David Bryan has been named the G-MAC’s Baseball Offensive Athlete of the Week for the first time this season after an impressive week at the plate for the Battlers, who went 4-0 last week in conference action. AB improved to 11-5 in the G-MAC and remains a game behind Kentucky Wesleyan for second place in the standings.
Bryan hit .538 on the week, collecting a conference-high 14 hits. On the week, he also led the G-MAC with 11 runs scored (tied), 13 runs batted in, 17 total bases (tied), three hit by pitches (tied), two sacrifice flies (tied). He also went 2-2 in stolen base attempts.
In the Friday doubleheader with Salem, Bryan went 4-6 with a double, four runs scored and six RBI in the blowout victory in the first game of the four game series. In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Bryan went 3-4 with a run and two RBI and in the second game topped it by going 4-5 with a double, two runs and five more RBI.
Bryan is now hitting .327 on the season, which ranks 14th in conference and second on the Battlers roster. He also currently has 22 runs scored and 22 runs batted in. He currently holds a six-game hit streak and eight-game on-base streak.