BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Cumberland's (Tenn.) Dylan LaRue and Cumberlands' (Ky.) Wesley Culley are the Mid-South Conference Baseball Players of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday.
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MSC Baseball Player of the Week
Dylan LaRue – Cumberland (Tenn.) - Sr. - Blanco, Texas
- LaRue hit .524 (11-for-21), including amassing six extra-base hits to help the Phoenix to a 4-1 record last week.
- He produced two home runs, a triple, and three doubles during the week, while driving in 12 runs.
- LaRue hit safely in all five games last week, including going 4-for-5 with a homer and five RBIs in a 25-0 win over Siena Heights (Mich.).
- He earns his first weekly conference honor of the season.
MSC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Wesley Culley – Cumberlands (Ky.) - Sr. - Millington, Tenn.
- Culley picked up a complete-game win in the Patriots' 16-1 victory over Northwestern Ohio last week.
- He struck out six while scattering seven hits and allowing just one run in the seven-inning complete game.
- Culley improves to 3-0 on the season with the win while helping Cumberlands to a 2-1 record during the week.
- He earns his first weekly conference honor of the season.
| Date |
Baseball Players of the Week - School |
| Player |
Pitcher |
| Feb. 9 |
Johnboy Rittenhouse - Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Jackson Fitzwilson - Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
| Feb. 16 |
Cohl Proctor - Cumberland (Tenn.) |
Stuart Tharle - Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Feb. 23 |
Ronald Almanzar - Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Brody Forno - Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| March 2 |
Drake Blackwood - Freed-Hardeman (Tenn. |
Joe McBride - Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| March 9 |
Dylan LaRue - Cumberland (Tenn.) |
Wesley Culley - Cumberlands (Ky.) |