Baseball Players of the Week (for the week ending April 26, 2009)
Presented by Combat Sports Inc.        


Division I

Player of the Week

Kyle Meyer - Marist College
Senior, Outfielder, East Greenbush, N.Y.

Meyer hit .692 (9-for-13) with two home runs and 12 RBI in a 3-1 week for Marist.  He also scored four runs, stole two bases, and recorded four hit by pitches.  Against Siena, the senior went 4-for-4 with eight RBI, while hitting a three-run home run and a grand slam in back-to-back innings.


Pitcher of the Week

JT Ross - Northeastern University
Sophomore, Pitcher, Newton, Mass.

Ross tossed a complete game one-hitter to lead the Huskies over Rhode Island, 12-1.  He struck out 12 batters and didn't allow a walk to improve to 3-1 on the season.  Ross gave up the lone hit in the second inning before retiring the final 23 batters in order.



Division II

Player of the Week

Nate Grove - Mansfield University
Senior, Outfielder, Williamsport, Pa.

Grove led the Mountaineers to a PSAC tournament berth, hitting .625 with two home runs, six runs scored and 10 RBI.  In the last game of the regular season against East Stroudsburg, he went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in the 16-15 victory.


Pitcher of the Week

Maxx Catapano - Southern Connecticut State University
Sophomore, Pitcher, Milford, Conn.

Catapano threw a no-hitter in the 1-0 win over Stonehill.  He allowed just two walks and struck out a season-high 13 batters.  The sophomore didn't allow a runner to reach base until two outs in the fifth inning.



Division III - New England

Player of the Week

Brendon Elliot - Bridgewater State College
Senior, Outfielder, Brockton, Mass.

Elliot batted .615 (16-for-26) with three doubles, four home runs, five steals, 11 runs scored, and 22 RBI in a 6-2 week.  In an 18-8 win over UMass-Dartmouth, he hit for the cycle and drove in eight runs.  Elliot added four hits and four RBI in a 10-1victory over MCLA.


Pitcher of the Week

Chris DeGoti - Tufts University
Freshman, Pitcher, Miami, Fla.

DeGoti recorded three saves in three games against Colby College to secure a spot for the Jumbos in the NESCAC Championship.  He tossed eight innings, allowing just two hits and holding opponents to a .077 batting average, while striking out nine.

Division III - Upstate

Player of the Week

Nate Stein - University of Rochester
Junior, Shortstop, Rochester, N.Y.

Stein went 12-for-21 in five games for the Yellowjackets this week, hitting four doubles and driving in 10 runs.  He recorded four multi-hit games, highlighted by a 4-for-5 effort with five RBI against Vassar.


Pitcher of the Week

Matt Tone - SUNY Cortland
Junior, Pitcher, Rochester, N.Y.

Tone struck out nine batters in seven-plus innings in Cortland's 12-3 win over SUNY Plattsburgh last week.  He allowed only three hits and no earned runs to improve to 7-0 on the season.

Division III - Metro

Player of the Week

Mike Guadango - William Paterson University
Junior, Outfielder, Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Guadango went 10-for-16 (.625) this week with two doubles, three home runs, and 11 RBI in four games for William Paterson.  In a double-header sweep of Richard Stockton, he went 7-for-10 with two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI.


Pitcher of the Week

Tom Heeman - Farmingdale State College
Senior, Pitcher, Valley Stream, N.Y.

Heeman led the Rams to the top seed of the Skyline Conference Tournament, pitching 7.2 innings in the 8-2 win against St. Joseph's.  He struck out four and allowed just one earned run to secure his sixth victory of the season.



Division III - South

Player of the Week

Chris Nastasi - Manhattanville College
Junior, Second Baseman, Bayville, N.Y.

Nastasi recorded 13 hits in 22 at bats in a 4-1 week for the Valiants.  He drove in 16 runs and scored 11 more, while hitting four doubles, a triple, and two home runs.  In the 15-10 win over DeSales, Nastasi went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and six RBI.  The junior was just a triple short of the cycle in the contest.


Pitcher of the Week

Tim Flannery - Albright College
Senior, Pitcher, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Flannery broke the Albright single season strikeout record in a 1-0 win over Arcadia, striking out 12 batters in the complete game shutout.  The senior now has 73 punch outs on the season.  He allowed just four hits and didn't walk a batter.