NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay senior infielder Brody Szako was knocking them out of the park this week as the Bellville, Texas, native slammed four home runs this past week, helping earn him this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association Baseball Player of the Week honor.
Szako hit homers in back-to-back at-bats at Evansville, then hit one in each of the Governors’ victories against Bellamine. He also had the walk-off single to seal a second run-rule victory over the Knights for the Atlantic Sun series win.
For the week, Szako batted .471 with eight hit in 17 at-bats. He also had nine total RBI for the week with a 1.235 slugging percentage and a .474 on-base mark. Szako won the ASUN player of the week honor.
On the hill, Tennessee Tech hurler Peyton Calitri took the mound facing one of the top offenses in the Division I in Morehead State and put the Golden Eagles on his back as he delivered a dominant outing to earn the TSWA’s Pitcher of the Week award.
The Collierville, Tenn., native threw eight shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk, striking out 10 Morehead batters en route to his fifth win of the season. All three hits were singles and one batter reached second in the outing.
In softball, both honors went to Trevecca as senior first baseman Sydney McCormick and junior pitcher Ashlan Sensing helped the Trojans go 4-0 last week, improving to 14-2 in Great Midwest play.
McCormick, from Watertown, Tenn., hit .545 (6-for-11) on the week with a double and two home runs. She drove in five and scored four runs. She ended the week with a 1.182 slugging percentage and a .615 on-base mark.
Sensing, from Dickson, Tenn., went 2-0 for the week, collecting a perfect 0.00 ERA. She struck out 16 batters in 12 innings of work with two complete games and a shutout. Sensing walked just one batter across the 12 frames, allowing only four hits as her opponents hit .100 against her.
BASEBALL
2/20 | Player: John Bay (Austin Peay); Pitcher: Peyton Calitri (Tennessee Tech)
2/27 | Player: Hayden Gilliland (Tennessee Tech); Pitcher: Andrew Devine (Austin Peay)
3/5 | Player: Camden Kozeal (Vanderbilt); Pitcher: Will Pryor (Belmont)
3/12 | Player: Tanner Shiver (Tennessee Tech); Pitcher: Devin Futrell (Vanderbilt)
3/19 | Player: Harrison Travis (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Noah Toney (Union)
3/26 | Player: Cam Suto (Lee); Pitcher: Chandler Alderman (Middle Tennessee)
4/2 | Player: Dylan Dreiling (Tennessee); Pitcher: Bryce Cunningham (Vanderbilt)
4/9 | Player: Brody Szako (Austin Peay); Pitcher: Peyton Calitri (Tennessee Tech)
SOFTBALL
2/20 | Player: Olivia Lipari (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca)
2/27 | Player: Zoey Neal (Union); Pitcher: Lainey Baker (Union)
3/5 | Player: Hayden Dye (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Taylor Long (Chattanooga)
3/12 | Player: Brooke Matyasovsky (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca)
3/19 | Player: Kendall Andrews (Trevecca); Pitcher: Caitlyn Manus (Tennessee State)
3/26 | Player: Kendall Andrews (Trevecca); Pitcher: Taylor Long (Chattanooga)
4/2 | Player: Kailey Snell (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Lainey Baker (Union)
4/9 | Player: Sydney McCormick (Trevecca); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca)