Brittany Thornhill Award Rookie of the Week Week Of 3/21/2005 Sport Softball School Merchant Marine Year Position Hometown High School United States Merchant Marine Academy freshman Brittany Thornhill captures Rookie of the Week honors following a strong start against Maritime in the first game of a doubleheader. In three innings of work, Thornhill yielded just one hit and one walk while striking out four while lowering her season ERA to just 1.91 in the process.