#theGAC BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Chaz Poppy, C/DH, Arkansas-Monticello, Sr., Sherwood, Arkansas
Poppy hit .750 with a .769 on-base percentage in the Weevils’s GAC-opening series against Southern Nazarene. He registered four-hit games in both the opener and the finale. He hit a two-run home run and scored three times in game one, a 22-4 triumph. He doubled, stole a base and drove home four runs in game three. He owns a GAC-leading .486 average.
#theGAC BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK – Maddox Long, SP, Harding, Gr., Morrilton, Arkansas
Long registered his first double-digit strikeout performance of the season – sixth of his career – after he fanned 10 in the Bisons’ 6-1 win against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Friday. He limited the Rangers to just three hits and a walk across 8.0 innings of work. In improving to 3-0, he recorded his third-straight start with just one earned run allowed and one walk or less.
OTHERS NOMINATED
Reece Burke, OF (Southwestern Oklahoma State), Coulton Doyle, RF (Harding), Sawyer Duddleston, OF (Arkansas Tech), Brandon Nicoll, INF (Southern Arkansas), Isaac Nowell, CF (Ouachita Baptist), Luke Rice, 1B (Henderson State)
Daniel Hutchison, SP (Arkansas Tech), Beau Leonards, SP (Southern Arkansas), Bryce Louis, SP (Arkansas-Monticello), Cole Rodriguez, SP (Henderson State), Kyzer Smith, SP (Ouachita Baptist)
A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards
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