Baseball Olivia Draguicevich

Caple of Lamar and Beck of UIW win Jersey Mike's SLC Baseball Player of the Week Awards

FRISCO, Texas –UIW's Dalton Beck and Lamar pitcher Brooks Caple were named the Jersey Mike's Southland Baseball Players of the Week, announced Monday by the conference office.

This is Caple's second claiming the Pitcher of the Week honor this season while Beck becomes the first Cardinal to win the hitter of the week award. 

Hitter of the Week: Dalton Beck, UIW - Jr. - DH - Frisco, Tx (Reedy HS)
Beck had a monster week for the Cardinals as he helped them cruise 4-0 on the week. Dalton had 12 hits, 11 RBIs, and 4 home runs. Beck finished the week batting .632 with a 1.316 slugging percentage.

Pitcher of the Week: Brooks Caple, Lamar - Sr. - RHP - Gunter, Tx (Gunter HS)
Brooks guided Lamar to a series-opening 2-1 win. He pitched 6.1 innings surrendering no runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts. Caple held the Lions to a .136 batting average and picked up his fifth win of the season.

2024 Southland Baseball Players of the Week

Date Hitter of the Week Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 19 Edgar Alvarez, Nicholls Riely Hunsaker, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Feb. 26 Conner Westenburg, McNeese Brooks Caple, Lamar
Mar. 4 Jude Hall, Southeastern Brennan Stuprich, Southeastern
Mar. 11 Trinidad Sebastian, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Isaiah Zavala, UIW
Mar. 18 Justin Williams, Southeastern Hunter Hesseltine, Lamar
Mar. 25 Miguel Useche, New Orleans Brennan Stuprich, Southeastern
April 1 Zak Skinner, Lamar Josh Salinas, UIW
April 8 Garrett Felix, Nicholls Jacob Ellis, Lamar
April 15 Dalton Beck, UIW Brooks Caple, Lamar