The Team of the Week is D3baseball.com's weekly honor roll, in
its second season of recognizing the top performers at each of nine
positions from the previous week. Players are selected from
nominations from their school's sports information directors. This
is the seventh Team of the Week of the 2013 season.
Through games of March 25-31, 2013
C Wes Perkins, Sr., Millsaps
Perkins batted .444 (8-for-18) with four doubles, driving in 13
RBI. Perkins had the game-winning single in game two on Saturday,
driving in two to lead the Majors to a 3-2 win over Oglethorpe.
Perkins also drove in six against Wisconsin-Platteville on Tuesday
as he helped Millsaps go 5-0 this past week.
1B Chris McDougal, Sr., Chris. Newport
McDougal ran his hit streak to seven games with five straight
two-hit performances this week. He drove in nine runs and hit .556,
(10-for-18) scoring seven runs. McDougal added a pair of stolen
bases and three extra-base hits, including a three-run home
run.
2B Tommy LeNoir, Jr., Gettysburg
Lenoir hit .643 (9-for-14) with four runs and five RBIs in a 3-0
week for Gettysburg. He went 3-for-6 in a 4-3, 11-inning win at
Penn State-Harrisburg, then finished 6-for-8 as the Bullets swept
Ursinus in its Centennial Conference opener.
SS David Stillerman, Jr., Carleton
The MIAC Player-of-the-Week, Stillerman took over starting
shortstop duties and moved up from sixth to the No. 2 spot in the
Knights' lineup. Stillerman batted .714 (10-for-14) with five RBI
and seven runs scored. He had at least three hits in each of the
Carleton's three games to close out the Knights spring break
trip.
3B Chris Wilhelm, Sr., Johns Hopkins
Wilhelm was instrumental in the Blue Jays' doubleheader sweep of
Haverford Saturday, going 5-for-9 (.556) at the plate with two home
runs, six RBIs and four runs. The senior's two home runs came in
game one against Haverford, as he went 3-for-4 with three RBI and
three runs in the contest.
OF Zack Graczyk, Sr., Cortland St.
Graczyk batted .583 (7-for-12) with two walks, a homer, three
doubles, eight RBI and five runs scored in a 4-0 week for the Red
Dragons. With four extra-base hits, Graczyk finished the week with
a 1.083 slugging percentage.
OF Jonathan Mason, Sr., Bridgewater (Va.)
The ODAC Player of the Week, Mason hit .688 (11-for-16) to help
the Eagles to a 3-1 record on the week, 2-1 against nationaly
ranked teams. Mason scored seven times and had six RBI. He struck
out just once in the four games this past week, walking three times
with three stolen bases.
OF Jake Wylie, Jr., Linfield
Wylie had a monster weekend at the plate, smacking three home
runs, including a grand slam. He drove in 13 total runs as
top-ranked Linfield won its fifth NWC series of the year with two
wins over Puget Sound. For the weekend, the Northwest Conference
RBI leader hit 5-for-11 (.455) with a 1.273 slugging percentage and
.500 on-base percentage. He was also defensively perfect in left
field.
DH Zack Whiddon, Fr., Mary
Hardin-Baylor
Whiddon, The ASC West Player of the Week, went 5-for-11 (.454)
with a triple, a double and four RBIs to fuel two wins in a
three-game division series at Concordia Texas. Whiddon also scored
six runs, walked once and stole a base. He had at least two hits,
two RBIs and two runs scored in both of the Cru’s wins.
SP Ryan Ullmann, Sr., Concordia (TX)
Ullmann, the ASC West Pitcher of the Week, nearly tossed a perfect
game in Concordia's 2-0 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Friday,
March 29. He only allowed one batter to reach base on a double in
the sixth inning. Ullmann also recorded nine strikeouts and did not
issue a walk in the complete-game shutout while holding opponents
to an .045 batting average.
SP Ryan Farabella, Jr., Rutgers-Camden
Farabella, the NJAC Pitcher of the Week, pitched a one-hit shutout
to beat No. 6 Kean, 3-0, March 30, losing the no hitter in the
eighth inning. Farabella finished with one walk, one hit batsman
and eight strikeouts.
SP Phil Stakely, Sr., Trine
Stakely, the MIAA Pitcher of the Week, pitched Trine's first
no-hitter since 2002 and just the sixth on record. It was also the
first complete game no-hitter in conference play since 2009.
Stakely allowed one walk while striking out three in a 10-0 win
over Albion. Stakely also came on in relief against Calvin and
pitched two innings of shutout ball allowing just one hit in a 9-4
win.
RP Matt Matthews, Fr., Lynchburg
Matthews had a perfect week in relief, coming in to pitch five
innings without allowing a base runner. He struck out four and
picked up his first career save in a win over Eastern Mennonite to
help the Hornets move from seventh to fourth place in the ODAC
standings.
April 2, 2013