SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mercer infielder Angelo DiSpigna and Wofford right-hander Dalton Rhadans have been named the Southern Conference player and pitcher of the week, respectively, for all games from April 11-17. The selections, DiSpigna’s first and Rhadan’s second, are made by the league office.
 
DiSpigna went 9-for-17 in his four appearances for Mercer last week, batting .529 and scoring six total runs with three home runs and nine RBIs in the Bears’ midweek game against Florida A&M and Mercer’s conference series against UNCG. He started the week going 2-for-4 with one RBI in the Bears’ 4-3 victory over the Rattlers on Tuesday before going 4-for-4 with two RBIs and one home run in the Bears’ 12-8 series-opening win over the Spartans on Thursday. The junior infielder went 0-for-4 on Friday, adding one run and one walk in Mercer’s 5-2 victory over UNCG. In Mercer’s 20-10 win over the Spartans on Saturday, DiSpigna went 3-for-5 with three runs, six RBIs and two home runs, helping the Bears earn the series sweep over the Spartans to collect Mercer’s 12^th consecutive victory. The Lawrenceville, Georgia, native concluded the week with a .550 on-base percentage and a 1.059 slugging percentage, while also recording 32 putouts in the field.
 
Mercer (31-5, 6-0 SoCon) travels to Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 19, for a midweek game against Georgia Tech at 6 p.m. ET before returning home to Macon, Georgia, for their weekend conference series against Wofford, with the first pitch set for 6 p.m. ET on Friday, April 22.
 
Rhadans threw five innings in his two appearances on the mound for Wofford this week, striking out six batters and allowing no runs and no walks in the Terriers’ 5-3 win over ETSU on Thursday and Wofford’s 6-2 victory over the Buccaneers on Saturday. He tossed 3.0 shutout innings in game one of the series to clinch the save and pitched two innings in the third game, allowing only two hits and finishing with one strikeout in the win. The Acworth, Georgia, native, surrendered just three total hits, holding ETSU to a .167 average.
 
Wofford (27-9, 6-0 SoCon) travels to Clinton, South Carolina, on Tuesday for a nonconference game against Presbyterian at 6 p.m. ET before the Terriers’ conference series against Mercer on April 22-24. 

Also nominated for player of the week: Travis Lott (The Citadel), Dallas Callahan (UNCG), Colton Ledbetter (Samford), Brett Cook (VMI), Will Prater (Western Carolina) and Bryce Martinez (Wofford).

Also nominated for pitcher of the week: Jackson Kelley (Mercer), Blake Bortak (Samford), Trey Morgan (VMI) and Zach Franklin (Western Carolina).

2022 SoCon Players of the Week
Feb. 21             Hogan Windish, Jr., INF, UNCG
Feb. 28             Cole Simpson, Sr., OF, The Citadel
March 7             Justin Starke, R-So., INF, VMI
March 14          Zach Ketterman, So., INF, Western Carolina
March 21           John Dempsey, Sr., INF, Wofford
March 28           Ryan McCarthy, Gr., OF, The Citadel
April 4                Brennen Dorighi, Sr., OF/INF, Wofford
April 11              Bryce Hodge, Sr., INF, ETSU
April 18              Angelo DiSpigna, Jr., INF, Mercer
 
2022 SoCon Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 21             Tyler Bradt, R-So., VMI
Feb. 28             Tyler Bradt, R-So., VMI
March 7             Matthew Marchal, Jr., Wofford
March 14           Zach Kirby, Sr., ETSU
March 21           Devin Beckley, Gr., The Citadel
March 28           Dalton Rhadans, Sr., Wofford
April 4                Josh Vitus, 5th, Wofford
April 11              Michael Ross, So., Samford
April 18              Dalton Rhadans, Sr., Wofford