MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its National Player of the Week awards for the period ending April 24, today. Austin Peay junior outfielder Logan Gray was named National Hitter of the Week, while junior right-handed pitcher Cody Sedlock was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.
Gray hit .611 (11-for-18) with seven runs scored, two doubles, four home runs, 14 RBI, a 1.389 slugging percentage and .632 on-base percentage as Austin Peay completed a perfect 4-0 record. He played in all three games of the weekend OVC series with Eastern Kentucky, the first complete Conference series he has played in 12 months due to injury.
Gray opened the week by going 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in a victory over Lipscomb. The Leawood, Kansas native opened the EKU series by going 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and four RBI as the Govs won 10-1. He added a single and two RBI in Saturday’s victory and capped the week by going 3-for-5 with two home runs, two runs scored and five RBI. He had the game-winning RBI in all three victories over Eastern Kentucky and posted multi-RBI outings in all four games.
2016 WINNERS:
Hitter of the Week – Feb. 23 – Jeren Kendall, Jr., OF, Vanderbilt; March 1 – Brandon Gutzler, OF, Murray State; March 8 – Darik Hall, INF, Dallas Baptist.; March 15 – Joe Cronin, INF, Boston College; March 23 – John Jones, C, South Carolina; March 30 – Tyler Chadwick, Sr., 1B, Coastal Carolina; April 5 – Tanner Kirwer, So., OF, Niagara; April 12 – Michael Davis, So., 2B, Texas Tech; April 19 – Greg Guers, Sr., OF, Penn State; April 26 – Logan Gray, Jr., OF, Austin Peay.