HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- Four Houghton student-athletes have claimed weekly awards from the Empire 8 in their respective sports for the week ending March 6.

Ryan Newtown was named E8 Baseball Pitcher of the Week, Carlee Miller was named E8 Softball Player of the Week, Kayla Loomis is the E8 Softball Pitcher of the Week and Malcolm Smith was named E8 Indoor Track & Field Track Athlete of the Week.

Newtown pitched a complete game against SUNY Maritime on Friday, surrendering just two earned runs while striking out five batters and earning an 8-4 win for Houghton.

Miller batted .400 (12-for-30) in Spring break action in Florida as the Highlanders competed in nine games. Miller ripped two doubles and a home run. She notched 11 RBI on the week and had four multiple-hit games to lead the Houghton offense. On Friday, Miller went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, three runs scored and four RBI in a win over Cornell College.

Loomis picked up three wins for the Highlanders on their trip to Florida last week with a 2.55 earned run average and 1.28 WHIP over nine appearances and seven starts. In 46.2 innings of work, Loomis struck out 33 batters to just 11 walks. She did not allow an earned run over seven innings against Rose-Hulman and followed that up later in the week by allowing just one earned run over nine innings in a victory over Cornell College.

Smith represented Houghton at the All-Atlantic Regional Championships at Nazareth where marked Houghton's second fastest 200-meter dash time of 23.08 seconds. Smith finished in 16th in the event, and also aided in the team's 4x200-meter relay that finished 11th overall with the second fastest time in school history. It's the second time this season Smith has won the award.