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WEEK 10

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, April 17th through Sunday, April 23rd)

MATT KLEINE OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a sophomore outfielder from Fishers, Ind., has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, April 17 through Sunday, April 23.

Kleine went 10-for-13 in three games against Sewanee (.769) with seven RBI, a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .769 on-base percentage.

For the week, Kleine had 10 hits in 15 trips with three doubles, seven runs scored and seven runs driven in.

For the season, Kleine is batting .333 with a .442 slugging percentage and a team-high .449 on-base percentage. He has five doubles, three home runs, 35 runs scored, 22 runs driven in and has walked 25 times (tied for 12th in the SCAC).

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
First-year third baseman Michael Murphy of Southwestern batted .615 on the weekend to help the Pirates close out their season with three wins over Hendrix. He led Southwestern at the plate in all three games, pounding out eight hits in 13 at bats with seven runs scored, five RBI, two home runs, a double and a triple. In SU's first game on Saturday, he went 2-for-3 with two runs, followed by a 3-for-5 performance in game two with a home run, four RBI and two runs. Murphy closed out the weekend with a home run, a triple and a double to bat 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI on Sunday. Junior shortstop Justin Carter of Millsaps went 10-for-18 at the plate (.556) with six runs batted in as the 14th-ranked Majors won four of their five games last week. Carter had a home run and drove in four in Monday's 14-9 victory against No. 23 LaGrange. He also had a double, drew five walks and stole a base on the week. Senior third baseman/catcher Jeremy Hochstedler of Rose-Hulman batted a team-high .556 to help lead the Engineers to a 5-1 record against Oglethorpe, Anderson and Wabash last week. Hochstedler finished 10-for-18 at the plate with six runs scored and four RBIs. For the week, he recorded a .652 on-base average and slugged .611. Sophomore catcher Matt Beesley of Rhodes hit .455 (5-11) for the weekend against Millsaps with two runs scored and three doubles - pushing his league-leading total to 18 on the season. He is now hitting .382 (fifth in the SCAC) and is third in slugging percentage at .634. Beesley also leads the SCAC in runners thrown out stealing with 16. First-year infielder Ryan Cavan of Trinity hit .500 (4-8) over the past week, leading the Tigers to a 1-1 record to finish the regular season. Cavan also scored two runs and drove in two more in his two starts.  In the final game of the regular season, Cavan was 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBI, including an RBI double in the fourth inning. For the season, Cavan is hitting a team-best .385 (57-148) with 40 runs and 40 RBI – the only Tiger player this year to have scored and driven in 40 or more runs. Cavan is also tied for the team lead with 28 walks, pushing his on-base percentage to a team-high .489 this year. Senior outfielder J.R. Candlish of Sewanee went 9-for-20 (.450) on the week with six runs scored, a home run and a double. He went 4-for-6 in Sunday's 11-8 win over DePauw to clinch a berth for the Tigers in the upcoming SCAC Baseball Tournament. Hendrix and Oglethorpe did not nominate anyone for the award, and Centre did not play.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, April 17th through Sunday, April 23rd)

BRAD OTTO OF ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, a junior right-hander from Bath, Ind., has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, April 17 through Sunday, April 23.

Otto finished 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA in 10 innings of work to lead the Engineers' efforts in a 5-1 week. Otto picked up a win in relief against Anderson, then tossed his first career shutout with four-hit complete game against Oglethorpe on Sunday.

For the week, Otto allowed one run and seven hits with six strikeouts, while holding the opposition to a .212 average.

Otto is 7-2 (tied for third in the SCAC in wins) on the season with an ERA of 3.67 (ninth in the SCAC). He has struck out 24 batters in 56.1 innings of work (tied for 14th in the SCAC).

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 First-year right-hander Britton Horn of Trinity allowed no runs and struck out 11 through eight innings of work in TU's regular season finale on Wednesday, combining for the shutout win over Hardin-Simmons. Horn allowed just two hits and walked just one player in the game, improving to 4-1 this season. He also improved his team-leading ERA to 1.10, allowing just six earned runs in 49 innings pitched, and striking out 34 hitters. This season, opponents are hitting just .210 against the right-hander. Senior right-hander Todd Kindler of Millsaps threw eight shutout innings, earning his eighth victory of the year, in Saturday's 8-0 defeat of Rhodes. Kindler scattered nine hits and struck out four batters to improve to 8-2 on the season. Senior right-hander P.J. Mitchell of DePauw posted a three-hit, 4-2 win over Sewanee in the first game of the series on Saturday. Mitchell, who had eight strikeouts in the contest, earned his 26th career win in the process (tied for fourth all-time in SCAC history). Junior right-hander Matt Mendel of Southwestern struck out nine batters in seven innings to earn the complete game win, a 16-4 defeat of Hendrix on Saturday. He allowed just seven hits and two earned runs. Sophomore left-hander Robert Flanagan of Rhodes threw a complete game in Saturday's 4-1 loss to 14th-ranked Millsaps. Of the four runs allowed, just one was earned as Flanagan dropped his season ERA to 2.96 (sixth in the SCAC). He gave up six hits, walked one and posted seven strikeouts in the outing/ The hard-luck loss dropped his season record to 9-3. Hendrix, Oglethorpe and Sewanee did not nominate anyone for the award, and Centre did not play.
 

WEEK 9

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, April 10th through Sunday, April 16th)

TIM BRAUN OF ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, a junior first baseman from Evergreen Park, Ill., has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, April 10 through Sunday, April 16.

Braun blasted four home runs in 14 at bats to help lead Rose-Hulman to a four-game sweep at Sewanee on Saturday and Sunday.

Braun batted .500 in the series (7-14) with eight runs scored, 10 RBIs, a slugging percentage of 1.429 and an on-base percentage of .563. His last home run was his 10th of season, making the slugger the first player in Rose-Hulman history to hit 10 round trippers in one season.

For the season, Braun is batting .364 (ninth in the SCAC) with a league-leading .729 slugging percentage. He also leads the league in home runs (10) and is tied for 13th in the league in runs batted in (32).

