Record Sports Female Athlete of the Week

Olivia Brencovich

Glen Rock HS

Sport: Softball

Class: Senior Age: 17

Accomplishment: Brencovich, a right-handed pitcher, was dominant in a pair of 1-0 victories as she fired a one-hitter with 19 strikeouts against Hawthorne and tossed a three-hitter, fanning seven, against NV/Demarest.

 

“She’s fantastic.She is the type of player who will listen to everything; extremely coachable; understands her role and responsibility, and is very humble in the fact that she is probably one of the best pitchers that I’ve coached at Glen Rock. The way she handles herself and her poise on the mound, I can’t ask for anything better. She’s great.” — Coach Kelly Dowell

 

Also nominated: Erin Emery of Teaneck, Ashley Bushgans of Waldwick, and Alyssa Bernardo of Passaic Valley for softball; and Olivia Mandella of Holy Angels, Kassie Ketcho of Hasbrouck Heights, and Kayla Miller of Hawthorne for track and field.