Dale Francis, Jr. of Erskine and Reece Fields of North Greenville Chosen Baseball Weekly Award Winners
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Dale Francis, Jr. of Erskine and Reece Fields of North Greenville have been tabbed as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas baseball for the week ending March 19, 2023.
Francis was named the Player of the Week, while Fields picked up Pitcher of the Week honors.
A sophomore from Fort Pierce, Florida, Francis finished Erskine’s four games last week hitting .667 (10-of-15) with 13 RBIs and eight runs scored. He had two four-hit games in addition to seven extra-base hits on four home runs and three doubles. Francis owned a 1.667 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .737. In Erskine’s 21-9 game one win over Barton, Francis finished the game going 4-for-5 with eight RBIs and four runs scored. He had three home runs in the contest. Francis currently leads Conference Carolinas in slugging percentage (.946), on-base percentage (.539) and OPS (1.485). He is second in the league in batting average at .459.
A redshirt junior right-handed pitcher from West Columbia, South Carolina, Fields was spectacular in his start in top-ranked North Greenville’s second game win over King. Fields struck out four and allowed just two hits in helping three others to combine for the shutout in the 20-0 North Greenville victory. King hit just .111 against him on the day. Fields leads all in Conference Carolinas with a perfect 6-0 record.
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2023 Conference Carolinas Baseball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Feb. 7, 2023)
Player of the Week: Ethan Ott, UNC Pembroke
Pitcher of the Week: Drew Moore, King
Week 2 (Feb. 14, 2023)
Player of the Week: Christian Jayne, UNC Pembroke
Pitcher of the Week: Ethan Wilson, Belmont Abbey
Week 3 (Feb. 21, 2023)
Player of the Week: Will Hardee, Francis Marion
Pitcher of the Week: Branden Kunz, UNC Pembroke
Week 4 (Feb. 28, 2023)
Player of the Week: Marcerio Allen, Southern Wesleyan
Pitcher of the Week: Steven Mufareh, Southern Wesleyan
Week 5 (March 7, 2023)
Player of the Week: Patrick Taylor, Belmont Abbey
Pitcher of the Week: Nic Aehlert, Belmont Abbey
Week 6 (March 14, 2023)
Player of the Week: Dylan Jeffries, Mount Olive
Pitcher of the Week: Erik Johnson, Mount Olive
Week 7 (March 21, 2023)
Player of the Week: Dale Francis, Jr., Erskine
Pitcher of the Week: Reece Fields, North Greenville