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GAC BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (4/21/2014)

By: Eric Moyer, GAC Communications

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 RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Harding’s Trent Wooldridge and Southern Arkansas’ Timothy Buchanan produced dominant individual efforts to win the Great American Conference’s Player and Pitcher of the Week honors for the 12th week of the 2014 season, the conference office announced on Monday.
 
GAC BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Trent Wooldridge, Harding, CF, Sr., Paragould, Ark.
Wooldridge turned in a virtuoso performance from the leadoff position. He hit an incredible .823 (14-for-17) as the Bisons went 3-1. He recorded his first four-hit game of 2014 in a 13-3 win against No. 25 Arkansas-Monticello on Wednesday. Against Ouachita Baptist, he set the GAC single-game record with a 6-for-6 performance in Saturday’s first game.
 
GAC BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK – Timothy Buchanan, Southern Arkansas, LHP, So., Texarkana, Ark.
Buchanan he threw the fifth no-hitter in SAU history, a 12-0 win against Southern Nazarene. He struck out at least two batters in five of the seven innings. In the final frame, Buchanan carved his way through three pinch-hitters with strikeouts to end the game with 12 strikeouts, and tie his career-high. Timothy's identical twin brother, Justin, caught the game.
 
NOTABLE PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES                 
  • Kris Ayers, DH, Jr., Arkansas Tech (Collected eight hits in 15 at bats as Wonder Boys extended win streak to 17)
  • Chris Faulkner, 1B, Sr., Southwestern Oklahoma State (Hit two home runs, including a grand slam against Southeastern)
  • Jonathan Freemyer, RF, Sr., Northwestern Oklahoma State (hit a walk-off grand slam in the final home game of his career)
  • Trevor Rucker, OF, Fr., Southern Arkansas (Stole seven bases in SAU’s series against Southern Nazarene)
  • Nick Spini, OF, Jr., East Central (Hit .500 with four RBI; hit a game-winning home run against Northwestern Oklahoma State)
 
NOTABLE PITCHER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES                                                                  
  • Trent Armstrong, RHP, Fr., Arkansas Tech (Threw 11.0 scoreless IP with seven strikeouts; held opponents to a .114 average)
  • Collin Campbell, RHP, So., Harding (Pitched his second consecutive shutout; stuck out seven against Ouachita Baptist)
  • Ethan Davis, RHP, Jr., Southwestern Oklahoma State (Threw a complete-game six-hitter vs Southeastern Oklahoma State)
  • Lucas Kaplan, RHP, Jr., East Central (Defeated Northwestern Oklahoma State by striking out five over 7.0 innings)