NEW ORLEANS – Georgia State’s Ryan Watson and App State’s CJ Boyd sparked convention collection sweeps for his or her respective groups en path to the Solar Belt weekly honors.
Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Ryan Watson, Georgia State
(Sr., RHP – Sugar Hill, Ga.)
Georgia State senior right-handed pitcher Ryan Watson threw 7.0 scoreless innings to earn his nineteenth profession victory and spark a convention collection sweep of rival Georgia Southern. The Sugar Hill, Ga., native struck out seven and allowed simply 5 hits, whereas holding opposing hitters to a .200 batting common. Watson improved to 6-0 with a 3.56 ERA towards Solar Belt opposition this season. With 19 profession victories, the senior sits third all-time in Panther program historical past.
Baseball Participant of the Week
CJ Boyd, App State
(So., OF – Lewisville, N.C.)
App State sophomore outfielder CJ Boyd led the Mountaineers to a collection sweep of Arkansas State with a four-homer weekend—with a two-dinger outing within the collection opener on Friday and collection finale on Sunday. The Lewisville, N.C., product hit .500 (7-for-14) and slugged 1.429 with a double, seven runs scored and 7 RBI. Boyd has hit seven residence runs over his final eight video games performed and have become the primary Mountaineer since 2010 to achieve double-digit residence runs and stolen bases in the identical season over the span.
2023 Solar Belt Baseball Pitchers of the Week
Week 1 – Levi Wells, Texas State (Jr., RHP – La Porte, Texas)
Week 2 – Ben Johnson, Georgia Southern (Jr., RHP – Tucker, Ga.)
Week 3 – Matthew Adams, Southern Miss (Jr., RHP – Pearland, Texas)
Week 4 – Niko Mazza, Southern Miss (So., RHP – Madison, Miss.)
Week 5 – Jackson Nezuh, Louisiana (Jr., RHP – St. Cloud, Fla.)
Week 6 – Patrick Copen, Marshall (Jr., RHP – Belpre, Ohio)
Week 7 – Xander Hamilton, App State (Jr., RHP – Raleigh, N.C.)
Week 8 – Tanner Corridor, Southern Miss (Jr., RHP – Zachary, La.)
Week 9 – Levi Wells, Texas State (Jr., RHP – La Porte, Texas)
Week 10 – Mitchell Gross, Georgia Southern (So., LHP – Gainesville, Ga.)
Week 11 – Tanner Corridor, Southern Miss (Jr., RHP – Zachary, La.)
Week 12 – Xander Hamilton, App State (Jr., RHP – Raleigh, N.C.)
Week 13 – Ryan Watson, Georgia State (Sr., RHP – Sugar Hill, Ga.)
2023 Solar Belt Baseball Gamers of the Week
Week 1 – Jose Gonzalez, Texas State (Sr., OF – Spring, Texas)
Week 2 – Hunter Fitz-Gerald, Previous Dominion (Jr., INF – Margate, Fla.)
Week 3 – Shane Lewis, Troy (RS So., OF – Vicksburg, Miss.)
Week 4 – Chase Mora, Texas State (Fr., INF – Tomball, Texas)
Week 5 – Dylan Strickland, Georgia State (Jr., INF – Loganville, Ga.)
Week 6 – Julian Brock, Louisiana (Jr., C – Fulshear, Texas)
Week 7 – Trey Lewis, South Alabama (Jr., INF – Silas, Ala.)
Week 8 – Graham Brown, Coastal Carolina (Sr., OF – Middletown, Md.)
Week 9 – Slade Wilks, Southern Miss (Jr., OF – Columbia, Miss.)
Week 10 – Shane Lewis, Troy (RS So., OF – Vicksburg, Miss.)
Week 11 – Jesse Sherrill, Georgia Southern (Sr., INF – Pensacola, Fla.)
Week 12 – Tremayne Cobb Jr., Troy (Jr., INF – Higher Marlboro, Md.)
Week 13 – CJ Boyd, App State (So., OF – Lewisville, N.C.)
