Ethan Hurt has been named the G-MAC’s Baseball Offensive Athlete of the Week as the Trojans went 3-0 this past week, sweeping Olivet Nazarene and extending its early season winning streak to nine straight. Hurt follows teammate Hunter Newman as the second Trojan to earn the honor in as many weeks as the award has been given.
Hurt led the Trojan offense with a .429 batting average, collecting a conference-high six hits over the week. He also totaled a conference-high (tying) two doubles and one home run. Hurt drove in three runs and scored three of his own. He had a .786 slugging percentage and was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts.
His best individual performance came on February 28 against Olivet Nazarene as he went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, three runs scored and an RBI. Hurt leads the team with a .471 batting average and is fourth in hits (16). He remains perfect at 9-9 in stolen bases which is tops in the conference. In the G-MAC, Hurt is sixth in batting average, fourth in hits, fifth in runs scored (10) and fourth in RBI (9).