University of Southern Indiana Baseball’s freshman catcher Lucas McNew (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) was recognized as the Great Lakes Valley Conference position player of the week for his efforts in the three-game sweep of Lewis University last weekend.
McNew smacked two home runs and a triple from the Flyers at the plate in his six-for-11 weekend effort to collect six RBI and cross the plate four times. The catcher posted a .545 batting average, .571 on-base percentage, while hitting in the third slot of the lineup for the Screaming Eagles.
The freshman business administration major also threw out two-of-three baserunners and played 27 innings of error-free baseball from behind the dish.
McNew leads USI in batting average (.426), slugging (.936), doubles (7) and home runs (5). He sits second among the Eagles in RBI (15), on-base percentage (.540), walks (14), and fourth in stolen bases (3).
USI Baseball has a quick turnaround this week as its Wednesday GLVC double-up with Bellarmine University has been moved up to Tuesday at 3 p.m.
Then, the Eagles hit the road for their three-game series with William Jewell College this weekend.
