GREENWOOD, Ind. - Kentucky Wesleyan senior catcher Jeremy Cline and junior pitcher Austin Tibbs were named as the second set of Great Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball Athletes of the Week on Monday.
 
The Panthers (4-2 overall) played three games in three days against nationally-ranked North Georgia, winning one and nearly taking the series from the No. 13/15 Nighthawks.
 
In addition to handling the staff, Cline did plenty of damage at the dish and Tibbs, a lefty reliever, did his part out of the bullpen to earn his first winning decision of the spring.
 
G-MAC Pitcher of the Week
Austin Tibbs
Kentucky Wesleyan
Left-Handed Pitcher
Junior
Bowling Green, KY
 
Tibbs made two appearances against North Georgia, throwing a total of five innings. Despite suffering a tough-luck loss in game one of the series, the junior bounced back in shutdown form with two dominant innings to close the series.
 
Tibbs mowed through the Nighthawks in that outing with five strikeouts in the eight batters he faced. All of his strikeouts were batters going down swinging.
 
The Panthers’ offense roared back from a 7-1 deficit through four innings and posted seven runs in the top of the eighth inning.
 
In three appearances already, Tibbs has compiled a 3.00 ERA through six innings pitched. He has struck out seven.
 
G-MAC Player of the Week
Jeremy Cline
Kentucky Wesleyan
Catcher
Senior
Bowling Green, KY
 
Batting an even .500 through the first four games of the year, Cline crushed his first home run, a solo shot, in the fourth inning of the series finale.
 
Cline was KWC’s designated hitter in Saturday’s game with a single and a stolen base.
 
In Sunday’s start, he was 2-for-4 with the homer, a double, three runs scored and a walk.
 
In just four games, Cline is already 7-14 (.500) with six runs scored, two doubles and five RBI.