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore third baseman Daniel Vanaman of Rhodes hit .500 on the week (9-18) and had an on-base percentage of .655 (17-26) while leading the Lynx to a 4-1 record and a three-game weekend sweep over Hendrix. Vanaman hit for the cycle in the first game on Friday going 4-for-4 with five runs scored and six RBI. He picked up the game-winning RBI on Monday against Crichton when he singled in the bottom of the 11th to give the Lynx a 15-14 victory. Earlier in that game, his single in the bottom of the ninth tied the score at 14 and capped a six-run inning. Vanaman scored 14 runs on the week raising his league-leading total to 49 for the season. He also drove in nine runs with two doubles, a triple and a home run. He also had two stolen bases on the week. For the season Vanaman is leading the SCAC in batting average (.427), on-base percentage (.563), runs scored (49), and is second in slugging percentage (.684). Senior right-fielder Garner Wetzel of Millsaps hit .438 last week (7-16) in four games last week as the Majors went 3-1, including a two-game weekend sweep at No. 1 Emory University. Wetzel went 6-for-10 in the two games against the Eagles with a double, two home runs, four runs scored and five RBI. Senior shortstop Michael Pangallo of Centre had an outstanding week - helping the Colonels to a 3-2 record, including three crucial SCAC wins over Oglethorpe. Pangallo hit .667 (12-18) on the week scoring five runs and driving in five more. He also tallied three doubles, his first home run of the season, one walk and one sacrifice bunt while not making an error in 25 chances. Even more impressive is the fact that Pangallo gutted his way through the final three games of the week going 4-for-8 with three runs scored and three RBI after pulling up with a leg injury in Friday night's 19-4 win. Pangallo started the week with two four-hit performances. The Colonels managed only six total hits in a 10-3 loss to Mt. St. Joseph, with Pangallo recording four of them, including leading off the game with his first home run of the season and adding a double later in the game. He also added four hits in the series-opening win over Oglethorpe Friday. With this week's effort, the senior shortstop raised his batting average 57 points from .261 to .318. Junior outfielder Bobby Zabor of Trinity hit .400 (6-15) for the weekend, leading the Tigers to a three-game road sweep at Southwestern, and sole possession of first place in the SCAC standings. After a rough start (0-5) for the weekend, Zabor went 6-for-10 in Saturday’s doubleheader to close out the series – including a career-high 4-for-4 performance in the opening game. Zabor hit a home run in each game on Saturday – his first two of the year, and only the third of his career. He also had a triple to go with five runs scored and four RBI for the weekend. For the season, Zabor improved his batting average to .336 (42-125), and now totals 30 runs and 27 RBI this year. DePauw, Hendrix, Oglethorpe, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, April 10th through Sunday, April 16th)

JOHN FOX OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a senior right-hander from Evergreen, Colo., has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, April 10 through Sunday, April 16.

Fox totaled 8.0 innings in two outings last week, giving up just three hits and no earned runs while striking out four.

The senior held the nation's top-ranked team, Emory University, to just three hits and no earned runs in six innings of work as Millsaps picked up the 6-5 victory. He struck out four and walked two.

For the season, Fox is 5-0 (tied for fifth in the SCAC in wins) with an ERA of 4.67. He has struck out 53 batters this year (third in the SCAC), and opponents are hitting .232 against the right-hander (fifth in the SCAC).

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 First-year right-hander Sean Tuttle of Oglethorpe was 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA on the week with wins against Reinhardt and SCAC foe Centre. Against Centre, Tuttle threw his second consecutive SCAC complete game three-hitter and gave up only one earned run while walking two and striking out one. He threw 74 pitches to beat the Colonels 2-1 in the seven inning contest. In SCAC play, Tuttle is 3-0 with a miniscule 0.47 ERA and has only allowed two runs (one earned) in 19.3 innings. For the season, he is 5-2 with a 3.99 ERA which leads the Petrels in both categories and his five wins are the fifth most in the SCAC. Sophomore right-hander Luis Bougrat of Rose-Hulman tossed a complete-game six-hitter to help the Engineers top Sewanee 4-1 in the series opener on Saturday. Bougrat walked none, struck out three and held the Tigers to a .207 batting average in the win. Sophomore left-hander Robert Flanagan of Rhodes went 2-0 on the week to raise his league-leading win total to nine. He picked up the win on Monday against Crichton, shutting the door in the top of the 11th with the go ahead run at third base.  Flanagan's second win of the week came in Friday's second game against Hendrix. He pitched 5.0 innings, allowing three hits and one earned run with no walks and five strikeouts.  Centre, DePauw, Hendrix, Sewanee, Southwestern and Trinity did not nominate anyone for the award.
 

WEEK 8

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, April 3rd through Sunday, April 9th)

GARNER WETZEL OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a senior leftfielder from Gulfport, Miss., has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, April 3 through Sunday, April 9.

Wetzel was 5 of 10 (.500) at the plate in three games last week.

Millsaps went 3-0 last week, including a two-game weekend sweep at Southwestern in SCAC Western Division play.

Wetzel went 4-for-8 in the two games against the Pirates with a double, a grand slam home run, three runs scored and seven RBI.

For the season, Wetzel is batting .360 (eighth in the SCAC) with a .544 slugging percentage (ninth in the SCAC) and an on-base percentage of .490 (fourth in the SCAC). He is third in the league in runs scored (41), tied for sixth in hits (41), tied for fifth in home runs (4), second in walks (30) and leads the SCAC in runs batted in with 53.

