POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist University freshman Maia Salvo was named Jersey Mike's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week on Tuesday.
 
Salvo hit .333 with a 1.262 OPS (.833 slugging, .429 on-base) in five games last week. She belted two home runs, both of which came against nationally-ranked Arizona State on March 28. Salvo also drove in four runs, scored five times, had a walk, and was hit by a pitch.
 
Salvo helped fuel Marist's doubleheader sweep at Mount St. Mary's on March 24. In game one, she had an RBI groundout, and she then was hit by a pitch to lead off the seventh. She came around to score the first of Marist's five runs in the inning in its 10-5 win. In the second game, she went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a walk. With the game scoreless in the top of the second, she drew a two-out walk and came around to score. She then led off the fourth with a single, and she came around to score. After Mount cut its deficit to one, Salvo's two-out RBI single in the fifth expanded Marist's lead. 
 
This is Salvo's first MAAC weekly award of her career.
 
Marist has now won nine MAAC weekly awards this season, with eight different Red Foxes being honored:
 
March 31 – Maia Salvo (Rookie of the Week)
March 17 – Peyton Pusey (Player of the Week)
March 10 – Ava Metzger (Pitcher of the Week)
March 3 –  Sienna Kunze (Player of the Week), Ava Metzger (Pitcher of the Week)
Feb. 24 – Livia Wiltsie (Rookie of the Week)
Feb. 17 – Haley Ahr (Player of the Week), Stella Blanchard (Pitcher of the Week)
Feb. 10 – Annabelle Geiser (Rookie of the Week)
 
Marist is in first place in the MAAC with a 9-1 conference record. The Red Foxes return to action with a three-game series at Iona this weekend. There will be a Friday doubleheader and a single game on Saturday, with first pitch set for noon both days. All games will be shown on ESPN+.