NCBWA East Texas Baptist News
Gillen, Collins and Pierantoni are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
No. 6 East Texas Baptist University graduate pitcher Sayers Collins has solidified his spot as one of the top pitchers in NCAA Div. III after upping his scoreless streak to 27 innings to start the 2024 season. Collins has allowed just six hits over the 27 innings. He collects National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Div. III Pitcher of the Week honors for the third time. A seven-home run week and an 11-RBI week that helped a team climb into the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Poll garnered the Hitter and Rookie of the Week awards for games played March 4-10.
Barry, Weber and Rinehart honored are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
Home runs were the name of the game last week, as this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter and Rookie of the Week combined to hit eight and drive in 33. A two-hit nine-inning shutout claimed the Pitcher of the Week for games played April 10-16.