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Senior first baseman/designated hitter J.B. Sowyrda of Trinity led the Tigers to a 4-1 record last week, including a three-game SCAC weekend sweep over Hendrix and Rhodes. Sowyrda hit .529 (9-17) for the week, scoring seven times and recording six RBI. He led the team in average, runs, RBI, total bases, stolen bases (3-3) and on-base percentage. In Saturday's win over Rhodes, Sowyrda's three-run homer in the first helped the Tigers out to an early lead that they never gave up in a 6-4 victory. For the season, Sowyrda is fourth on the team with a .323 batting average, collecting 40 hits in 124 at-bats. He has scored 37 runs (tied for 2nd on the team) and driven in 36 (good for 2nd), and has stolen 12 bases in 12 attempts this year. Senior third baseman Matt Deahl of DePauw hit .450 (9-20) on the week with a double, two runs scored and eight RBI as the Tigers went 3-2 on the week, including a four-game split with Rose-Hulman. Deahl extended his hit streak to 10 games and drove in three in Sunday's 5-4 victory over the Engineers. Junior outfielder Matt Pepelea of Rose-Hulman batted .385 with a grand slam home run, a triple and nine RBIs to lead the Engineers' offense in a four-game series with DePauw. Pepelea's grand slam provided all of the Engineer runs in a 4-3 victory over DePauw on Saturday. For the week, the left fielder recorded a slugging average of .769 with five hits, had four runs scored and the nine RBIs. Senior catcher Casey Cook of Sewanee went 10-for-19 (.526) as the Tigers went 4-2 last week, including taking three of four against Centre in SCAC East play. Cook had a double, scored nine runs and drove in five. His best game came in Sunday's 8-1 victory over Centre when he was 3 of 4 with two runs scored an a RBI. Junior first baseman Eric Moore of Centre hit .435 (10 for 23) in six games this past week with six RBI, five runs scored, two doubles and one home run. In the second game against Thomas More, he was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four driven in including his second home run of the season in an 11-7 win. Moore added six hits against Sewanee on the weekend, including driving in the only run in a 1-0 win in the first game against the Tigers. He is currently hitting .413 on the season with 25 RBI and 22 runs scored. Hendrix, Oglethorpe, Rhodes and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, April 3rd through Sunday, April 9th)

CHUCK HUGGINS OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a sophomore left-hander from Atherton, Calif., has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, April 3 through Sunday, April 9.

Huggins was nearly flawless in his only start of the week, tossing a seven-inning complete-game no-hitter to beat Hendrix on Sunday and finish off the weekend SCAC sweep.

Huggins struck out a career-high 13 batters in his seven innings, allowing just three total base runners (two walks, one hit batter).

In two starts against Hendrix this year, Huggins has allowed just one hit through 14 innings, striking out 23 batters. He threw a one-hit shutout, going 6.1 innings without allowing a hit in an earlier start, and striking out 10.

For the season, Huggins is 5-1 with an ERA of 2.86 (seventh in the SCAC), allowing just 14 earned runs in 44 innings of work. He has struck out 47 batters this year (tied for fourth in the SCAC), and opponents are hitting .191 against him (third in the SCAC).

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Senior right-hander P.J. Mitchell of DePauw went 2-0 with a save in three appearances last week. Mitchell earned a win in relief against Franklin by striking out three in an inning and two thirds. In the opening game of the four-game set against Rose-Hulman, he worked the full seven innings, allowing just nine hits and three earned runs while strking out four with no walks in the 9-3 victory. The following day, Mitchell worked the final 1.2 innings and struck out four to preserve the 5-4 win. For the week, he tossed 10.1 innings, allowed 10 hits, three earned runs (2.61 ERA) and struck out 11 without walking a batter. Sophomore right-hander John Herbert of Centre threw a complete-game seven-hit shutout in a 1-0 SCAC road win over Sewanee this past weekend. The sophomore struck out eight while not allowing a walk or hitting a batter in seven innings of work.  Herbert's shutout is the first shutout by a Centre pitcher since April 4, 2001, breaking a streak of 182 games without a shutout win. Herbert now owns a 4-2 record on the season with a 2.95 ERA in 42.2 innings of work. Senior right-hander Matt Woods of Sewanee worked 11.0 innings last week, allowing just one earned run with 10 strikeouts and one walk. Woods earned the victory in Saturday's 8-1 victory over Centre. He went the distance, throwing nine innings and allowing just seven hits, one run with nine strikeouts. Woods retired the final 10 batters he faced and struck out three of the final four. He has now won six straight regular season SCAC games dating to 2004. Junior right-hander Todd Clementoni of Rose-Hulman tossed 7.2 innings and allowed just one earned run to lift the Engineers past DePauw 4-3 on Saturday. Clementoni allowed five hits with one strikeout while holding the Tiger batting order to a .185 average. Senior right-hander Tal Hendrix of Millsaps threw 7.2 innings, giving up one run on 10 hits while striking out eight batters and only walking one. In a mid-week game against Belhaven College, Hendrix threw one inning in relief and earned a save. The win against Belhaven allowed the Majors to take home the Cowboy Maloney Trophy Series – a three way race between Millsaps, Mississippi College, and Belhaven College. Hendrix also pitched to a victory against Southwestern this weekend. Hendrix, Oglethorpe, Rhodes and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
 

WEEK 7

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 27th through Sunday, April 2nd)

EVAN BAKER OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a junior shortstop from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., RICHARD HURD OF RHODES COLLEGE, a sophomore left-fielder from Marietta, Ga., and TIM BRAUN OF ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, a junior first baseman from Evergreen Park, Ill., have been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Tri-Players-of-the-Week for games played Monday, March 27 through Sunday, April 2.

All three had big weeks to lead their teams to huge conference weekends.

Oglethorpe's Baker hit .686 (11-16) on the week, including 10 hits over the weekend as the Petrels took 3 out of 4 against SCAC foe DePauw - the Petrels first series win against the Tigers since 2002.

Baker scored six runs, knocked in five and his hits included two doubles, a triple and a homerun for a slugging percentage of 1.062. He also raised his batting average from .237 to .305 and is now the second-leading hitter for the Petrels.

For the year, Baker is tied for the team lead in hits (29) and has also scored 13 runs, knocked in 14 and is 4 for 5 in stolen bases.

Rhodes' Hurd went 8 for 17 (.471) on the week, raising his season average to .373 (seventh in the SCAC). He scored six runs and drove in six as the Lynx went 4-0 on the week and swept Southwestern in a three-game series.

Since Southwestern joined the SCAC in 1995, this weekend's three-game sweep of the Pirates is a first for the Rhodes' program. In fact, before taking four of five from Southwestern this season, Rhodes had not earned a single win on the diamond against the Pirates since March 10, 2000.

Hurd added two triples, giving him a league-leading four on the season. He also stole three bases - raising his total to 19 on the season (second in the SCAC). Hurd is sixth in the SCAC in runs scored (33) and fifth in hits (38).

