Lenoir-Rhyne's Lanham Named NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week

Wingate, N.C.----Belmont Abbey College junior shortstop Ben Gobbel has been named the Southeast Region Player of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), officials announced Tuesday afternoon. Lenoir-Rhyne redshirt sophomore right-hander Joshua Lanham is the NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week.

Gobbel helped the Crusaders go 4-0 on the week as he hit .688 (11-for-16) with a 1.500 slugging percentage and a .750 on-base percentage. He drove in 10 runs and scored 11 with three home runs, two doubles and one triple while also drawing four walks, stealing two bases and striking out just once. In an 18-6 non-conference win over Lander on April 26 he went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and five runs scored with a triple and a home run. He was a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI to go with two walks in the series opening 9-1 league win over Chowan and he closed the series with a 3-for-5 game on April 30 in which he drove in five and scored twice with a pair of home runs in a 16-1 victory.

Lanham tossed a complete-game three-hit shutout in the SAC Tournament opener, picking up the first win of the tournament for the Bears en route to the SAC Tournament championship. Lanham struck out 14 and allowed just three hits in nine innings of work, walking just one while throwing 118 pitches on the day, with 78 for strikes. Lanham struck out the side in the fourth and seventh innings, while striking out two more in the ninth. He also made an appearance in the SAC title game Monday, working a scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts against #1 Wingate. 

NCBWA Southeast Region Player of the Week
2/8 | Michael Dansky, Wingate
2/15 | Wade Cuda, Lenoir-Rhyne
2/22 | Mason Streater, Lander
3/1 | Cory Bivins, North Greenville
3/8 | Steven Minter, Columbus State
3/15 | Alden Cottle, Mount Olive
3/22 | Sean Johnson, Belmont Abbey
3/29 | John Michael Faile, North Greenville
4/5 | Marek Chlup, North Greenville
4/12 | Mitch Farris, Wingate
4/19 | Seaver King, Wingate 
4/26 | Paul Grazzini, Georgia College
5/3 | Ben Gobbel, Belmont Abbey

NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week
2/8 | Alex Hart, Barton  
2/15 | Ben Gilks, Catawba
2/22 | Hunter Stevens, Mount Olive
3/1 | Bennett Nance, Lander
3/8 | Gage Voorhees, Flagler
3/15 | Joel Haney, USC Aiken
3/22 | Reece Fields, North Greenville
3/29 | Greg Brown, Catawba
4/5 | Brody McCullough, Wingate
4/12 | Austin Moore, Francis Marion
4/19 | Garrett Stiltner, UVA Wise
4/26 | Jared Donaldson, Georgia Southwestern
5/3 | Joshua Lanham, Lenoir-Rhyne