Barton's Staz, Belmont Abbey's Stegura selected NCBWA Southeast Region Player and Pitcher of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Mason Staz of Barton has been selected National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association (NCBWA) Southeast Region Player of the Week and Drew Stegura of Belmont Abbey has been tabbed NCBWA Pitcher of the Week.
The first baseman hit .818 last week, going 9-for-11 with six runs batted in to lead the Bulldogs to a series sweep over rival 10th-ranked Mount Olive. Staz started the series with a 4-for-4 performance where he scored three times and drove in three runs. He later closed the series by going 4-for-5, driving in two runs and scoring three times.
Just a week after throwing a one-hitter against North Greenville, Stegura followed it up with a career-best 12 strikeouts in a win over UNC Pembroke. Nine of those strikeouts came consecutively from the fourth through the sixth innings. He only allowed one run on five hits, tossing 122 pitches in the 7-3 Belmont Abbey victory.
NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 6 Jake Inman, UNC Pembroke
Feb. 13 Ben Smith, Anderson
Feb. 20 Benjamin Blackwell, Coker
Feb. 27 Nick McCollum, Georgia Southwestern
Mar. 5 Reece Fields, North Greenville
Mar. 12 Ethan Imbimbo, Mount Olive
Mar. 19 Tanner Halvorson, Barton
Mar. 26 Ethan Imbimbo, Mount Olive
Apr. 2 Anson Merrick, Lander
Apr. 9 Drew Stegura, Belmont Abbey
Apr. 16 Drew Stegura, Belmont Abbey
NCBWA Southeast Region Player of the Week
Feb. 6 Derek Wylie, Columbus State
Feb. 13 Nick Dietsch, Emmanuel
Feb. 20 Connor Droze, Lander
Feb. 27 David Lewis, North Greenville
Mar. 5 Win Johns, Columbus State
Mar. 12 Dale Francis, Jr., Erskine
Mar. 19 Kyle Lodise, Augusta
Mar. 26 Brett Adams, Wingate
Apr. 2 Kaleb Hall, North Greenville
Apr. 9 Donovan Ford, Newberry
Apr. 16 Mason Staz, Barton