Bruan led the Rose-Hulman offense by blasting home runs in each of the first three games of the SCAC series with Centre, as the Engineers claimed three out of four victories.

Braun batted .429 with three home runs, three singles, eight RBIs and five runs scored. For the week, Braun slugged 1.071, stole one base and was a perfect 1.000 fielding in 29 attempts.

For the season, Bruan is 11th in the league in batting average (.365), fourth in slugging percentage (.622) and tied for third in home runs (4).

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Junior first baseman Eric Moore of Centre batted an impressive .727 (16-22) on the week in helping the Colonels go 3-3 in six games. Along with his 16 hits, Moore scored eight runs, drove in five, walked three times and was flawless in the field in 47 chances. His 16 hits included two doubles and his first homerun of the season. In a doubleheader sweep over Maryville on Wednesday, Moore was 7 for 8 in the two games with six runs scored, three RBI, one walk, a double and his homerun. He followed that up going 9 for 14, with two runs scored, two RBI, one double and two walks, in a four-game series against Rose-Hulman. Moore, who almost doubled his season hit total (17 in first 18 games to 16 in six games), also raised his on-base percentage from .353 to .462 over the course of the week. Junior outfielder Nick Vera of Trinity led the Tigers to a 2-1 record over the past week, including a road weekend split with Millsaps College. Vera hit .538 (7-13) in the three games, scoring five runs and driving in five more - which accounts for 10 of the team's 26 runs last week. Among his seven hits, Vera cracked five for extra bases - two homers and three doubles. In addition to his slugging percentage of 1.231, Vera was a perfect 4 for 4 on the base paths to increase his team-leading total to 25 steals in 27 attempts this year. For the season, Vera leads the team with a .390 batting average, collecting 39 hits in 100 at-bats. He also leads the team with 39 runs scored this year and seven homers. Vera also has 23 RBI and holds a slugging percentage of .670 for the year. Junior shortstop Justin Carter of Millsaps was 8 for 13 (,615) in three games last week with two runs scored and a double. The Majors went 1-2 on the week, including a two-game split with Trinity in SCAC Western Division play. Junior outfielder Chris Newman of DePauw went 15 for 41 (.366) on the Tigers Spring Trip. He scored 11 runs and drove in nine with two doubles and a triple on the week. Hendrix, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 27th through Sunday, April 2nd)

SEAN TUTTLE OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a first-year right-hander from Druid Hills, Ga., has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 27 through Sunday, April 2.

Tuttle threw a complete game, three-hit shutout in the Petrels 2-0 win against DePauw over the weekend.

Tuttle did not allow a runner past second base and struck out four in the seven-inning contest. The shutout came in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader after DePauw had posted 20 hits and 19 runs in game one.

For the season Tuttle is 3-2 with a 4.78 ERA and is 2-0 in SCAC play in his first year with the Petrels.

Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Senior right-hander Adam Frey of Trinity allowed no runs and just three hits in two appearances last week, including shutting down Millsaps College on Sunday to preserve the weekend series split. Frey struck out four hitters in 2.2 innings of work to earn the save - his second of the season. For the year, Frey holds an ERA of 3.38 in 10 appearances, allowing 10 earned runs in 26.2 innings of work, and his 36 strikeouts are good for second on the team. Opponents are hitting just .184 against the right-hander this season. Sophomore left-hander Robert Flanagan of Rhodes was 2-0 on the week. He threw a complete game against Southwestern en route to his seventh win of the season, scattering seven hits, with two strikeouts and no walks. Flanagan maintained a shutout into the bottom of the seventh before a passed ball cost him two runs. He picked up a win in relief on Wednesday against LeMoyne-Owen when he pitched one inning and struck out all three batters. On the season, he leads the SCAC in wins (7) and is second in strike outs (47) and sixth in ERA (3.06). Junior right-hander Brad Otto of Rose-Hulman tossed 6.2 innings without allowing an earned run as the Engineers topped Centre in the series finale. Otto scattered nine hits with no walks and three strikeouts in the 13-3 win. Centre, DePauw, Hendrix, Millsaps, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
 

WEEK 6

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 20th through Sunday, March 26th)

J.B. SOWYRDA OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior first baseman/designated hitter from Kingwood, Texas, has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, March 20 through Sunday, March 26.

Sowyrda led the Tigers to a 7-1 record last week, including three wins in a four-game series with Rhodes over the weekend. For the week, Sowyrda hit .500 (14-28), which led the team in hits and average, and also had a team-best 15 RBI and .563 on-base percentage. Among his 14 hits, he cracked two doubles, a triple, and three homers for a slugging percentage of .964 for the eight games.

Overall, Sowyrda raised his batting average from .191 to .281 over the past week. He has 27 hits in 96 at-bats, scoring 25 runs (nine this past week) and driving in 30. He is tied for the team lead with three triples this season and is tied for second on the team with four home runs.

Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Sophomore third baseman Hunter Abrams of Millsaps was 9-for-20 at the plate (.450) with three doubles, two triples and seven RBIs. The Majors went 5-0 last week, including a three-game SCAC sweep at Hendrix. Sophomore second baseman Jeremy Dickinson of DePauw hit .571 (8-14) in the four game series with Centre, including a 6-for-8 performance in Sunday's doubleheader. He had one double, one RBI, scored a run and walked twice. Junior third baseman John Davis of Sewanee had 12 hits in 23 at bats (.521) as the Tigers went 4-2 on its Florida trip, including a win over top-ranked Wooster. Davis had three doubles, one home run, scored six runs and drove in six more. He hit his first career home run in Friday's 7-3 win over Plymouth State. And in Tuesday's 10-5 upset of Wooster, he was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a RBI. He reached base four times in the game and had one assist and a putout in the field. Junior centerfielder Kellen Hurst of Rose-Hulman batted .364 with two doubles and a home run and showed a strong throwing arm to help the Engineers earn a series win over Concordia. Hurst finished 4-for-11 at the plate with two runs scored, three RBIs and an .818 slugging average. In the field, the center fielder threw out Concordia runners attempting to score on back-to-back plays to secure an 8-5 win on Sunday. Sophomore third baseman Daniel Vanaman of Rhodes was 8-for-22 (.364) on the week with a two doubles, a triple and a home run. He also stole two bases in as many attempts. Vanaman scored six runs, had three RBIs and walked four times to increase his league-leading OBP to .535. The sophomore also leads the conference in slugging percentage (.654) and is second in batting average at .410. Centre, Hendrix, Oglethorpe and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 20th through Sunday, March 26th)

MATT MENDEL OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a junior right-hander from Spring, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 20 through Sunday, March 26.

