Wingate's Harris and Coker's Blackwell Named South Atlantic Conference WePlayed Sports Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate's Cam Harris was named the South Atlantic Conference WePlayed Sports Baseball Player of the Week, while Coker's Benjamin Blackwell was named WePlayed Sports Baseball Pitcher of the Week for games played during week three of the 2024 season, the Conference office announced today.

Harris, a sophomore infielder from Coral Springs, Fla., led the Bulldogs to a 4-0 week including a three-game sweep of SAC foe Newberry. He batted .588 for the week with a home run, a double, 10 runs scored, five RBIs, and two stolen bases. He recorded multiple hits in three of the four games and scored at least a run in all four games last week.

Blackwell, a freshman left-handed pitcher from Blythewood, S.C., picked up a pair of wins on the mound for the Cobras last week, defeating Chowan (11-3) and Emory & Henry (3-2). Blackwell threw five shutout innings against Chowan and did not surrender a single hit with eight strikeouts. He then shut out Emory & Henry in four innings of work, allowing just two hits with four strikeouts. For the week he threw nine innings of relief allowing no runs on two hits with 12 strikeouts.  

2024 SAC WePlayed Sports Baseball Player of the Week
Feb. 6 – Sam Hunter, Catawba
Feb. 13 – Kye Andress, Anderson
Feb. 20 – Cam Harris, Wingate

2024 SAC WePlayed Sports Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 6 – Eli Edds, Lincoln Memorial
Feb. 13 – Ben Smith, Anderson
Feb. 20 – Benjamin Blackwell, Coker

WePlayed Sports is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.

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