University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Edwards, Gasparro Earn Big South Conference Weekly Honors
03.04.2019 | Baseball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - UNC Asheville baseball utility players Greg Gasparro and Jacob Edwards earned weekly Big South Conference honors on Monday, March 4, 2019.
Gasparro was tabbed the Big South Player of the Week, and Edwards collected Freshman of the Week honors for their performances last week.
This is Gasparro's first career Player of the Week honor. He was named Starting Pitcher of the Week last year on April 30, 2018.Â
The Freshman of the Week accolade for Edwards is his first career honor. Overall, it is UNC Asheville's fourth Freshman of the Week honor in program history.Â
Gasparro started in all four games last week for Asheville - three starts in the outfield and one start on the mound. In his three starts in the lineup, the junior collected eight total hits in just 13 at-bats (.615 batting average). The Pennington, N.J. native also slugged .769 and tallied a .643 on-base percentage. Of his eight total hits, Gasparro collected two doubles. He also touched home four times and a had 10 total bases in the four-game week.
Highlighting Gasparro's offensive success was collecting back-to-back three-hits games - at Wofford and versus Iona. In the first game of a doubleheader against Iona, the junior posted two doubles in his three-hit game. He has also touched home at least once in the last three games.
Gasparro also made a start on the mound at Furman, and he worked two innings. The left-hander allowed just one run, struck out four and scattered two hits.
En route to earning his first career honor, Edwards pitched in two games and appeared in the lineup in three games.Â
The rookie totaled 6.1 innings of work, as he totaled his second career win and first career save. On the bump, Edwards didn't surrender a run and struck out six batters, while holding opponents to a .227 batting average.
Edwards kicked off the week working three innings of scoreless relief at Furman. He struck out three Paladins and allowed three hits.Â
In the second game of the week on the hill, Edwards tossed 3.1 innings en route to earning his first career save. He allowed just two hits without allowing a run to score. He also struck out three Gaels.Â
Offensively, Edwards appeared in three games in the lineup, including two starts in the outfield. He touched home twice in just four at-bats. He also drew two walks.Â
To view the Big South Conference's official release, click HERE.
