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Junior Mark Micowski
Morgantown, W.Va. - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending March 7, on Tuesday afternoon. Georgia State junior outfielder Mark Micowski was named National Hitter of the Week, while Houston sophomore right-handed pitcher Michael Goodnight was named National Pitcher of the Week.
The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.
Later on Tuesday, Micowski was named the CAA Player of the Week by the Colonial Athletic Association office. He marks the first Panther to receive this honor this season.
Micowski led the Panthers to a 4-1 week, batting .636 (14-for-22), with 14 runs scored, two home runs, 10 RBIs, 27 total bases, five doubles, one triple, a 1.227 slugging percentage, .679 on base percentage and a pair of steals to go along with several school records.
On Friday night, the Haddam, Conn. native, hit for the cycle in the first four innings, finishing the game 7-for-8 with four runs scored and seven RBIs against North Carolina Central. He set a school record for at bats with eight, as well as hits with seven. He helped the team break the school runs record of 32 (which was broken again on Sunday), as the team set records for doubles, hits, at bats, RBIs and triples. He tied the school record with three doubles and 15 total bases.
In game one of the doubleheader on Saturday, he went 3-for-4 with three runs scored.
On Sunday, he set the GSU runs scored record with six, going 2-for-5 at the plate. He helped the Panthers score a school-record 103 runs on the weekend in the four-game series with the Eagles.
On the season, Micowski is batting .479 and has helped the Panthers to five straight wins. He has 20 runs scored in 11 games, one of only two Panthers to start every game this year. The junior has seven doubles, two home runs and a triple, to go along with a team-leading 38 total bases.
Georgia State has had two previous national player of the week honorees. Chad Smith was named the TPX Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week on February 21, 2000. In that same season, Paul Scholosser earned MLB Canada Player of the Week honors on March 10th.
