Softball Player of the Week is Rutgers Prep’s Sophia Soares for Week 4
Rutgers Prep sophomore second baseman Sophia Soares is the MyCentralJersey.com softball Player of the Week for Week 4 of the 2026 season.
The Rutgers Prep School softball team heads into Saturday’s Somerset County Tournament second-round game at 6-4, on pace to notch its first winning season since 2019 after winning just three times last year. More: Softball roundup, May results for Skyland, GMC, area Union County Sophomore Sophia Soares has been a big part of that, as she was during last week’s big win over Montgomery and victory over Manville -- both division victories. The first-year starting second baseman went 6-for-8 last week with four RBIs, scoring the winning run on a seventh-inning passed ball against the Cougars.
She is the MyCentralJersey. com Softball Player of the Week, hitting . 515 and leads the club in RBIs.
“She’s made a huge impact on this team this year,” Rutgers Prep coach Carli Perruso said. “She’s really stepped up as a teammate who brings a lot of energy. She’s been a player who is determined to be successful and gritty and her love for the game is showing in her hitting.
” Staff writer Simeon Pincus has been covering NJ sports since 1997, and has been on the softball beat since 1999. He can be reached at CourierSoftball@aol. com .