Mendel hurled a complete game no-hitter and struck out a season-high 10 batters as the Pirates halted an eight game skid and trimmed the visiting Knights of Carleton College, 7-0, in college baseball action Thursday.

Mendel's no-hitter is the first of the season for SU, and his ten strikeouts is also a SU season-high.

For the season, Mendel is 13th in the SCAC in ERA at 3.34 and has allowed opposing hitters just a .241 batting average (seventh in the SCAC). He has worked 35.0 innings, struck out 36 (tied for fourth in the SCAC) and is 2-1 in eight appearances.

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Senior right-hander Adam Frey of Trinity earned both a win and a save in his only two appearances last week, giving up just one hit and no runs in 8.1 innings of work. On Tuesday against Concordia, Frey came on with two runners on and two outs in the eighth and the Tigers clinging to a two run lead. He induced a weak ground out to a pinch-hitter to end the eighth, then pitched a perfect ninth to earn the save. He came back later in the week to start the series against Rhodes on Friday night. Frey set the tone for the series by not allowing a hit through the first 6.2 innings of the game, finishing with 10 strikeouts in seven innings of work, allowing just one hit. For the season, Frey is 2-2 with one save, and holds an ERA of 3.91. He has allowed 10 earned runs in 23 innings pitched, striking out 31 batters. Junior right-hander Paul Schneider of Rhodes was 2-0 on the week in two starts. He pitched 5.0 innings against Elmhurst, giving up five hits and one earned run with three strikeouts and zero walks en route to a 6-2 victory. Schneider came back on Sunday and tossed a nine-inning complete game against 18th-ranked Trinity as the Lynx scored four runs in the top of the 8th to take the lead. He scattered eight hits, giving up four earned runs while walking two and picking up five strikeouts to garner his first complete game in over two years. Trinity jumped out to a four-run lead in the second inning but Schneider dug in and battled for nine innings to earn the win. He is now 3-0 on the season and is ninth in the SCAC in ERA at 3.19. Senior right-hander John Fox of Millsaps, in two outings last week, totaled 9.0 innings, gave up five hits and two earned runs with 12 strikeouts and only four walks. This included a one-hit performance against Hendrix in which Fox had nine strikeouts for the scheduled seven inning game. He improved his record to 5-0 with the win. Senior right-hander John Kihlken of DePauw pitched a complete game shutout win (5-0) over Centre on Saturday. He struck out four and walked just one while allowing only five hits. Sophomore right-hander John Herbert of Centre continues to pitch well for the Colonels with eight strong innings on the week, including a complete-game victory over preseason favorite DePauw in the first conference game of the season for both teams. Herbert pitching a scoreless inning of relief against #23 LaGrange College Tuesday night and then followed that effort by allowing two runs - both unearned - on only six hits in a 3-2 win over the Tigers. In the eight innings Herbert pitched, opponents hit only .212 off him. The sophomore currently has a 2.51 ERA and is 3-1 on the season in 28.2 innings pitched. He has struck out 17 and issued only three walks. Sophomore right-hander Luis Bougrat of Rose-Hulman retired 16 of the 17 batters he faced to lift the Engineers past Concordia 8-5 in the series-deciding game on Sunday. Bougrat retired the last 15 hitters of the game and allowed one hit with one strikeout in 5.1 scoreless innings of work. Junior left-hander Daniel Shaver of Sewanee pitched 7.2 innings, allowing just one run and six hits in Friday's 4-1 victory over Plymouth State. In the first complete game win of his career, Shaver struck out five and walked one. Hendrix and Oglethorpe did not nominate anyone for the award.
 

WEEK 5

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 13th through Sunday, March 19th)

WILL BECKER OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior catcher/first baseman from Hudson, Ohio, has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, March 13 through Sunday, March 19.

Becker hit .600 (9-15) over the past week, leading the Tigers to a 3-1 record - including a two-game SCAC weekend sweep of Southwestern.

Becker led Trinity with eight runs and six RBI over the two games, totaling three doubles and a home run among his nine hits. In Sunday's game against Southwestern, Becker was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI, and it was his leadoff homer that sparked Trinity's nine-run inning that propelled them to the win. Becker also had an RBI double later in the same inning.

For the season, Becker has raised his average to .353 (tied for 14th in SCAC) for the year, collecting 24 hits in 68 at-bats, which is good for third on the team. He has 20 runs and a team-best 20 RBI on the year (tied for sixth in the SCAC), and is second on the team in both doubles (7 - tied for sixth in the SCAC)) and homers (4 - tied for third in the SCAC). His slugging percentage of .632 is also tops on the Tiger team and second in the SCAC.

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore third baseman Hunter Abrams of Millsaps, in three non-conference games last week, had six hits in 12 at bats with three doubles, three runs scored, two RBI and two stolen bases. Sophomore catcher Matt Beesley of Rhodes was 6-for-13 (.462) on the week with two doubles, a home run, five runs scored and four RBI. He is now hitting .352 on the season and leads the SCAC in slugging percentage (.646). He is also in the top ten in the league in batting average and on-base percentage. Defensively, only two runners attempted to steal of Beesley during the week and the sophomore threw both out. Junior infielder Keith Felton of Rose-Hulman batted .545 with six hits and one double to lead the Engineers to a two-of-three series win over Mount Union. Felton slugged .636 and had a .545 on-base during the week. Centre, DePauw, Hendrix, Oglethorpe, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 13th through Sunday, March 19th)

ROBERT FLANAGAN OF RHODES COLLEGE, a sophomore left-hander from Shreveport, La., has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 13 through Sunday, March 19.

