NCBWA NAMES DIVISION III NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

DALLAS (NCBWA) In the 10th and final week of selections for
the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's NCAA Division
III National Players of the Week covering games of May 1-7, catcher Gerard
Haran
of The College of New Jersey (Ewing, N.J.) became the season·s
only repeat winner for Hitter of the Week, and Cody Flynn of Edgewood
College (Madison, Wisc.) took Pitcher of the Week honors with a perfect
game.


Haran, a junior from Old Bridge, N.J., earned New Jersey Athletic Conference
Player of the Week honors for the second time this season after hitting
.476 (10-for-21) during the Lions' run to their second consecutive NJAC
Tournament championship. He hit safely and scored a run in all five of TCNJ's
tournament contests, and drove in at least one run in four games. In three
games against league runner-up Montclair State, he was a combined 6-for-13
with two home runs, five runs scored and eight RBI. He wrapped up the tournament
by delivering a walk-off grand slam in the league championship game to propel
the Lions their second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III National
Tournament. The NJAC Player of the Year, Haran currently leads the NJAC
in six offensive categories. He also earned National Hitter of the Week
honors for March 13-19.


Flynn, a junior from Eureka, Calif., became the first hurler in Edgewood
history to throw a perfect game when he set down all 21 Maranatha Baptist
Bible College batters he faced in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.
Backed by 20 hits on the offensive end, the Eagles won the game 21-0. The
right-hander struck out eight, rolled three ground balls, and forced ten
fly outs in the contest, earning Lake Michigan Conference Player of the
Week honors. The Eagles 3-0 sweep of Maranatha clinched back-to-back LMC
championships for Edgewood.


Honorable mention hitters: Billy DeNet (Concordia MN) .667 (14-21),
7 runs, 2 RBI, 3 doubles, .810 slugging pct.; Caleb Calarco (King's PA)
· .563 (9-16), 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 doubles, 1 triple, .813 slugging pct.; Corey
Caruthers (Franklin & Marshall) · .500 (4-8), 3 runs, 4 RBI.


Honorable mention pitchers: Riley Bosch (St. Thomas MN) 1-0,
1 save, 0.87 ERA, 10.1 ip, 7 hits, 12 strikeouts; Jeff Nokovich (Adrian)
· 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 12.2 ip, 4 hits, 8 strikeouts; Ted Setto (Franklin & Marshall)
· 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9 ip 2 hits, 11 strikeouts.


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For more information on the NCBWA Division III Players of the Week, contact
Blair Cash at George
Fox University at 503-554-2926.