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Cronin Named NCBWA Hitter of the Week
March 15, 2016 | Baseball
The senior also picked up ACC and NEIBA weekly accolades
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College senior Joe Cronin was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Hitter of the Week, the organization announced on Tuesday. He also collected Atlantic Coast Conference and New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) weekly accolades on Monday.
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The infielder led the Eagles (12-3, 2-1 ACC) with a .526 batting average, 10 hits, 11 RBIs, a 1.211 slugging percentage and a .609 on-base percentage in the five games last week.
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The captain from Scarborough, Maine, also went 5-for-11 with five RBIs and three extra-base hits, including a two-run home run, as the Eagles took two of three from eighth-ranked NC State in Raleigh, N.C., marking BC's first series win to open the conference schedule since 2009.
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Cronin, who leads BC with a .389 overall batting average, 21 hits, 19 RBIs, five doubles and 10 walks, also recorded the only home run in the Eagles' eight games at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla., and drove in BC's only two runs with a two-run shot in the Eagles' lone loss (3-2) to the Wolfpack on Saturday. With his triple in Friday's 7-0 victory, he currently ranks fifth in BC record books with five in his career and his 89 career walks ranks eighth.
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Cronin earned the weekly honors for the first time in his career. It was the fifth time a BC player received national weekly honors, the second from NCBWA. Wright State's Jesse Scholtens earned NCBWA Pitcher of the Week accolades after throwing a perfect game.
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The infielder led the Eagles (12-3, 2-1 ACC) with a .526 batting average, 10 hits, 11 RBIs, a 1.211 slugging percentage and a .609 on-base percentage in the five games last week.
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The captain from Scarborough, Maine, also went 5-for-11 with five RBIs and three extra-base hits, including a two-run home run, as the Eagles took two of three from eighth-ranked NC State in Raleigh, N.C., marking BC's first series win to open the conference schedule since 2009.
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Cronin, who leads BC with a .389 overall batting average, 21 hits, 19 RBIs, five doubles and 10 walks, also recorded the only home run in the Eagles' eight games at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla., and drove in BC's only two runs with a two-run shot in the Eagles' lone loss (3-2) to the Wolfpack on Saturday. With his triple in Friday's 7-0 victory, he currently ranks fifth in BC record books with five in his career and his 89 career walks ranks eighth.
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Cronin earned the weekly honors for the first time in his career. It was the fifth time a BC player received national weekly honors, the second from NCBWA. Wright State's Jesse Scholtens earned NCBWA Pitcher of the Week accolades after throwing a perfect game.
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