The National Fastpitch Coaches Association named LSU senior pitcher Rachele Fico the Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week on Tuesday after her two-win weekend against defending national champion Alabama.

Fico pitched the full eight innings of the Tigers’ 3-2, extra-inning victory Thursday and secured the Tigers’ sweep of the Crimson Tide with a 4-3 win on Saturday with another complete-game effort.

Fico is the sixth LSU player to receive the award, joining former Tiger outfielders Rachel Mitchell (2009) and Trena Peel (2002) and pitchers Emily Turner (2007), Kristin Schmidt (2004) and Britni Sneed (2002).

“I’m extremely happy, humbled and honored to win a national award like this,” Fico said in a news release. “I couldn’t have done it without the support of my teammates and the atmosphere provided by the Tiger fans.”

In Thursday’s series opener, Fico retired 18 of the first 21 Alabama hitters. She allowed Alabama to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh but stranded the Crimson Tide with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh and eighth innings to preserve the victory.

Fico retired the final four Alabama hitters in a row in the third game Saturday and notched the final out of the series with a strikeout, completing the Tigers’ sweep in emphatic fashion.

“This is certainly a fabulous and well-deserved national honor for Rachele and our program,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “She’s a special player and deserves every award she receives.”