Greg Liming was named G-MAC Men’s Baseball Offensive Athlete of the Week for the first time this season. This week’s honor gives Urbana its fourth different Baseball Athlete of the Week this season, including two offensive athlete of the week and two pitchers of the week.
Liming hit .600 last week and totaled a slugging percentage of 1.400 to lead the conference. He had a G-MAC-high nine runs scored, seven runs batted in, and two home runs, despite only 10 at-bats. He also walked six times, totaled 14 bases, and added two doubles. Four of his six total hits were for extra bases.
Liming led the Blue Knights to a perfect 3-0 week in non-conference action. UU started the week with a come from behind win at Findlay and then wrapped up the week with dominating wins over Wright State - Lake and Miami - Hamilton. Trailing 6-2 in the fifth inning, Urbana posted four runs including a game-tying three run home run by Liming. In the game he was 2-4 with a walk, four RBI and a run scored.
In the next two games he went 2-2 with three walks, two RBI, four runs scored, a double and a home run against WSU-Lake, and then 2-4 with two walks, an RBI, four runs scored, and a double.
His two home runs, gives him the regular-season home run title with seven on the season. He finished the season ranked in the top ten in hitting (10th - .339), runs (9th - 33), doubles (6th - 71), walks (2nd - 28), slugging percentage (3rd - .573), and on base percentage (6th - .461)
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Greg Liming’s bio (from Sports.Urbana.edu)