An on-base machine at the top of the Hillsdale batting order, Hoover had a week to remember as the Chargers won five games, including four in conference play.
The leadoff man who helped the Chargers win last year’s conference championship batted .591 (13-for-22) and slugged seven extra-base hits, including four doubles and three home runs.
Hoover drove in seven and scored 11 times. He also walked twice, stole a couple bases and recorded three hits in four of his team’s five games.
In the first day of the eventual series sweep against Ohio Valley, Hoover was 6-for-10 while homering in back-to-back games.
Hillsdale’s offense erupted for 63 runs in the four conference wins. Hoover has a team-leading batting average of .387 in 34 games played this year, which ranks sixth in the conference. He’s also tied for the league lead in hits with 53 and paces all players in runs scored (56).
Hoover also ranks first in triples (5), second in total bases (90) and is third in stolen bases with 17.
In game one, Hoover blasted a solo shot in the seventh inning before belting another, this time a leadoff homer, his fourth of the spring, in game two. Carrying over into the next day, Hoover stayed hot with a 3-for-4 line including a pair of doubles and two stolen bases.
He continued to shower the power swing with his fifth homer of the year to start off a wild 14-run first inning vs. the Fighting Scots.