COLBY, Kan. – A fast start to the season for NJCAA Division 2 number seven ranked Johnson County Community College softball was led by the week three Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division 2 Softball Players of the Week Aspen Burgardt and Brielle Dee following a three-win week for the Cavaliers last week.

Aspen Burgardt  – Johnson County (KJCCC Division 2 Softball Player of the Week)
Aspen Burgardt, the reigning NJCAA D-II Player of the Year got her sophomore season off to a big start while helping lead the seventh-ranked Johnson County softball team to a 3-1 record at the Branson JUCO Jam. Burgardt batted .545 (6-for-11) with a double, two triples, two home runs, 10 runs scored six walks, and 12 RBI. In the season-opening 17-6 win over Missouri State-West Plains, she belted two triples, scored twice, and drove in two runs. A day later, she powered JCCC to a 26-8 drubbing of Mineral Area, going 3-for-5 with a double, two homers, five runs, and eight driven in. She capped the tournament with three walks, two runs, and two RBI in a 15-2 win over North Idaho. She was also perfect in the field, registering 21 putouts, two assists, and turned one double play over the four-game weekend.

Brielle Dee  – Johnson County (KJCCC Division 2 Softball Pitcher of the Week)
Johnson County sophomore right-hand pitcher Brielle Dee was the winning pitcher in two of JCCC's three wins at the Branson JUCO Jam over the weekend. In the season-opening 17-6 win over Missouri State-West Plains, Dee struck out three batters over five innings and picked up the pitching victory in a 17-6 Cavalier win. In the final game of the event, the sophomore tossed her second complete game of the weekend and allowed just two hits, and two runs (one earned) while striking out two.

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