University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Schumer Named Big South Player of the Week
05.24.2010 | Baseball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) - UNC Asheville infielder Justin Schumer (Charlotte, N.C.) has been named the Big South Conference's Choice Hotels Player of the Week for games played the final week of the regular-season, it was announced today by the League office.
Schumer batted .579 (11-19) in four games last week, helping the Bulldogs clinch a berth in the Royal Purple Big South Baseball Championship. He opened his week with two hits at Tennessee, and went 8-10 in Saturday's doubleheader against Gardner-Webb, recording four hits in both games. In the nightcap, Schumer helped Asheville rally from an 11-0 deficit with two home runs and a double, and drove in four runs before the Bulldogs fell, 15-14. In the first game, he pitched four innings to get the win and went 4-5 at the plate. Schumer finished the week with six RBI and a .947 slugging percentage.
He is Asheville's leading hitter entering the tournament with a .383 average. Schumer also leads in homers (9), RBI (37), doubles (16) and runs scored (37).
