DALLAS (NCBWA) The National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association released its weekly NCAA Division II National
Players of the Week awards for the period ending March
25th. Nova Southeastern senior outfielder Areo Regoli
is the National Hitter of the Week while Southern New Hampshire
junior lefthander Tim Flight is the National Pitcher
of the Week.
Areo Regoli (Homestead, Fla.) batted .562 with eight runs and
10 RBI to lead the Sharks to a 4-1 weekly mark, including a conference
series win over Eckerd. Posting a .600 OBP, Regoli hit safely in
each game and tallied multiple hits in three. He amassed a 1.500
slugging percentage with five home runs. In a 9-8 series finale
win that clinched the series versus Eckerd, Regoli was a perfect
3-for-3 with two homers to help bring the Sharks back from a five-run
deficit. He was also 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts in the contest.
In four outings, Regoli did not commit an error in the field.
Tim Flight (Portsmouth, R.I.) struck out a career-high 18 batters
in a complete-game, two-hit shutout in a 1-0 victory over Saint
Anselm on Thursday night. He struck out the side in the first and
fourth innings and allowed just one walk. For the season, Flight
is a perfect 4-0 with a 0.44 ERA. He has struck out 49 batters in
41.1 innings of work.
Division II Regional Players of the Week: Atlantic:
Bret Blevins, Concord (W.V.) (Hitter); Brian Ernst, East Stroudsburg
(Pitcher) Central: Ty Jacobs, Metro State (Hitter); Kyle Clemens,
CSU-Pueblo (Pitcher) East: Phil Delisle, Nyack College (Hitter);
Tim Flight, Southern New Hampshire (Pitcher) Midwest: Drake
Austin, Quincy (Hitter); Adam Beach, Lake Erie College (Pitcher)
South: Areo Regoli, Nova Southeastern (Hitter); Alex Sikes, Christian
Brothers (Pitcher) South Central: JC Ochoa, Fort Hays (Hitter);
Carl ONeal St. Marys (Pitcher) West: Bo Folkinga, Western
Oregon (Hitter); Geoff Broussard, Cal Poly Pomona (Pitcher)
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2012 NCBWA Division II Players of the Week:
Feb. 5: Chris Miller, Cal Poly Pomona (Hitter);
Rick Reyna, Angelo State (Pitcher)
Feb. 12: Anthony Boza, Lynn (Hitter); Barry Meeks, West Alabama (Pitcher)
Feb. 19: Joe Andrade, Dixie State (Hitter);
Brandon Droge, Newman (Pitcher) Feb.
26: Nate Wilder, Arkansas Tech (Hitter); Carl O'Neal, St. Mary's (Pitcher)
March 4: Tommy Barnes, Nebraska-Kearney (Hitter);
Nolan Snell, Colorado Mesa (Pitcher)
March 11: Drew Miller, Southwest Baptist (Hitter);
Dan McMahon, University of the Sciences (Pitcher)
March 18: Heath Peterson, Montevallo (Hitter);
Chris Zbin, Southern Connecticut State (Pitcher)
March 25: Areo Regoli, Nova Southeastern (Hitter);
Tim Flight, Southern New Hampshire (Pitcher)
April 1: Tucker Brown, Central Oklahoma (Hitter);
Mark Royer, Millersville (Pitcher)
April 8: James Roche, Franklin Pierce (Hitter); Derek Hansen, Augustana (Pitcher)
April 15: Giancarlo Brugnoni, Grand Valley
State (Hitter); Colton Mitchell, Delta State (Pitcher)
April 22: Scott Zuback, Lock Haven (Hitter);
Jaden Dillon, Texas A&M-Kingsville (Pitcher)
April 29: Alex Schrupp, Metro State (Hitter);
Logan Birr, St. Cloud State (Pitcher)
May 6: Adam Shank, St. Edward's (Hitter);
Thomas Lee, Sonoma State (Pitcher)
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