University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Troost Named Big South Conference Come Ready Nutrition Freshman of the Week
02.20.2017 | Baseball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – UNC Asheville baseball true freshman Chris Troost has been named the first-ever Big South Conference's Come Ready Nutrition Freshman of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon.
"Chris has been working hard on his approach at the plate since he got here," said head coach Scott Friedholm. "This is a well-deserved honor and part of the credit should go to assistant coaches Jonathan Johnston and Chris Bresnahan for their tireless efforts working with all of our position players."
Troost led the way offensively for Asheville during the opening weekend series at Samford. The 5-8 Medford, N.J., native batted .444 through the three-game series and boasted an on-base percentage of .615 while scoring a run and batting in another. He showed enough improvement over the weekend to move up from the seven-hole of the lineup to the two-hole.
In the season-opener on Friday, Troost showed a lot of patience in the batter's box to draw three walks compared to just one strikeout and also had an RBI. In Sunday's series finale, Troost went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and also drew another walk. He scored his run in the ninth inning to add an important insurance run, helping Asheville defeat Samford 6-4 for the first win of the season.
Asheville will continue the season-opening nine-game road stretch this week with four games in Spartanburg, S.C. The Bulldogs will first travel to USC Upstate on Wednesday, Feb. 22 for a 4 p.m. first pitch. Asheville will then play games against Dayton and James Madison in Spartanburg before taking on Wofford on Sunday.
"Chris has been working hard on his approach at the plate since he got here," said head coach Scott Friedholm. "This is a well-deserved honor and part of the credit should go to assistant coaches Jonathan Johnston and Chris Bresnahan for their tireless efforts working with all of our position players."
Troost led the way offensively for Asheville during the opening weekend series at Samford. The 5-8 Medford, N.J., native batted .444 through the three-game series and boasted an on-base percentage of .615 while scoring a run and batting in another. He showed enough improvement over the weekend to move up from the seven-hole of the lineup to the two-hole.
In the season-opener on Friday, Troost showed a lot of patience in the batter's box to draw three walks compared to just one strikeout and also had an RBI. In Sunday's series finale, Troost went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and also drew another walk. He scored his run in the ninth inning to add an important insurance run, helping Asheville defeat Samford 6-4 for the first win of the season.
Asheville will continue the season-opening nine-game road stretch this week with four games in Spartanburg, S.C. The Bulldogs will first travel to USC Upstate on Wednesday, Feb. 22 for a 4 p.m. first pitch. Asheville will then play games against Dayton and James Madison in Spartanburg before taking on Wofford on Sunday.
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