DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released its
initial 2021 NCAA Division II National Players of the
Week awards for the week ending on Feb. 14. University
of North Georgia senior outfielder Brady Eeles
is the National Hitter of the Week and redshirt junior teammate
Parker Morrison is the National Pitcher of the
Week.
Eeles (Dallas, Ga./Cornerstone) produced in all three wins
against USC Aiken over the weekend. He hit .667 with a 1.083
slugging percentage, while collecting multiple hits in all three
games, including a two-for-four effort in the opener with a
double, homer and two RBI. He went three-for-four in game two
and again in game three, adding another double and driving in
four. Eeles collected six total RBI for the week with three runs
scored and struck out only once in 12 at bats.
Morrison (Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central) tossed his second
straight complete-game shutout on Feb. 12 versus USC Aiken.
Morrison went the distance in the second game in the series,
allowing just four hits and no runs with two walks and ten
strikeouts. He got stronger as the game went on, retiring the
final 13 batters in a row to finish the game, five of those via
strikeout with no Pacer advancing past second base. Morrison has
now pitched 18 shutout innings this season and leads the PBC in
ERA, innings pitched and strikeouts.
Division II Regional Players of the Week:
• Atlantic: No nominees • Central: Brett McGee, Southern
Arkansas (Hitter); Hayes Cox, Arkansas Tech (Pitcher) • East:
No nominees • Midwest: No nominees • South: Austin
Zeitler, Union (Tenn.) (Hitter); Logan Workman, Lee (Pitcher)
• South Central: Ryan Johnson, West Texas A&M (Hitter); Mathieu
Gauthier, West Texas A&M (Pitcher) • Southeast: Brady Eeles,
North Georgia (Hitter); Parker Morrison, North Georgia (Pitcher)
• West: No nominees
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2021 NCBWA Division II Players of the Week:
• Week ending Feb. 14: Brady Eeles, North Georgia (Hitter); Parker Morrison, North Georgia (Pitcher)
• Week ending Feb. 21: Tucker Greer, Young Harris (Hitter); Andrew Patrick, Lenoir-Rhyne (Pitcher)
• Week ending Feb. 28: Ethan Baucom, UNC Pembroke (Hitter); Taylor Boisclair, Shorter (Pitcher)
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