Monday, May 21, 2012

MACON, Ga. – Mercer's DJ Johnson and Belmont's Matt Hamann won the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office. Johnson helped Mercer to a 4-0 record on the week with a sweep of USC Upstate and a 4-3 win over Georgia Tech, while Hamann pitched a complete game shutout against the Bisons.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
DJ Johnson, Mercer (2B – So. – Adel, Ga.)

• First Career A-Sun Player of the Week award
• Led the Bears to a win over Georgia Tech, 4-3
• Went 12-for-17 (.706) at the plate with five runs scored and six RBI
• Had a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 14th inning to beat USC Upstate
• Helped Mercer to a 4-0 week with 12 hits, five runs scored and two doubles

• Matt Beaty (IF, Belmont) - Batted .429 with a triple and two home runs
• Ryan Roberson (1B, North Florida) - Drove in a team-high five RBI on the weekend
• Adam Brett Walker II (1B/OF, Jacksonville) - In the UNF series, he tallied four runs, two RBI, two stolen bases and a homer
• Will Howard (OF, Kennesaw State) - Batted .400 in four games this week with one double, triple and two RBI

• Sixth Career A-Sun Pitcher of the Week; third this season
• Recorded his fifth complete game of the year with a 0.00 ERA
• The complete game was a four-hit shutout of Lipscomb to give the Bruins the No. 1 seed
• Struck out a career best 10 batters in the win over the Bisons
• Held opponents to a .133 batting average.

• Kyle Westwood (P, North Florida) - Threw his team-leading fourth complete game of the season
• Steve Eagerton (P, Jacksonville) - Allowed only one hit through 4.2 innings against UNF
• Ricky Knapp (RHP, FGCU) - Allowed two runs on 10 hits while recording six strikeouts and no walks against Stetson.
• Josh Carr (P, Kennesaw State) - Won a conference leading ninth game on Thursday against ETSU