University of Memphis Athletics

Memphis' Goodman, Tulane's Olthoff Earn Weekly Baseball Honors

03.02.20

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The American Athletic Conference announced its weekly baseball honors for March 2.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK                 
Hunter Goodman, So., C, Memphis
Goodman had a historic weekend for the Tigers, hitting .524 (11-for-21) with four home runs and 24 RBI in four games. The sophomore had a conference-record 11 RBI in Sunday’s contest against Western Illinois and hit a grand slam in the each of the three weekend games.
 
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Braden Olthoff, Jr., RHP, Tulane
Olthoff pitched the first six innings of a combined no-hitter in a 2-0 win over Middle Tennessee on Friday (Feb. 28). The junior struck out eight batters without allowing a hit or issuing a walk.
 
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
 
Jaylyn Whitehead, R-Sr., LHP, UCF
Whitehead had a win and a save in two appearances for the Knights. The redshirt-senior allowed just one hit and no runs in 8.0 innings of work with 10 strikeouts.
 
Griffin Merritt, So., INF, Cincinnati
Merritt batted .667 (6-for-9) with five runs, seven RBI and three extra base hits in a four-game sweep of Oakland.
 
Collin Sullivan, Sr., RHP, USF
Sullivan struck out 14 batters in 6.0 innings of work with four hits and one run allowed in a 2-1 win over Northwestern.
 
Trevor Minder, Jr., INF, Tulane
Minder hit .562 (9-16) with two home runs, seven runs and six RBI in four games last week. The junior hit for the cycle on Sunday against Middle Tennessee.
 
Couper Cornblum, Fr., INF/OF, Wichita State
Cornblum hit .429 (6-for-14) with five runs, four RBI and four walks in a 4-0 week for the Shockers.