Dallas, Texas – The National Collegiate
Baseball Writer’s Association released its weekly NCAA
Division II National Players of the Week awards of the season for
the period ending April 21st. Southern Arkansas’ senior
infielder Brady Capshaw is the National Hitter of the Week while
St. Thomas Aquinas’ junior righthander Robert Frank is the
National Pitcher of the Week.
Brady Capshaw (Kennedale, Texas) gained GAC Player of the Week
notice by slugging out 11 hits and 18 RBIS in five games against
Arkansas Tech, Arkansas Monticello and Southern Nazarene. He
had 11 runs, two doubles and two homers over the week and batted
.458 (11-of-24). He had 7 RBIs in the game vs. Southern
Nazarene on Apr. 20 and also had five RBIs apiece in games against
Arkansas Tech and Southern Nazarene. For the season, Capshaw is
hitting .325 with 14 doubles and a team-best 51 RBI. This is the
first National Player of the Week for the Muleriders.
Robert Frank (Closter, N.J.) continued his recent dominance with a
nine-inning complete-game shutout at LIU-Post. Rob scattered just
four hits and didn’t walk a batter while fanning 11 in the
Spartans’ victory. Frank’s numbers have been nothing
short of stunning of late. Over his past four outings, he is 3-1
with a miniscule 0.62 earned run average, allowing just two earned
runs on nine hits in 29 innings of work, striking out 42 while
walking 11. His current scoreless innings streak stands at 22.2
innings - all in conference play. For the season, Frank is 4-4 with
a 3.32 ERA. This is the first National Pitcher of the Week for the
Spartans.
Division II Regional Players of the Week:
- Atlantic: Kyle Petty, California (Pa.) (Hitter); Justin Taylor,
California (Pa.) (Pitcher)
- Central: Brady Capshaw, Southern Arkansas (Hitter); Jake Bell,
Arkansas Tech (Pitcher)
- East: Shane Keedy, Assumption College (Hitter); Robert
Frank, St. Thomas Aquinas (Pitcher)
- Midwest: Jake Hartley, Indianapolis (Hitter); Anthony Campanella,
Grand Valley State (Pitcher)
- South: Josh Cyr, North Alabama (Hitter); Nic Kovacs, Palm Beach
Atlantic (Pitcher)
- South Central: James Black, Texas A&M-Kingsville (Hitter);
Jerry Hawkins, Texas A&M-International (Pitcher)
- Southeast: Chris Zittrouer, Armstrong Atlantic (Hitter); Dan
Meyer, Coker (Pitcher)
- West: Blake Miller, Western Oregon (Hitter); Jon Bengard,
California Baptist (Pitcher)
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2013 NCBWA Division II Players of the Week:
- Feb. 13: Lee Neumann, Angelo State (Hitter); Nick Fogarty,
Valdosta State (Pitcher)
- Feb. 20: Josh Wenger, Concord (Hitter); Ryan Goodbrand, UC San
Diego (Pitcher)
- Feb. 27: Conner McCain, Alabama-Huntsville (Hitter); Chris
Murphy, Millersville (Pitcher)
- March 6: Dylan Tice, Indiana (PA) (Hitter); Junior Mendez,
Southern New Hampshire (Pitcher)
- March 13: Gioncarlo Brugnoni, Grand Valley State (Hitter); Shane
Trattles, University of Mary (Pitcher)
- March 20: Kyle Giusti, Abilene Christian (Hitter); Chris Murphy,
Millersville (Pitcher)
- March 27: Charlie Sharrer, Cal. St.-East Bay (Hitter); Scott
Lieser, St. Cloud State (Pitcher)
- April 3: Colton Little, Colorado Mesa (Hitter); Dylan James, West
Texas A&M (Pitcher)
- April 10: Nate Olinger, Colorado Mines (Hitter); Stephen Cooke,
Indiana, Pa. (Pitcher)
- April 17: Ryan Messina, Shepard (Hitter); Dallas Ponder, Texas
A&M-Kingsville (Pitcher)
- April 24: Brady Capshaw, Southern Arkansas (Hitter);
Robert Frank, St. Thomas Aquinas (Pitcher)
Release provided by the NCBWA.
