Heidelberg's Jackson Powers Named NCBWA Pitcher of the Week
5/1/24 - NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
An electric week at the plate, a two-hit shutout over a historic Div. III baseball powerhouse, and five innings of no-hit relief were what it took to earn the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III weekly awards. This week’s selections were based on games played April 22-28.
Heidelberg University junior Jackson Powers fired a nine-inning, two-hit shutout in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Marietta College (Ohio). The defense behind Powers was superb, as the right-hander struck out just four Etta Express batters. Powers retired 14 of the final 15 batters he faced with the lone one reaching doing so on an error. Powers was named to D3baseball.com’s Team of the Week and was the Ohio Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week.
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