SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Elon first baseman Ryan Adams has been named the Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Week while Georgia Southern’s Andy Moye has been selected as the league’s Pitcher of the Week for all games from March 22-28.
Adams had at least one hit in all five games last week, batting .438 with three home runs and six RBIs as the Phoenix went 5-0. In the Phoenix’s two-game midweek sweep of No. 5 Clemson, Adams belted a pinch-hit, two-run homer in game one before doubling and scoring the winning run in the 10th inning of a 4-3 Elon victory in game two. In Saturday’s doubleheader at Davidson, he scored four runs in game one and followed that with a game-tying two-run homer in the ninth to force extra innings in an eventual Elon win. For the week, Adams scored 10 runs with a .609 on-base percentage and 1.125 slugging percentage.
Moye led Georgia Southern to its first shutout since 2007 by throwing 8.0 flawless innings Sunday against UNC Greensboro in a 12-0 win. The junior matched his career-high in innings pitched while striking out a career-high 13 batters. Moye scattered five hits and had excellent control by not surrendering a walk the entire day. The Spartans put runners on second base in the first, third, fifth and eighth innings, but Moye never allowed a runner to reach third, as he improved to 3-2 on the season.
Other hitters receiving consideration were Kyle Blackburn (Georgia Southern), Matt Johns (Western Carolina), Nick Orvin (The Citadel), Trey Hayes (Samford), Matt Leeds (College of Charleston), Danny Weiss (Davidson), Harry Slade (UNC Greensboro) and James Foster (Wofford).
Other top performers among pitchers were Asher Wojciechowski (The Citadel), Jonathan Stephens (Samford), Jimmy Reyes (Elon), Kevin Decker (College of Charleston), Ryan Overcash (Davidson), Kyle Stewart (Western Carolina) and J.D. Osborne (Wofford).
2010 SoCon Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 22 Corey Overholtzer, UNC Greensboro
March 1 Andrew Barna, Davidson
March 8 Will Owens, Furman
March 15 David Schulze, Samford
March 22 Rob Kral, College of Charleston
March 29 Ryan Adams, Elon
2010 SoCon Baseball Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 22 Asher Wojciechowski, The Citadel
March 1 Matt Andress, Appalachian State
March 8 Jason Sullivan, Western Carolina
March 15 Asher Wojciechowski, The Citadel
March 22 Kevin Decker, College of Charleston
March 29 Andy Moye, Georgia Southern