The South Atlantic Conference Announces AstroTurf SAC Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, April 25
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Catawba's Zach Almond was tabbed the Astroturf South Atlantic Conference Baseball Player of the Week, while Ethan Carpenter of Tusculum was tabbed the Astroturf South Atlantic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week for games played April 17-23, the League announced today.
Almond, a junior from Richfield, N.C., batted .667 on the week with a slugging percentage of 1.389 to lead Catawba to a 5-0 record, including a League sweep of Brevard. The series sweep pushed the Catawba Indians to their fifth-straight SAC title. Almond swatted four home runs, three in Saturday's doubleheader sweep of Brevard and added nine RBI on the and scored 10 runs in the in the five-game span. The honor marks his first Player of the Week nod this season.
Carpenter, a senior from Polkville, N.C., struck out 11 hitters in a complete game win over Wingate on April 21. He scattered just three hits in his nine innings of work and allowed only one run. The award is his first Pitcher of the Week plaudit this season.
2017 Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 7 - Justin Dean, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 14 - Ryan Addington, Carson-Newman
Feb. 21 - Luke Setzer, Catawba
Feb. 28 - Luke Setzer, Catawba & Trejon Smith, Newberry
Mar. 7 - Bradley Brown, Wingate
Mar. 14 - Seth Hunt, Lincoln Memorial
Mar. 20 - Nick Lacina, Tusculum & Bryson Conner, Coker
Mar. 28 - Timmy Wages, Lincoln Memorial
Apr. 4 - Christian Stampler, Mars Hill
Apr. 11 - Luke Setzer, Catawba
Apr. 18 - Tyler Adams, Lincoln Memorial & Paul Kirby, Carson-Newman
Apr. 25 - Zach Almond, Catawba
2017 Baseball Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 7 - Hunter Hamilton, Wingate
Feb. 14 - Zach Slagle, Tusculum & Thomas St. Clair, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 21 - Hunter Morgan, Wingate
Feb. 28 - Thomas St. Clair, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 7 - Thomas St. Clair, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 14 - Alec Bivins, Mars Hill
Mar. 20 - Forrest Arnold, Coker
Mar. 28 - Evan Estridge, Newberry
Apr. 4 - McKenly Berry, Tusculum
Apr. 11 - Thomas St. Clair, Lenoir-Rhyne
Apr. 18 - Forrest Arnold, Coker
Apr. 25 - Ethan Carpenter, Tusculum