Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop baseball snagged a pair of conference weekly awards as
Nate Chronis and
Josh Skowronski respectively picked up Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week honors for games played Apr. 21-27, announced by the league office Monday afternoon.
Chronis batted .438 (7-for-16) for the week with 15 RBI in a series sweep at Longwood, highlighted by a historic nine-RBI performance on Saturday. Over four games overall, he tallied four doubles, a home run, four runs scored, and two stolen bases. The senior delivered a career day in game two against the Lancers, going 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, a pair of bases-clearing doubles, and a sacrifice fly to finish with nine RBI, tying for the most in the NCAA this season. Chronis opened the week by going 2-for-4 with a double at Davidson, then added a double and two RBI in Friday's series opener in Farmville. He capped the weekend with another four RBI and two stolen bases to help lead the Eagles to a three-game sweep in conference play. He rounded out the week slugging .875 with a .455 on-base percentage.
Skowronski homered twice, doubled twice, posted a pair of three-hit games, and drove in five runs across four games for Winthrop. He batted .421 (8-for-19) for the week, recorded at least one hit in every game, and added six runs and two stolen bases. After opening the week with an RBI double at Davidson, Skowronski totaled seven hits during a three-game series sweep at Longwood. He went 3-for-6 on Saturday, blasting a solo homer, adding an RBI single and a double, and scoring three times. He followed that performance by going 3-for-5 with a two-run homer on Sunday to help cap off the sweep. Skowronski finished the week slugging .842 with a .476 on-base percentage.
This is the 5
th and 6
th time this season an Eagle has taken home a weekly award.
