E8 Baseball Athletes of the Week
Athletes of the Week for the week of May 4-10, 2015.
Baseball Player – Ithaca
Christian Brown, Senior, OF – East Greenbush, NY/Columbia
Senior Christian Brown was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player as he helped lead Ithaca College to the 2015 Empire 8 Championship. He batted .538 (7-for-13) with six runs scored, three doubles and two RBI over the course of three tournament games. In the championship game he 2-for-4 at the plate with one run scored and RBI.
Baseball Pitcher – Canton
John Mancini, Senior – Scotia, NY/Scotia-Glenville
Mancini pitched a gem of a game giving up just three hits in a complete game shutout as the seventh seeded Roos earned a 6-0 victory against five seed Houghton College in the Empire 8 Tournament on Friday. Mancini had a remarkable outing on the mound striking out 11 batters while walking just three in nine innings of work. The Scotia, NY native got off to a quick start as he fanned nine batters and giving up just two hits in the first five innings of work.