NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay continued to show off the bats as Governors outfielder/first baseman Harrison Brown put on a show last week to earn the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Baseball Player of the Week honor.
Brown, a senior from Cambridge, Mass., batted .500 for the week, going 9-for-18, as he collected seven total RBI and six runs scored. He started the week with an Austin Peay-record 11 RBI in the team’s 35-1 victory over Alabama A&M, topping the single-game record set in 1971. He finished the game going 5-for-6 with an RBI-single, a pair of three-run home runs, a bases-loaded walk and a three-run double.
He continued the effort as he drove in two runs in the opener against Stetson, two more in the middle game, then another pair of runs in Sunday’s finale – his two-run single in the sixth tying the game at seven-all as the Govs scored nine unanswered runs.
The Govs also claimed the Pitcher of the Week award as Solomon Washington went 2-0, standing as the starting pitcher in the game vs. Alabama A&M and earned the win with four scoreless frames with one hit allowed and striking out a career-high seven batters.
Washington, a graduate student from Brentwood, Tenn., also came out of the bullpen in the second game vs. Stetson, picking up the win after holding the Hatters to one run on four hits over three frames of work, entering with the game tied at one and APSU took a 3-1 lead. He finished the week with a 1.00 ERA and 10 total strikeouts.
On the softball diamond, both awards went to Maryville College as the Scots went 4-0 to claim the Collegiate Conference of the South championship with junior third baseman Brecca Williams named the Player of the Week and senior pitcher Megan Ackerman taking the Pitcher of the Week honor.
Williams batted .471 with two doubles, a triple, seven runs scored and five RBI. She had the game-winning hit in Maryville’s 6-3 13-inning victory over No. 6-ranked Belhaven with a three-run double to conclude a 5-for-7 contest against CCS Pitcher of the Year Kennedy Carruth. Williams also went 2-for-3 against Carruth in the championship game as she had a single and scored in the first inning, then had a triple and scoring in the fifth inning. Williams went 7-for-10 against Carruth with four RBI and four runs scored.
Ackerman earned the CCS tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award as she pitched three complete-game victories in three days over 27 innings, posting a cumulative 2.59 ERA. In the 13-inning marathon against Belhaven, she threw 198 pitches. Ackerman allowed three runs over the first five innings, then held the Blazers scoreless over the final eight innings as the Scots prevailed in the 13th. The next day, she pitched a 4-2 win over Piedmont before throwing another complete effort with a 6-5 victory in the championship game. Ackerman threw 396 pitches over the three contests.
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)
4/16 | Player: Jacob Tobias (Lipscomb); Pitcher: Landon Smiddy (Tennessee Tech)
4/23 | Player: Christian Moore (Tennessee); Pitcher: Eli Snelson (Union)
4/30 | Player: Lyle Miller-Green (Austin Peay); Pitcher: Bryce Cunningham (Vanderbilt)
5/7 | Player: Harrison Brown (Austin Peay); Pitcher: Solomon Washington (Austin Peay)
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)
4/16 | Player: Nicole Hughes (Belmont); Pitcher: Jersey Cabana (Lane College)
4/23 | Player: Macey Hughes (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Emily Sappington (Tusculum)
4/30 | Player: Aliva Eggleston (Freed-Hardeman): Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca)
5/7 | Player: Brecca Williams (Maryville); Pitcher: Megan Ackerman (Maryville)