Frostburg State Senior Nick Walker and Salisbury Junior Jeff Oster Earn CAC Baseball Weekly Awards
YORK, Pa. -- Frostburg State senior Nick Walker and Salisbury junior Jeff Oster were honored as the CAC Baseball Players of the Week for May 4, 2015.
Player of the Week
Nick Walker | Frostburg State | Sr. | OF
Leechburg, Pa. | Mount St. Mary's
Frostburg State senior Nick Walker was tabbed as the CAC Player of the Week for the second time this year after hitting .471 (8-for-17) with seven RBIs and seven runs scored in a 3-2 week for the second-ranked Bobcats. Walker notched a pair of home runs, a triple and a stolen base on the week with an on-base percentage of .526 and a slugging percentage of .941. He drove in a run in four of the five games and scored at least once in every game last week.
Pitcher of the Week
Jeff Oster | Salisbury | Jr. | RHP
Jefferson, N.J. | Jefferson
Salisbury junior Jeff Oster was selected as the CAC Pitcher of the Week after striking out eight batters in just 3.0 inning of relief against Staten Island on Saturday. With the Sea Gulls leading 6-3 in the top of seventh inning, Oster entered the game and retired the side in order for the final nine outs of the contest. He earned the save with his stellar performance, striking out all but one batter that he faced.
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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (5/4)
MARYMOUNT: Ryan Blake, Jr., RHP/IF, Chesapeake, Va./Hickory
ST. MARY'S: Jared Eaker, Sr, 1B, Mechanicsville, Md./Leonardtown
YORK: Brad Wenzel, Sr., 1B/OF, Blandon, Pa./Fleetwood Area
NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE
Frostburg State is ranked 2nd in the both the D3baseball.com and Collegiate Baseball Rankings, and received three first-place votes in the D3baseball.com poll ... Salisbury is ranked 5th and 4th, respectively, in the two polls ... Frostburg State captured its second CAC Championship in program history with a 6-0 triumph over Salisbury on Sunday, April 19, earning the CAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament ... The 2015 NCAA Tournament field will be announced on Sunday, May 10 ... Frostburg State, Salisbury and York each have non-conference contests remaining this week ... Marymount's Ryan Blake batted .500 (6-for-12) on the week with four RBIs and two doubles, and also picked up the save against Catholic on Wednesday as the Saints closed out the year at 17-17 ... Jared Eaker helped St. Mary's to a 1-1 week, including a season-ending 15-3 win over Gallaudet on Sunday. The Seahawks almost notched an upset win over No. 23 Randolph-Macon as Eaker went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. He concluded his Seahawk career with a 2-for-3 effort with a triple, two runs scored, two RBI, and a walk against Gallaudet ... Bobby Sanzone had a big week for Salisbury, leading the Sea Gulls to an undefeated week, earning victories over Neumann and Staten Island ... Against Neumann, Sanzone went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, before going 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Staten Island.