SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Appalachian State second baseman Wes Hobson has been named the Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Week while The Citadel’s Matt Talley has been selected as the league’s Pitcher of the Week for all games from April 19-25.
Hobson hit .583 (7-for-12) for the week with five of his seven hits going for extra bases. The senior had multiple hits and multiple RBIs in all three games as the Mountaineers went 3-0 on the road, taking a single game from East Tennessee State and winning two in a rain-shortened SoCon series at Samford. Hobson homered twice in the first four innings of a series-opening win at Samford, finishing with two home runs, three walks, three RBIs and four runs scored to pace ASU in a 17-7 win. For the week, Hobson slugged 1.333 with a .625 on-base percentage while tallying nine RBIs and scoring seven runs.
Talley threw a complete game shutout against Davidson on Saturday, allowing only three hits and a walk while striking out a career-high nine Wildcat batters. It was the first complete game and shutout of Talley’s career and it moved his record to 4-2 on the season. The junior southpaw allowed only a single and faced the minimum through 8.0 innings, and he retired 17 consecutive batters after allowing the single in the third inning.
Other hitters receiving consideration were Kyle Behrendt (Wofford), Ross Heffley (Western Carolina), Greg Blake (College of Charleston), David Greene (The Citadel), Danny Weiss (Davidson), Matt Hinson (Elon), Victor Roache (Georgia Southern), Chris Barker (UNC Greensboro) and Wayne Miller (Samford).
Other top performers among pitchers were Will Helms (Appalachian State), Jimmy Reyes (Elon), Thomas Middour (Davidson), David Peterson (College of Charleston), John Cornely (Wofford), Matt Benedict (Western Carolina), Jake Brown (Georgia Southern) and Colby Hyatt (UNC Greensboro).
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
April 5 Mike Melillo, Elon
April 12 Tyler Kirkpatrick, Western Carolina
April 19 Matt Leeds, College of Charleston
April 26 Wes Hobson, Appalachian State
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
April 5 Nathan Hyatt, Appalachian State
April 12 Andy Moye, Georgia Southern
Chris Patterson, Appalachian State
April 19 Jimmy Reyes, Elon
April 26 Matt Talley, The Citadel