TUSCON, Ariz. - The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named Victor Roache (Ypsilanti, Mich.) one of four national players of the week for the week of April 4th. He joins Will Roberts (Virginia), Kyle Winkler (TCU) and Lonnie Kauppila (Stanford) as Louisville Slugger's National Players of the Week.

Roberts and Winkler are both pitchers, while Kauppila is a second baseman. Roberts threw the eighth nine-inning perfect game in Divison I history, while Winkler struck out 15 batters over seven innings against Air Force. Kauppila went 15-for-20 with eight runs, six RBIs and three doubles last week.

Roache hit .611 (11-18) on the week with six home runs, a double and 13 RBIs. He slugged 1.667 with 30 total bases and moved into a tie for the NCAA Division I lead with 12 home runs on the season. Roache struck out only once on the week in his final at-bat on Sunday and received a standing ovation from the crowd for his stellar performance.

Roache started the week with a solo shot in at Jacksonville to give Georgia Southern its first run of the game in the seventh inning. He did not homer in the first game of The Citadel series, but rebounded with three bombs on Saturday and two more on Sunday. Roache was the first GSU player in over 10 years to hit three dingers in one contest. The last was Matt Easterday against East Tennessee State on March 25th, 2000.

Roache Honored by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

MORGANTOWN, W.Va - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)¬ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending April 3 today. Georgia Southern sophomore outfielder Victor Roache was named National Hitter of the Week, while Virginia junior right-hander Will Roberts was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.

Roache had a monster week at the plate for Georgia Southern, blasting six home runs in four games, to lead the Eagles to a Southern Conference series sweep over The Citadel. The Ypsilanti, Mich., native had a homer in the midweek game against Jacksonville but saved the bulk of his work for the weekend. On Saturday, he had three, two-run homers and drove in six runs as GSU downed The Citadel, 15-2. In Sunday's series finale, he continued to swing a hot bat, drilling a three-run shot in the fifth and a two-run homer in the seventh as the Eagles rallied from a four-run deficit to sweep the series, 11-9.

In total, Roache was 11-for-18 (.611) at the plate with six home runs, 13 runs batted in and 10 runs scored with a 1.667 slugging percentage.

Roberts pitched a perfect game in the Cavaliers' 2-0 shutout of visiting George Washington on March 29. Roberts tossed the second perfect game in ACC history and the eighth perfect game in NCAA Division I baseball (since 1957). The Richmond, Va., junior joined Maryland's Dick Reitz (vs. Johns Hopkins, 1957) as the lone ACC pitchers to throw perfect games.

Roberts is the first Division I pitcher to record a perfect game since Auburn's Eric Brandon against Murray State on March 2, 2002. Roberts struck out 10, tying a career high. He also recorded 14 groundouts and three flyouts as only one ball left the infield. Roberts needed just 98 pitches to finish off his perfect game.

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2011 WINNERS:
Pro-Line Athletic Hitter of the Week - Feb. 22 - David Herbek, SS, James Madison; March 1 - Corben Green, INF, Louisiana-Monroe; March 7 - Anthony Trajano, INF, Cal State Fullerton; March 14 - Dusty Quattlebaum, 1B/DH, Gardner-Webb; March 21 - Saxon Butler, 1B, Samford; March 28 - Colin Moran, 3B, North Carolina; April 5 - Victor Roache, OF, Georgia Southern.

Pro-Line Athletic Pitcher of the Week - Feb. 22 - Taylor Jungmann, RHP, Texas; March 1 - Danny Hultzen, LHP, Virginia; March 7 - Kyle Fitzpatrick, RHP, Florida International; March 14 - Logan Verrett, RHP, Baylor; March 21 - Frankie Vanderka, RHP, Stony Brook; March 28 - Trevor Bauer, RHP, UCLA; April 5 - Will Roberts, RHP, Virginia.