North Greenville's Jones and Burgess Named Conference Carolinas Baseball Players of the Week
North Greenville's Jones and Burgess Named Conference Carolinas Baseball Players of the Week
HIGH POINT, N.C. – North Greenville University's Utah Jones was tabbed the Conference Carolinas Baseball Player of the Week, while teammate Tucker Burgess was tabbed the Conference Carolinas Baseball Pitcher of the Week for games played Mar. 11-17, the Conference announced today.
Jones, a senior from Stillwater, Okla., Cornell led the Crusaders to a 6-0 record last week, which included a 4-0 mark in conference Carolinas play. Jones hit .400 with eight hits, including one double, with five RBI and six runs scored.
Burgess, a senior from Liberty, S.C., made two appearances and pitched eight innings to post a 1-0 record last week. Burgess pitched a spotless two innings in a 10-2 win over Lander. Burgess then pitched six innings and let up two hits and one walk while notching nine strikeouts in a 6-0 win over Limestone.
Also nominated for Baseball Player of the Week:
Julio Justo (Southern Wesleyan) - Batted .333 with six hits and nine RBI in five games.
Kevin Barbato (King) - Batted .444 with eight hits and two RBI in four games.
JT Stone (Mount Olive) - Batted .389 with seven hits and three RBI in five games.
Brock Baughcum (Emmanuel) - Batted .571 with eight hits and three RBI in three games.
Gatlin Pate (Barton) - Batted .455 with five hits and five RBI in four games.
Also nominated for Baseball Pitcher of the Week:
Erik Calderon, Jr. (King) - 1-0 record with eight innings pitched with 12 strikeouts and 0.00 ERA in two appearances.
TJ McEvilly (Southern Wesleyan) - 2-0 record with 14 innings pitched with seven strikeouts and 1.93 ERA in two appearances.
Caleb Irwin (Mount Olive) - 1-0 record with five innings pitched with six strikeouts and 1.80 ERA in one appearance.
Josh Vincent (Chowan) - 1-0 record with seven innings pitched with six strikeouts and 2.57 ERA in one appearance.
Colton Bridges (Emmanuel) - 1-0 record with 6.2 innings pitched with four strikeouts and 1.35 ERA in two appearances.
Dylan Ward (Barton) - 1-0 record with 5.1 innings pitched with seven strikeouts and 3.38 ERA in one appearance.
2019 Baseball Players of the Week
Week One (Feb. 5) - Joe Mason (Mount Olive)
Week Two (Feb. 12) - Drew Yniesta (Erskine)
Week Three (Feb. 19) - Johh Michael Faile (North Greenville)
Week Four (Feb. 26) - Blake McLean (Mount Olive)
Week Five (Mar. 5) - Marquise Lanier (Chowan)
Week Six (Mar. 12) - Alex Cornell (Limestone)
Week Seven (Mar. 19) - Utah Jones (North Greenville)
2019 Baseball Pitchers of the Week
Week One (Feb. 5) - Payton MacPherson (Limestone)
Week Two (Feb. 12) - Colby Shimmel (Barton)
Week Three (Feb. 19) - Michael Giacone (North Greenville)
Week Four (Feb. 26) - Michael Giacone (North Greenville)
Week Five (Mar. 5) - Michael Giacone (North Greenville)
Week Six (Mar. 12) - Alex Calvert (Erskine)
Week Seven (Mar. 19) - Tucker Burgess (North Greenville)