Jonathan Eberhardt 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 Panthers, who went 4-0 last week in conference action and 5-0 overall on the week, putting them into a first place tie in the conference.
Eberhardt hit.625 with 11 runs batted in, seven doubles, a home run, and scored 10 runs in five games. He led the conference in slugging percentage (1.042), runs scored, hits, doubles, and total bases this past week. He was second in batting average, runs batted in, home runs, and third in on-base percentage.
Eberhardt recorded at least two hits in all five games he played last week, including a 5-5 effort that featured four doubles, an individual season-high in the G-MAC this season. He also had four hits and five RBI in the final game of the weekend to ensure the sweep of Salem International and bringing the Panthers into a first place tie with Trevecca Nazarene with one week of games left before the tournament.
On the season, Eberhardt is tied for first with 17 doubles and now leads the league with a .463 batting average, a .496 on-base percentage, and a .704 slugging percentage.