Tommy White, it turns out, is the hero we didn’t know we needed. The freshman has some pretty big shoes to fill at first base, but so far, no problem. All he did over the weekend against Evansville was hit five home runs, including a grand slam. In his college debut Friday, he had NC State’s first three-homer game in more than a decade.
Not bad!
The smash man is hitting .643/.688/1.714 after his first weekend of college ball, and his performance was good enough to earn him ACC Player of the Week honors—maybe the easiest decision the league office will have to make all season.