Baseball | 5/9/2024 1:03:21 PM
Junior first baseman Jeff Stearnes of the Russell Sage College baseball team was named to the National Team of the Week by D3baseball.com and earned National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Player of the Week honors for games played April 29 - May 5 2024.
Stearnes continued his torrid streak to end the regular season, batting .550 while hitting six home runs and driving in 15 batters for the Gators, as they clinched the Empire 8 Regular Season Championship and top seed in the upcoming E8 Tournament. He began the week by going 4-for-5 with a double, two home runs and five RBI against SUNY Cobleskill on Tuesday and homered twice and drove in five runs the following day against Union. Stearns walked twice and scored two runs in Friday’s 9-4 win over Houghton and followed that up with his third multi-homer and five-RBI game of the week in Saturday’s 7-0 victory. Overall, he recorded a 2.091 OPS on the week.
Stearnes is Russell Sage's first NCBWA Player of the Week selection. He is the second E8 baseball player to be honored this season, joining James Murphy of St. John Fisher.
The Gators are the No. 1 seed and set to host the 2024 Empire 8 Baseball Championship Tournament. Double-elimination action begins on Thursday, May 9 at 11 a.m.
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