Islanders Sweep Southland Baseball Players of the Week Awards
FRISCO,
Texas - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi swept
the Southland Conference weekly baseball awards with the selection of
outfielder Jordan Lee as the hitter of the week and right-hander Daniel Minor
as the pitcher of the week, the league office announced Monday.
Lee
led the Islanders to a series win over Lamar, hitting .538 (7 for 13) in three
games on the road. The freshman from Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek H.S.), had
two hits in a 5-2 win on Friday night, one on Saturday in a 9-3 victory and
four in a loss in the finale. Lee had at least one RBI in each of the three
games and got on base exactly half the time in the three-game series. He hit
two doubles and one triple while totaling four RBI for the Islanders. Lee
responded to being moved to the top of the lineup, after getting one hit in the
leadoff position on Saturday, he went 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI while
also stealing a base on Sunday. Lee also scored the winning run on Friday.
Minor
pitched his fourth complete game of the season and struck out 10 Lamar batters
in the series opener on Friday. It was also the fourth time this season the
junior from Dripping Spring, Texas (Dripping Springs H.S.) struck out at least
10 batters in a game. Moving to the top of the rotation, Minor sat down 10
Lamar batters on strikes while walking one and giving up two runs against the
Cardinals. He scattered 10 hits and walked on one batter to improve to 9-2 on
the season. His season ERA is now 1.94 heading into the final weekend of the
season. This is Minor's fourth pitcher of the week award of the season.
Honorable
mention for hitter of the week goes to Nicholls State senior outfielder Jeremy
Hill, Central Arkansas senior third baseman/designated hitter Blake Roberts,
McNeese State senior right fielder Seth Granger and Sam Houston State freshman
first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Honorable mention for pitcher of the week goes to
McNeese State sophomore right-hander Tyler McDonald, Sam Houston State senior
right-hander Michael Oros and Central Arkansas junior right-hander Caleb
McClanahan.
To
receive honorable mention, a player must receive votes from 25 percent of the
Southland baseball sports information contacts. Each school's SID nominates and
votes for the players of the week, though is not permitted to vote for his or
her own player.