Flanagan threw his second complete game shutout of the season against Hendrix this weekend as the Lynx earned the 6-0 victory on Friday.

The southpaw scattered four hits over 9.0 innings, walking no one and striking out nine while only throwing 94 pitches.

Earlier in the week against Rust (3/15), Flanagan pitched one third of an inning in relief, entering the game with 2-0 lead runners on second and third. He closed out the inning and the Lynx went on to post the 10-0 victory.

On the season, Flanagan is 5-0 with a 2.76 ERA. He leads the SCAC in wins, is ninth in ERA and second in strikeouts (37). He has walked just seven batters in 36.0 innings.

Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Senior right-hander John Kihlken of DePauw went 7.1 innings, allowing just four hits and no runs in Wednesday's 1-0 blanking of Wabash. Kihlken struck out five batters and walked only one. Junior right-hander Todd Clementoni of Rose-Hulman tossed eight strong innings in the series finale to lead the Engineers past Mount Union 7-1 on Sunday. Clementoni pitched eight innings, scattering eight hits with a career-high nine strikeouts in the victory. First-year left-hander Evan Bronson of Trinity, in his only appearance last week, pitched four shutout innings in relief against Southwestern on Saturday afternoon, holding the Pirates to just one hit and striking out five batters. Bronson earned his first career save for his efforts, shutting out a Southwestern team that had scored four times in the first five innings. For the season, Bronson holds an ERA of 2.03, pitching in seven games for the Tigers. He has allowed three earned runs in 13.1 innings, striking out nine hitters total. Centre, Hendrix, Millsaps, Oglethorpe, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
 

WEEK 4

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 6th through Sunday, March 12th)

LUKE MORROW OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a junior first baseman from Dallas, Texas, has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, March 6 through Sunday, March 12.

In four games this week, Morrow went 8-for-16 at the plate, including two doubles, a triple, and a grand slam home run. On the week, he drove in 10 runs.

The Majors went 3-1 on the week, which included a two-game split at Rhodes.

In a spectacular performance against Piedmont College, Morrow went 3-for-5 with six RBI and was only a triple short of the cycle.

For the season, Morrow is hitting .377 (10th in the SCAC) with a .623 slugging percentage (fourth in the SCAC). He also has 20 hits (tied for sixth in the SCAC) with six doubles (tied for fifth in the SCAC), two triples (tied for third in the SCAC) a home run and 16 RBI (tied for eighth in the SCAC). His 33 total bases is tied for third in the SCAC.

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
Junior outfielder Brad Culling of Southwestern hit .833 for the weekend (5-6) to lead the Pirates to two conference wins over Hendrix. In the first meeting between the two teams on Saturday, he went 2-for-3 with two RBI, a double and a run to hit .633. He had an incredible showing in game two on Sunday, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three doubles and a walk while adding two RBI and a run. He struck out only once in six at bats. First-year first baseman Taylor Burns of Sewanee had nine hits in 22 at bats (.409) last week, including a 6-for-15 (400) effort in the Tigers' four-game set against Oglethorpe. Burns had four doubles, scored five runs and drove in seven more in six games as Sewanee took the early lead in the SCAC East by taking three of four from the Petrels. His best game came in Sunday's 10-7 win as he went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a RBI. First-year second baseman J.R. Bizzell of Rhodes was 6-for-15 (.400) on the week with four runs scored and four RBI as the Lynx went 2-1. Bizzell is now hitting .368 on the season. Sophomore second baseman Ben Jeffers of Centre was 7-for-13 (.538) with a pair of doubles in helping the Colonels go 3-1 on the week. The sophomore also scored seven runs and scored three more. He added seven walks and was hit by a pitch once for a .714 on base percentage. Jeffers was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI in a 15-14 Centre win over Transylvania in the Colonels first ever night game. He followed that up with a 3-for-3 performance and against Defiance with two walks and two runs scored. Jeffers ended the week going 1-for-1 in a 16-4 win over Ohio Northern Saturday, posting three walks and a hit by pitch, scoring three runs on the day. Jeffers is now hitting .350 and has an on-base percentage of .552. Junior centerfielder Nick Vera of Trinity hit .400 (4-10) over the past week, leading the Tigers to a 3-1 record. Trinity opened the week by beating Concordia (Neb.), followed by a Saturday doubleheader split against Franklin & Marshall (Pa.). The Tigers won the rubber game of the series with F&M on Sunday. Vera scored seven runs and drove in four more, cracking two home runs in three games against Franklin & Marshall. Vera reached base five additional times, drawing three walks and getting hit by a pitch two more times, finishing with an on-base percentage of .563 for the week. First-year outfielder Jared Roberts of Hendrix went 8-for-16 in the week for the 1-2 Warriors. In the win against Eureka, Roberts was 2-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, and three batted in off of one of the doubles. In the two-game series against Southwestern, Jared was 6-for-11 with four runs and two batted in. In addition, Roberts got the win on the mound against Eureka throwing six shut-out innings giving up only two hits and striking out three.  DePauw, Oglethorpe, and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, March 6th through Sunday, March 12th)

MATT WOODS OF SEWANEE-UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a senior right-hander from Decatur, Ga., has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 6 through Sunday, March 12.

Woods tossed a six-hit, complete game shutout as the Tigers defeated Oglethorpe 11-0 on Friday. Woods struck out seven and walked just one in the nine-inning blanking. Only three runners reached second base and he retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced with the lone base runner reaching on an error.

Woods is now 4-0 lifetime against Oglethorpe, with three complete game wins which include two complete game shutouts. In those four contests, he has pitched 30.0 innings and allowed just 20 hits and three earned runs (0.90 ERA) with 22 strikeouts and six walks.

 Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Junior right-hander Brian Oates of Trinity tossed a complete-game three-hitter in his only start, defeating Franklin & Marshall 6-1 in the opening game of the three-game series. Oates allowed one run on three hits in the game, striking out nine batters and walking just two. In his last two starts, Oates has given up just one run and three hits over 16 innings, collecting his first two career complete games. For the season, Oates leads the Tigers with a 3-0 record and an ERA of 0.57 - allowing just two earned runs in 31.2 innings pitched. He has also struck out 35 batters and opponents are hitting just .113 against him this season. Junior right-hander Paul Schneider of Rhodes started one game and pitched two in relief for the Lynx this week. He threw six innings in his start, giving up one earned run in a no decision against Division II Christian Brothers. Schneider came in relief against Millsaps and held them to one run (unearned) and picked up the win on Saturday. For the week, Schneider - who missed the last two seasons due to an injury - threw 8.1 innings and allowed two earned runs while going 1-0. First-year right-hander Wes Willis of Southwestern went five innings with eight strikeouts and one walk to pick up his second win of the season in SU's 11-7 win over Hendrix on Saturday. Down 4-2 entering the bottom of third inning, Willis entered the game in relief to power an SU rally for the win. Centre, DePauw, Hendrix, Millsaps, Oglethorpe and Rose-Hulman did not nominate anyone for the award.
 

WEEK 3

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, Feb. 27th through Sunday, March 5th)

NICK VERA OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a junior centerfielder from Clute, Texas, has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, February 27 through Sunday, March 5.

Vera hit .636 (7-11) over the weekend, as the Tigers swept a three-game series from Hendrix College. He also scored six runs and knocked in four RBI.

Among Vera's seven hits were two doubles - both of which were off the fence - and two homers to give him a slugging percentage of 1.364. He also swiped two bases over the weekend, increasing his team-leading total to 11 this season (11-11).

For the season, Vera is hitting .324 (12-37) with a team-high 14 runs scored to go with seven RBI. The two doubles this weekend were his first of the year, and his three homers lead the team. His .622 slugging percentage is second on the team this season.

Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore catcher/designated hitter Derrik Boland of Millsaps went a combined 5-for-11 (.455) at the plate and drove in 11 runs – including a six-RBI performance against Huntingdon (Ala.) College on Wednesday. Boland had three doubles and a triple among his five hits to slug .909 on the week. Junior outfielder Matt Salisbury of Rose-Hulman batted .419 with 13 hits, seven walks and five RBIs to lead the Engineers to a 4-4 record on the team's spring trip to Florida. Salisbury recorded an on-base average of .538 and slugged .484 with a pair of doubles for Rose-Hulman. Senior first baseman Greg DeBeer of DePauw hit .375 (6-16) with five runs scored and four RBI as the Tigers went 3-1 on the week. Among his six hits, DeBeer had two doubles and a triple. He went 3-for-4 with a single, a double and a triple and had three RBI and two runs scored in Saturday's 8-4 victory over Benedictine.  Sophomore outfielder Tyler Boron of Centre went a combined 5-for-6 with a run scored and two RBI in the Colonels' opening day doubleheader against Viterbo. He  was 2-for-3 in Centre's 7-5 win in game one and then was 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored, including a double in a 9-4 loss in the night cap. Senior third baseman Carter Thurman of Sewanee was 3-for-9 (.333) with one run scored and four RBIs in a weekend split with Huntingdon. His two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth tied the Friday's game at 7 and he scored what proved to be the winning run on Casey Cook's two-run double two batters later. Thurman's two-run single was the 100th hit of his career. Sophomore third baseman Daniel Vanaman of Rhodes continued his hot hitting, going 5-for-11 with a double and a triple and added five runs scored and six RBI on the week. He also walked five times. Vanaman, who is hitting .484 and has an on-base percentage of .590, is in the top ten in almost every offensive category in the SCAC. Hendrix, Oglethorpe, and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, Feb. 27th through Sunday, March 5th)

BRIAN OATES, CHUCK HUGGINS AND DREW BIGNALL - ALL OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY - have been selected the SCAC Baseball Tri-Pitchers-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, February 27 through Sunday, March 5.

The Tiger trio of starters accomplished an extremely rare feat over the weekend, recording three straight complete-game shutouts in three SCAC wins over Hendrix College. Trinity has not had three consecutive shutouts since the 2002 season.

Complete-game shutouts are almost as rare for Trinity as from 2003-2005, the Tigers only had one complete-game shutout by its pitching staff. It is also believed to be the first time in school history that a Tiger team has had three consecutive complete-game shutouts.

Going back to 1992, it is just the second time in league history that a SCAC school has posted three consecutive shutouts on the same conference weekend. Mark Alson, John Tschantz and Bill Metzinger of DePauw tossed back-to-back-to-back complete game shutouts against Centre last season.

Oates, a junior right-hander from Huntsville, Texas, opened things up with the seventh no-hitter in school history, holding Hendrix hitless through the scheduled seven innings in Saturday's 4-0 game one win.

In the second game on Saturday, Huggins, a sophomore left-hander from Atherton, Calif., had his bid for a second straight no-hitter broken up after 6.1 innings on a bouncing ball through the right side of the infield. He finished with a one-hit shutout, allowing just two walks and striking out 10 hitters as the Tigers took the 21-0 victory.

In the series finale on Sunday (a 10-0 win for Trinity) Bignall, a sophomore right-hander from Minneapolis, Minn., struck out nine in a two-hit shutout in which he didn't allow a walk. He gave up just one hit in the first and then one in the eighth to finish off a remarkable weekend for the Tiger pitching staff.
Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Sophomore right-hander Luis Bougrat of Rose-Hulman tallied a 2-0 record with one complete game and a 0.00 ERA to lead the Engineers' pitching efforts on its 4-4 spring trip. Bougrat pitched 15 innings, allowing 11 hits with just two walks and eight strikeouts. He held the opposition to a .193 average in wins over Ohio Northern and Milwaukee Engineering. Senior right-hander P.J. Mitchell of DePauw took a no-hitter into the eighth inning on the way to an 8-4 victory over Benedictine on Saturday. Mitchell's final line was 9.0 innings pitched, three hits allowed, two earned runs with one walk and a whopping 12 strikeouts. Senior right-hander John Fox of Millsaps, in his only performance this week, guided the Majors to a win over Southwestern on Saturday. In six innings of work, Fox gave up four runs (all one inning) on five hits, walked one batter and struck out 11. Senior right-hander Matt Woods of Sewanee defeated Huntingdon 9-7 on Friday to give the Tigers their first win of the season. Woods went 8.0 innings, allowing seven hits, five runs (four earned) while striking out two and walking four. After giving up four runs in his first three innings of work, Woods settled down and allowed just one run over the next five innings to allow Sewanee to pull off the come-from-behind victory. Sophomore left-hander Robert Flanagan of Rhodes improved to 4-0 on the season - picking up a win in relief on Tuesday before tossing a complete-game shutout against Eureka on Saturday. Flanagan surrendered just one hit, struck out 11 and walked only one batter. He leads the SCAC in wins and has posted a 2.37 ERA in 19.0 innings of work. Centre, Hendrix, Oglethorpe and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.

