Ben Gobbel of Belmont Abbey Chosen NCBWA Southeast Region Player of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Ben Gobbel of Belmont Abbey has been chosen as the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Southeast Region Player of the Week.
A junior shortstop from Cumming, Georgia, Gobbel helped the Crusaders go 4-0 last week as he hit .688 (11-for-16) with a 1.500 slugging percentage and a .750 on-base percentage. He drove in 10 runs and scored 11 with three home runs, two doubles and one triple while also drawing four walks, stealing two bases and striking out just once. In an 18-6 non-conference win over Lander on April 26 he went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and five runs scored with a triple and a home run.
Gobbel was a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI to go with two walks in the series opening 9-1 league win over Chowan and he closed the series with a 3-for-5 game on April 30 in which he drove in five and scored twice with a pair of home runs in a 16-1 victory.
NCBWA Southeast Region Player of the Week
2/8 | Michael Dansky, Wingate
2/15 | Wade Cuda, Lenoir-Rhyne
2/22 | Mason Streater, Lander
3/1 | Cory Bivins, North Greenville
3/8 | Steven Minter, Columbus State
3/15 | Alden Cottle, Mount Olive
3/22 | Sean Johnson, Belmont Abbey
3/29 | John Michael Faile, North Greenville
4/5 | Marek Chlup, North Greenville
4/12 | Mitch Farris, Wingate
4/19 | Seaver King, Wingate
4/26 | Paul Grazzini, Georgia College
5/3 | Ben Gobbel, Belmont Abbey
NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week
2/8 | Alex Hart, Barton
2/15 | Ben Gilks, Catawba
2/22 | Hunter Stevens, Mount Olive
3/1 | Bennett Nance, Lander
3/8 | Gage Voorhees, Flagler
3/15 | Joel Haney, USC Aiken
3/22 | Reece Fields, North Greenville
3/29 | Greg Brown, Catawba
4/5 | Brody McCullough, Wingate
4/12 | Austin Moore, Francis Marion
4/19 | Garrett Stiltner, UVA Wise
4/26 | Jared Donaldson, Georgia Southwestern
5/3 | Joshua Lanham, Lenoir-Rhyne