Tamaqua graduate and current Lehigh Carbon Community College pitcher Bailey Pedersen was recently named the Eastern Pennsylvania Athletic Conference's Athlete Of The Week.

The freshman was also named Cougar of the Week as well, for her outstanding pitching performance.Over an eight-game span, she made five appearances and went 3-0 - while the team went 5-3 - to help put LCCC in a position to qualify for the Region XIX tournament.During that span she had an ERA of 1.00 with 20 strikeouts, while only walking two.