NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman’s Harrison Travis and Union’s Noah Toney came away with the baseball honors, while Trevecca’s Kendall Andrews and Tennessee State’s Caitlyn Manus won the softball awards on Tuesday as the Tennessee Sports Writers Association selected its weekly College Athletes of the Week.
Travis, a graduate student from Soddy Daisy, hit five home runs during the Eagles’ weekend series against Emory & Henry as he batted .615 for the week and had a .722 on-base percentage. He hit three home runs as he went 3-for-3 at the plate in the series opener, becoming the first Carson-Newman player in the program’s recorded history to accomplish the feat.
He finished the week driving in seven runs.
On the hill, Toney, a sophomore righty from Florence, Ala., threw a complete game shutout against Shorter University as he went all nine frames, scattering three hits and striking out three. He threw 102 pitches in the 1-0 victory to take the series two games to one.
On the softball diamond, Andrews, a senior catcher from Murfreesboro, batted .571 for the week, collecting a 1.143 slugging percentage as she went 8-for-14 at the plate with three doubles, a triple and a home run. Andrews drove in four runs, while she also swiped three bases on four tries. She helped Trevecca go 3-1 on the road in the opening weekend of Great Midwest action.
In the circle, Manus, a junior from Murfreesboro, had a terrific week as she went 4-0 against Ohio Valley Conference competition, posting a 1.40 earned run average across 20 innings of work with two complete-game victories. She struck out 22 against three walks. She threw a four-hit complete game win over Morehead State with 10 strikeouts, then swept Lindenwood. She allowed one run on two hits in the series opener, claimed the victory in relief in game two, then completed the sweep with a five-inning effort in the finale.
BASEBALL
2/20 | Player: John Bay (Austin Peay); Pitcher: Peyton Calitri (Tennessee Tech)
2/27 | Player: Hayden Gilliland (Tennessee Tech); Pitcher: Andrew Devine (Austin Peay)
3/5 | Player: Camden Kozeal (Vanderbilt); Pitcher: Will Pryor (Belmont)
3/12 | Player: Tanner Shiver (Tennessee Tech); Pitcher: Devin Futrell (Vanderbilt)
3/19 | Player: Harrison Travis (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Noah Toney (Union)
SOFTBALL
2/20 | Player: Olivia Lipari (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca)
2/27 | Player: Zoey Neal (Union); Pitcher: Lainey Baker (Union)
3/5 | Player: Hayden Dye (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Taylor Long (Chattanooga)
3/12 | Player: Brooke Matyasovsky (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca)
3/19 | Player: Kendall Andrews (Trevecca); Pitcher: Caitlyn Manus (Tennessee State)