UCA’s Potvin, UNO’s Seroski Nab Southland Baseball Weekly Honors
FRISCO, Texas – Central Arkansas’ Coby Potvin and New Orleans’ Caleb Seroski are the Southland Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, the league announced Monday. Weekly awards are presented by
Hercules Tires.
Potvin led a Bears (17-22, 12-16 SLC) squad that took three of four from Northwestern State by hitting .571 and slugging .857 in the series with multiple hits in three of the four contests. He scored five runs, knocked in four runs and tallied a trio of walks and extra-base hits, each.
Seroski moved into the program’s top five for single-season saves (nine) with a pair of saves to help the first-place Privateers (20-12, 25-19) secure a series split with McNeese. He struck out eight batters over four scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and not surrendering a walk.
The weekly honorees will square off for a four-game series in New Orleans, beginning with a 6:30 p.m. first pitch on Friday.
Hitter of the Week – Coby Potvin, Central Arkansas – Senior – First Baseman – Belton, Texas
Potvin opened the weekend series on a high note, going 3-for-4 with a double and a run in Friday’s opener and followed it up with a 2-for-3 outing in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader. In Saturday’s first game, he capped a six-run sixth inning with a bases-clearing triple. Potvin reached base and scored in each of his first three plate appearances of the finale.
Honorable Mention: Nate Collins, McNeese; Pearce Howard, New Orleans; Anthony Quirion, Lamar.
Pitcher of the Week – Caleb Seroski, New Orleans – Relief Pitcher – Sophomore – New Iberia, La.
Seroski tossed three innings of perfect baseball to close out the second game of Saturday’s twinbill, striking out seven Cowboy batters. The following day, he shut the door on a 13-10 win in the series finale with just one hit and a strikeout in the final frame.
Honorable Mention: John Gaddis, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Joseph Sgambelluri, Stephen F. Austin; Joe Taylor, Nicholls; Isaiah Zavala, UIW.
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.
2021 Southland Baseball Players of the Week
May 3 – Coby Potvin, Central Arkansas; Caleb Seroski, New Orleans
April 26 – Colton Eager, Abilene Christian; Tyler Cleveland, Central Arkansas
April 19 – Tyler Finke, Southeastern Louisiana; Will Warren, Southeastern Louisiana
April 12 – Colton Cowser, Sam Houston; Brennan Stuprich, Southeastern Louisiana
April 5 – Chase Kemp, Lamar; Levi David, Northwestern State
March 29 – Colton Cowser, Sam Houston; Will Kinzeler, Southeastern Louisiana
March 22 – Nate Fisbeck, McNeese; Levi David, Northwestern State
March 15 – Gaige Howard, New Orleans; Chris Turpin, New Orleans
March 9 – Colton Eager, Abilene Christian; Will Kinzeler, Southeastern Louisiana
March 2 – Clayton Rasbeary, McNeese; Will Dion, McNeese
Feb. 23 – Luke Marbach, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Collin Kulivan, New Orleans