SPARTANBURG, S.C. – UNCG third baseman Caleb Webster and ETSU right-hander Landon Knack have been named the Southern Conference player and pitcher of the week, respectively, for all games March 2-8. The selections are made by the league office.
 
Webster was an offensive force for the Spartans over five games and four wins last week. The senior from Randleman, North Carolina, posted a .400 batting average with eight hits, eight RBIs, six runs, two doubles and a triple during the week. Webster opened the week by with three hits and two RBIs in a midweek tilt at North Carolina on March 3. He then recorded a hit in all but one game of UNCG’s four-game series sweep against Maryland Eastern Shore. After getting one hit in Friday’s series opener, Webster went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs, a double and a triple in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday. Webster closed the series with a hit in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader and one RBI and a run in Sunday’s finale.
 
The weekly award is the third of Webster’s career.
 
The Spartans will be back on the diamond on Tuesday to face High Point at 4 p.m. The midweek contest will take place at the home of local Atlantic League club, the High Point Rockers, at BB&T Point Park.
 
Knack continued to dominate opposing hitters in his lone start during the week. The senior from Johnson City, Tennessee, set a program record with 16 strikeouts in a win over Wagner on March 7. Knack allowed just five hits over six innings of work, with his 16 punchouts accounting for all but two of the 18 outs he recorded. The right-hander also showed tremendous accuracy with no walks and 73 of his 98 pitches being called strikes. After recorded double-digit strikeouts just once last season, Knack has reached the mark in all three of his starts this year and has a 1.08 ERA, 51 strikeouts, three earned runs and just one walk over 25 innings this season.
 
The weekly award is the third of Knack’s career, with all coming during the 2020 season.
 
ETSU will be back on the road on Tuesday for a midweek contest at Tennessee. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. 
 
Also nominated for player of the week: Lane Botkin (The Citadel), Cade Gilbert (ETSU), Colby Thomas (Mercer), Brooks Carlson (Samford), Calen Nuccio (VMI) and Colin Davis (Wofford)
 
Also nominated for pitcher of the week: Cameron Reeves (The Citadel), John Michael Bertrand (Furman), Jackson Kelley (Mercer), Alex Hoppe (UNCG), Samuel Strickland (Samford) and Jake Hershman (Wofford).
 
2020 SoCon Players of the Week
Feb. 17             Brooks Carlson, Samford
Feb. 24             Will Knight, VMI
March 2            Noah Mitchell, The Citadel
March 9            Caleb Webster, UNCG
 
2020 SoCon Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 17             Landon Knack, ETSU
Feb. 24             Landon Knack, ETSU
March 2            Hayes Heinecke, Wofford
March 9            Landon Knack, ETSU