Softball player Leah Gonzales and baseball slugger Phillip Steering are the Hawai`i Hilo Pepsi Athletes of the Week, named on Monday, April 23.

Sophomore pitcher Gonzales came up big for the Vulcans when they needed her most over the weekend during a four-game series versus Notre Dame de Namur. She picked up three wins in the pitcher's circle, improving her record to 7-2 as the Vulcans got the sweep over the Argonauts. She pitched two complete games, including one shutout, and came on in relief in another. Total, she pitched 17 innings and gave up only two earned runs as the No. 8 regionally ranked Vulcans improved to 29-13 on the season.

Senior first baseman Steering wore out baseballs during a doubleheader on Sunday against Academy of Art. In the first game, he went 4-for-4 with two home runs and drove in five. On the day, he was 6-for-8 with a double, the two bombs, three runs scored, a walk and five RBI. His home runs were his eighth and ninth of the year, a single-season UHH school record. His home run in game one was a grand slam.

The softball Vulcans take on Academy of Art on Tuesday in a huge match-up between the No. 8 regionally ranked UH Hilo and the No. 9 Urban Knights. Steering's baseball team wraps up the four-game series with Academy of Art tonight at 6 pm (Pacific).