Monday,
February 05, 2001
SAC
Baseball Players of the Week Announced
Presbyterian's Michael Burns and Lenoir-Rhyne's
Chip Bradford Take Honors
ROCK
HILL, SC
- Michael
Burns of Presbyterian College was named the SAC
Pitcher of the Week and Chip
Bradford from Lenoir-Rhyne College was selected as the
SAC Position Player of the Week, conference officials
announced today.
Burns,
a 6-0, 170-pound senior left-handed pitcher from Simpsonville,
SC (Hillcrest HS) obtained two complete game wins last week
with victories over St. Leo University (4-0) and Brevard
College (6-2). Against
St. Leo, Burns allowed eight hits, no runs and struck out
three to cruise to the 4-0 shutout.
Against Brevard, Burns scattered just six hits over
nine innings allowing only a single earned run while striking
out four batters. So
far this season, Burns has an earned run average of just 0.50
in 18 innings pitched. Burns
has also only allowed one extra base hit during his time on
the mound this season.
Bradford,
a 6-2, 215-pound junior outfielder from Hickory, NC (St.
Stephens HS) led the Bears to a 4-0 record last week with wins
over Pfeiffer University (8-5), Barton College (8-3),
Limestone College (3-2), and St. Leo University (6-3).
Bradford hit .500 on the week going 6-for-12 at the
plate with five runs scored and two RBI. Bradford's best numbers were against Barton where he was
3-for-4 with and RBI and a run scored.
He closed out the week with two hits in four at-bats
against St. Leo.
The conference's eight-member institution's sports information directors select the 2001 SAC Baseball Player's of the Week.