Lenoir-Rhyne’s Evan Taylor, Mars Hill’s Justin Hall Named Baseball Players Of The Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Lenoir-Rhyne's Evan Taylor has been named the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Player of the Week and Mars Hill's Justin Hall earned league Pitcher of the Week honors announced conference officials Tuesday.

Taylor, a 6-2, 195-pound junior outfielder from Charlotte, N.C., is batting .520 in the first two weeks of the season for the Bears going 13-for-25 with 13 RBI. The Independence High School graduate has recorded a hit in every game this season, including his 4-for-5 effort against Wingate in a non-conference game on Feb. 3. Taylor led Lenoir-Rhyne to a doubleheader sweep over No. 1 and defending NCAA Division II national champion Mount Olive this past Saturday. In the sweep, Taylor went 5-for-8 with four RBI, a double and a home run. Through seven games, Taylor has tallied three doubles and three home runs to post a 1.000 slugging percentage.

Evan Taylor

Justin Hall

Hall, a 6-0, 205-pound junior right-hander, recorded a pair of wins in his two weekend starts to open the 2009 campaign. The Martinsville, Va. hasn't allowed an earned run in his 12 innings of work this year. In MHC's 9-1 win at Belmont Abbey, Hall scattered four hits, allowed an unearned run, walked one and struck out nine. The Bassett High School product followed that performance a week later as he pitched six shutout innings against Salem International. In the Lions' 10-6 win, Hall limited SIU to five hits, one walk and five strikeouts.

The SAC Player of the Week is determined by a vote of the league's sports information directors.