TicketSmarter WAC Baseball Players Of The Week Announced
ARLINGTON, Texas – Tarleton’s Jack Wagner and Grand Canyon’s Daniel Avitia have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Baseball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, for the game week ending on Sunday, April 16.
Wagner, a redshirt junior utility transfer from Kansas, helped Tarleton secure its first conference series victory of the season as part of a 3-1 road trip to California. Wagner batted .571 with three home runs, seven RBI, two stolen bases, a .667 on-base percentage, a 1.214 slugging percentage and seven runs for the Texans. Wagner reached safely in all four games he played, highlighted by a 5-for-5 showing with two home runs, four RBI and four runs in a game one win at California Baptist on April 14.
Avitia, a sophomore right-hander, turned his third straight quality start for GCU and helped lead the Lopes to a 14-2 win in eight innings against Abilene Christian on April 15. Avitia threw a complete game and allowed two runs on four hits, walking one with seven strikeouts on 107 pitches to square the series with ACU and eventually lift GCU to a road series victory.
2023 TicketSmarter WAC Baseball Weekly Awards
HITTER OF THE WEEK
Jack Wagner, R-Jr., UTL, Tarleton (April 17)
Brandon Pimentel, Grad, OF/1B, UTRGV (April 10)
Homer Bush Jr., Jr., OF, Grand Canyon (April 3)
Dusty Garcia, Sr., OF, California Baptist (March 27)
Cal Martin, Jr., IF, Stephen F. Austin (March 20)
Jacob Wilson, Jr., SS, Grand Canyon (March 13)
Grayson Tatrow, Sr., OF, Abilene Christian (March 6)
Jacob Wilson, Jr., SS, Grand Canyon (Feb. 27)
Logan Britt, Jr., OF, Abilene Christian (Feb. 20)
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Daniel Avitia, So., RHP, Grand Canyon (April 17)
Liam Rocha, Jr., RHP, California Baptist (April 10)
Casey Anderson, Jr., RHP, Utah Valley (April 3)
Logan Hewitt, R-So., RHP, Sam Houston (March 27)
Nestor German, Jr., RHP, Seattle U (March 20)
Zach Thornton, Jr., LHP, Grand Canyon (March 13)
Alex Verdugo, R-Sr., RHP, UTRGV (March 6)
Angelo Cabral, Jr., RHP, UTRGV (Feb. 27)
Zach Thornton, Jr., LHP, Grand Canyon (Feb. 20)
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