MORGANTOWN, W. VA. (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy
National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game
Headwear for the period ending March 15. Arizona sophomore catcher
Daniel Susac was named National Hitter
of the Week, while Mississippi State's junior right-handed
pitcher Parker Stinnett was named National
Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates
from each Division I Conference and names winners each Tuesday throughout
the season.
Across four games against New Mexico and California last week,
Susac hit an astounding .526 (10-for-19) with five runs scored,
two doubles, three home runs, 11 RBI, a 1.105 slugging percentage,
and a .500 on-base percentage. The Roseville, Calif., native, led
all Arizona players in hits, extra-base hits, RBI, and slugging
percentage as they went 3-1 on the week.
Defensively, Susac started all four games behind the plate for
the Wildcats and posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on 30
chances.
His week featured multiple base hits and at least one run scored
in all four games as the consensus Preseason All-American raised
his season batting average to .416. In Sunday's rubber match at
California, Susac hit two home runs in the first inning, making
him the first Arizona player to accomplish the feat in 24 years.
Stinnett led all SEC pitchers last week with 24 strikeouts in
11.0 innings pitched after starting twice in a span of six days.
The junior registered a career-high 12 strikeouts twice this past
week, including in just his second career start, as MSU defeated
No. 11 Texas Tech, 11-5, in Biloxi.
The Oxford, Miss., native posted a 2-0 record in two starts and
held opposing hitters to a .125 average, while allowing just one
extra-base hit to help lead State to a 4-1 week.
Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of
college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and
publicists of the sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit
the association's official Web site, ncbwa.com.
For more information on the Dick Howser Trophy and the NCBWA
Division I National Players of the Week, contact NCBWA Assistant
Executive Director
Mike Montoro
at West Virginia University at 304-293-2821.
2022 Dick Howser Trophy National Players of the Week: •
Week ending Feb. 20: Tommy White, NC State (Hitter);
Hunter Barco, Florida (Pitcher) • Week ending
Feb. 27: Jake Gelof, Virginia and Trey Lipscomb, Tennessee (Hitter); Chazz Martinez,
Oklahoma (Pitcher) • Week ending March 6:
Nathan Chong, Saint Mary's (Hitter); Sean Bergeron, Western Kentucky and Thatcher
Hurd, UCLA (Pitcher) • Week ending March
13: Daniel Susac, Arizona (Hitter); Parker Stinnett, Mississippi State (Pitcher)
• Week ending March 20: Jacob Wilson, Grand Canyon
(Hitter); Gabriel Hughes, Gonzaga (Pitcher) •
Week ending March 27: Josh Hatcher, Kennesaw State
and Christopher Sargent, Southern Miss (Hitter); Drew Thorpe, Cal Poly (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 2: Joey Walls, UNLV (Hitter);
Drew Beam, Tennesssee and Cooper Hjerpe, Oregon State (Pitcher) •
Week ending April 9: Ryan Cermak, Illinois State
and Matt Higgins, Bellarmine (Hitter); Graham Laubscher, St. Thomas and Cooper Rawls,
Louisiana (Pitcher) • Week ending April 16:
Matt Coutney, Old Dominion (Hitter); Parker Messick, Florida State (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 23: Max Wagner, Clemson and
Ryan Gaudino, Tennessee Tech (Hitter); Ben Seiler, Siena and Shemar Page, Grambling
(Pitcher) • Week ending April 30: David McCabe,
Charlotte and Ryan Lasko, Rutgers (Hitter); Ryan Ramsey, Maryland (Pitcher)
• Week ending May 8: Ivan Melendez, Texas (Hitter);
Juaron Watts-Brown, Long Beach State (Pitcher)
2022 Dick Howser Trophy National Players of the Month: •
February: Tommy White, NC State (Hitter); Bryce
Hubbard, Florida State (Pitcher) • March:
Ivan Melendez, Texas (Hitter); Drew Beam, Tennessee (Pitcher) •
April: Matt Coutney, Old Dominion (Hitter); Parker
Messick, Florida State (Pitcher)
|