April 17, 2019

Jones, Audet, Fashempour are honored by NCBWA

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This is the second year that Shayne Audet was chosed for a
NCBWA weekly award. He was awarded the Rookie of the
Week award for the week of March 19-26, 2018.
New England College athletics photo

A pair of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III weekly honors went to institutions in the New England Region, while a 9-for-12 week at the dish claimed the week eight hitter certificate. This week’s performances spanned games played April 8-14.

D3baseball.com Team of the Week 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

HITTER OF WEEK

The Catholic University of America junior outfielder Christian Jones delivered a career week for the Cardinals. In four games, Jones went 9-for-12 with 10 RBI. He had three home runs in the stretch after having just one in his previous two seasons. In the final game of a landseries sweep over Landmark Conference foe Moravian College, Jones reached base in all five of his plate appearances, with four ending in base knocks.

Honorable Mention Hitter: Michael Barnes, Sr., C, Ripon College  – Helped Ripon win all five of its games last week. He batted .714 (15-for-21) during the week with four doubles, one home run, six RBI, and 12 runs scored. Barnes also drew five walks and swiped a pair of bases. Defensively, Barnes was just as impressive, fielding all 27 of his chances without committing an error, while also throwing out all three baserunners who dared to run against him.

Past Winners:
Week 1: Tre D'Amico, Frostburg State
Week 2: Deauton Delgado, Louisiana College
Week 3: Davis Mikell, Castleton
Week 4: Holden Bridge, Swarthmore
Week 5: Preston Ludwick, Centenary (La.)
Week 6: Chris DeGiacomo, Johns Hopkins
Week 7: Zach Smith, Salve Regina

PITCHER OF WEEK

New England College sophomore Shayne Audet was nearly unhittable during Saturday’s 11-0 New England Collegiate Conference win over Dean College. Audet allowed one hit in the victory while striking out an impressive 18 batters. Audet’s 18 strikeouts are the most in Div. III this spring, and the total is tied for the second-most among all NCAA pitchers regardless of division.

Dylan Fashempour earned two wins last week pitching
against the top of the Little East Conference.

UMass-Boston athletics photo

Honorable Mention Pitcher: Jonathan Cole, Jr., Franklin & Marshall College – Produced a career outing on Saturday against ninth-ranked Swarthmore College, as the junior righty tossed a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out eight in the crucial 1-0 win. Cole walked one in his nine innings of work on the bump.

Past Winners:
Week 1: Keith Long, Texas-Tyler
Week 2: David Hall, Belhaven
Week 3: Jake Binder,  Ithaca
Week 4: Tyler Showers, Arcadia
Week 5: Brian Johnson, Springfield
Week 6: Chris Atwood, UW-Oshkosh
Week 7: Worth Walrod, Suffok

ROOKIE OF WEEK

Dylan Fashempour, a freshman at University of Massachusetts Boston, went 2-0 over his two scoreless appearances on the hill last week for the Beacons. Fashempour totaled seven strikeouts in his 7 1/3 innings of work. The rookie tossed six scoreless innings to pick up the win in UMass Boston’s 7-3 victory over third-ranked University of Southern Maine, during which he allowed three hits and fanned six. Fashempour then allowed one hit and recorded a punch out in 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the decision in a 10-7 victory over Eastern Connecticut State University.

Past Winners:
Week 1: Andrew Santobuono, Alfred State
Week 2: Casey Jones, St. Vincent
Week 3: Jacob Thompson, Oberlin
Week 4: Colton Lineman, Grove City
Week 5: Mason Sefcik, St. Norbert
Week 6: Jacob Thompson, Oberlin
Week 7: Nick Denove, Case Western Reserve

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters, and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Player of the Year Award, Regional Player of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors preseason All-America awards, publication and writing contests.