going 9-for-10 with a six extra base hits, a .909 on base percentage, 10 runs scored and nine RBI. In addition, she slugged 2.200 with a pair of doubles, three long balls and a triple. Over three games, Lippens recorded three, three-hit games, scored at least three runs in each contest and drove in four twice. A perfect 3-for-3 outing with four RBI and four runs scored powered her team to a 14-0 win over LaCrosse. The next day she left the yard twice, drove in four and scored three times against Hammond Clark. Lippens ended her week 3-for-3 with a double and three runs scored.

Keren Martinez

Martinez keyed a Gorton offense that scored 79 runs in three games by hitting .750 (9-for-12) with four doubles, two triples, 11 runs scored and 10 RBI. The senior catcher slugged 1.417, posted an .800 on base percentage and was 4-for-4 in stolen bases. In the first of two slugfests, she went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a triple, six RBI and four runs in a 28-22 victory over Roosevelt. Martinez followed with a 5-for-6, double, triple and five runs scored performance in a 28-18 triumph versus East Ramapo and closed out by doubling, scoring twice and driving in three runs in her second game against Roosevelt.

Olivia Brees

Brees, a 6-3 senior, used her arm to pick up a pair of complete-game shutouts in a doubleheader sweep of Perry-Lecompton. She went 2-0, struck out 18 without a walk, scattered five hits and held her opposition ot a .107 batting average. Brees allowed three hits and struck out eight in a 6-0 win in the opener and gave up just two hits and fanned 10 in the nightcap (3-0).

Lorrin Malerie Turner

Turner slugged her way to this week’s award with four home runs, three doubles and an astronomical 2.273 slugging percentage. A senior utility player, Turner added 12 RBI, eight runs and registered a .909 on base percentage. She went 4-for-4 with three home runs, six RBI and four runs scored in an 11-10 nailbiter against Flowers. Turner doubled twice, knocked in four and scored twice versus Bowie and went 3-for-4 with a double, long ball, two RBI and two runs scored against Gwynn Park.

Hailey Dolcini

Behind a no-hitter and a .778 batting average, Dolcini helped Fortuna to a three-game sweep of Arcata last weekend. She won all three games by not allowing a run and surrendering one hit with 33 strikeouts in 14 innings. The 6-0 sophomore held Arcata to a microscopic .023 batting average and allowed just two base runners. Dolcini struck out 14 and was a hit-by-pitch away from a perfect game in the series opener. In game two, she fanned 15 in a one-hit shutout and closed out by picking up a win by striking out four of six batters. The finale also saw Dolcini go 4-for-5 with a double, triple, four RBI and two runs scored.