East Carolina Sweeps Baseball Weekly Awards

IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly baseball honors.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Alec Makarewicz, Fr., OF/INF, East Carolina

Makarewicz led East Carolina to a 5-0 week hitting .429 (9-21) with six runs, a double, two home runs and seven RBI. He had the walk-off walk against North Carolina and also hit the go-ahead home run in the first game of a four-game series with Cincinnati.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Gavin Williams, Jr., RHP, East Carolina

Williams repeated as Pitcher of the Week after striking out 13 batters for the Pirates in a 7-0 shutout of Cincinnati on Friday. The right-hander only allowed four singles and three walks in 6.2 innings of work.

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