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MVNU's Williams Receives Weekly Baseball Honors
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (4-28-2008) - Steve Williams, a member of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team, was recently selected as the American Mideast Conference and NAIA Region IX Player of the Week for his performance in games played during the week of April 14-20.

Williams, a freshman outfielder from Cincinnati, Ohio, batted .563 (9-for-16) during the Cougars’ 7-0 week. He went 3-for-4 in a 6-3 win at Kenyon College with two RBI, and he also went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a pair of doubles in a 12-2 victory at home against Walsh University. He closed out the week by going 2-fo-3 with a career-high four RBI in a 9-7 win at Walsh University. For the week, he had two doubles, two triples, four runs scored, and eight RBI in five games.

On the season, the former Milford High School star has played and started in 37 of the team’s 41 games and is batting .315. Williams has compiled nine doubles, two triples, 14 runs scored, and 26 RBI. He has also committed just one error in 61 chances in the outfield.

MVNU is currently 26-15 overall and 14-8 in the AMC. The Cougars will return to action on Tuesday when the team will travel to Wilmington College for a non-conference nine-inning game that will get under way at 4:00 p.m.

 

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