WEEK 2

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, Feb. 20th through Sunday, Feb. 26th)

DANIEL WARD OF HENDRIX COLLEGE, a first-year third baseman from Tacoma, Wash., has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, February 20 through Sunday, February 26.

Ward went 5-for-11 (.455) in the three-game series against Central Baptist College, driving in four runs while scoring four with a double and his first-ever collegiate home run.

For the season, Ward is hitting .333 with two doubles, one home run, six RBI, seven runs scored and a team-high three stolen bases.

Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
Junior centerfielder Ryan Bellomy of Southwestern hit a line drive to right field in the bottom of the 11th inning to drive in the winning run and hand the visiting Bulldogs of Texas Lutheran their first loss of the season, a 4-3 decision in Georgetown on Tuesday. Bellomy batted .400 for the game with two hits, two RBI and one double. DePauw, Millsaps, Oglethorpe, Rhodes, Rose-Hulman, Sewanee and Trinity did not nominate anyone for the award, and Centre did not play.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Monday, Feb. 20th through Sunday, Feb. 26th)

ANDY MORRISON OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a junior right-hander from Austin, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, February 20 through Sunday, February 26.

Morrison led the Pirates to their first conference win of the season, a 4-0 shutout of Rhodes College on Sunday afternoon in Georgetown.

The junior pitched the complete nine innings, striking out seven and allowing only four hits for his second win of the season.

For the season, Morrison is 2-0 with a league-leading ERA of 0.47. He has worked 19.0 innings, allowing just one earned run while striking out 16 batters. Opposing hitters are batting just .115 against the right-hander.
Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Senior right-hander J.T. Baker of Oglethorpe, in his only appearance of the week, threw a two-hit shutout while striking out seven for a 1-0 win in the first game of a doubleheader sweep of Maryville (Tenn.). He did not allow a base runner past second base and retired the last eight batters he faced. For the season, Baker is 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA in 10.2 innings pitched. Sophomore left-hander Robert Flanagan of Rhodes improved his record to 2-0 on the season as he pitched a complete game in a 3-2 victory over Southwestern. Flanagan pitched 7.0 innings, allowing four hits and no earned runs. He had four strikeouts and walked three. Junior left-hander Jordan Wooley of Hendrix pitched 6.0 innings, allowing nine hits and three runs while striking out four and walking no one, in a 5-3 victory over Central Baptist on Saturday. Senior right-hander Jon Allen of Trinity, in his only appearance last week, allowed just one earned run in 5.1 innings of relief against the red-hot Millsaps offense. Allen gave up eight hits and struck out six hitters in the game. DePauw, Millsaps, Rose-Hulman and Sewanee did not nominate anyone for the award, and Centre did not play.

WEEK 1

SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week
(For games played Saturday, Feb. 4th through Sunday, Feb. 19th)

DANIEL VANAMAN OF RHODES COLLEGE, a sophomore third baseman from Memphis, Tenn., has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, February 4 through Sunday, February 19.

Vanaman continued his hot hitting from last season. On the week, the sophomore was 9 of 13 (.692 BA) with three doubles, two home runs, five runs scored, eight runs batted in and was 1-for-1 in stolen bases. 

He had the first multiple home run game of his career on Wednesday against Rust. His first home run came in the first inning to make the score 2-1 and then he followed it up in the third with a grand slam that broke a 4-4 tie.

In the early going, Vanaman leads the SCAC in five categories: batting average (.692), slugging percentage (1.385), total bases (18), hits (9) and home runs (2). He is second in RBI’s (8) and on-base percentage (.750). 

Vanaman is coming off a season in which he hit .371 as a freshman and made First Team All-SCAC.

Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
First-year second baseman Ryan Cavan of Trinity is currently batting .583 (7-12) in his first three collegiate games. Cavan also has one walk and has been hit by a pitch for an on-base average of .643 (9-14). In his second game against Howard Payne, he went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and four RBI in a 16-3 win for the Tigers. Cavan also had a double in the game that saw only three extra base hits out of 22 total hits. Hendrix, Millsaps, Oglethorpe, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award, and Centre, DePauw and Rose-Hulman did not play.

SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
(For games played Saturday, Feb. 4th through Sunday, Feb. 19th)

BRIAN OATES OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a junior right-hander from Huntsville, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Saturday, February 4 through Sunday, February 19.

Oates struck out nine from the tenth-ranked Texas Lutheran squad, including the side in the second and third innings. He surrendered one earned run on three hits in six innings before leaving with a 2-1 lead.

Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC:
 Senior right-hander John Fox of Millsaps made one pitching appearance last week – a 16-1 victory over Mississippi College. Fox threw 7.0 innings – six scoreless - giving up only four hits and one run. Fox recorded nine strikeouts and two walks on the night, at one point retiring 12 straight batters. Sophomore right-hander Nick Greenfield of Oglethorpe led the Petrels to their first win in his second consecutive complete game effort, striking out eight and allowing only one earned run in seven innings against visiting Lewis and Clark College. For the season, Greenfield is 1-1 in 14 innings of work, striking out 13 with only four walks and a miniscule 1.29 ERA. Sophomore lefthander Chris Catalanotto of Rhodes was 2-0 on the week in two starts. He pitched a combined nine innings, giving up five hits, two earned runs and striking out 11. Catalanotto held his opponents to a .161 batting average. In his first start, he threw 5.0 innings, giving up one hit and no earned runs with six strikeouts en route to a 13-1 victory. Catalanotto came back five days later and threw 4.0 innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs while striking out five to pick up his second victory of the season. Hendrix, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award, and Centre, DePauw and Rose-Hulman did not play.