GREENVILLE, S.C. – Belmont Abbey College Thomas Paxton was selected National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association (NCBWA) Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week.

Paxton had a big week, posting two saves to help Belmont Abbey win the Conference Carolinas series over top-ranked North Greenville. He started by tossing the final two innings with four strikeouts in a 10-8 game-one win. He then earned the final two outs, one via strikeout in the Crusaders' 4-3 game-two victory. For the week he recorded an ERA of 0.00 with five strikeouts in two and two-thirds innings while holding the Trailblazers to a .111 batting average.

NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 4 Payne Stolsworth, Catawba
Feb. 11 Chansen Cole, Newberry
Feb. 18 Evan Harding, Barton
Feb. 25 Jake Larson, Lander
Mar. 4 Thomas Paxton, Belmont Abbey

NCBWA Southeast Region Player of the Week
Feb. 4 Landon Mokris, Emmanuel
Feb. 11 Kade Smallwood, Young Harris
Feb. 18 Tanner Folds, Shorter
Feb. 25 Charlie Bussey III
Mar. 4 Dylan Driver, Catawba