Following standout performances this past week, Old Dominion OF/INF Andy Garriola and Charlotte RHP Cameron Hansen brought home C-USA baseball’s weekly awards, the league announced on Monday.
Garriola helped lead the 16-2 Monarchs to a 3-1 week and a league series victory with some major offensive production in wins over East Carolina and two-of-three over Middle Tennessee. Hansen shut down WKU in a win on Saturday for the 49ers that at the time evened the series with the Hilltoppers, which Charlotte ultimately won. The 2022 C-USA Players of the Week awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf.
HITTER OF THE WEEK
ANDY GARRIOLA, OLD DOMINION
SENIOR, OF/INF, SIERRA MADRE, CALIF.
Garriola went 10-for-19 (.526) in four appearances for Old Dominion to extend his hitting streak to 17 games. The California native recorded three hits in three of his four games this week, including a season-high five RBI with a pair of homers in ODU's first game of conference play at Middle Tennessee on Friday. Garriola, who slugged 1.368, finished his week with four doubles, four home runs, a walk, nine RBI and eight runs scored in a 3-1 week for ODU.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
CAMERON HANSEN, CHARLOTTE
FRESHMAN, RHP, HENDERSONVILLE, TENN.
Hansen was originally slated to start Sunday for Charlotte in their series at home against WKU, but came in, in a long relief role on Saturday in the fourth inning after an injury to Charlotte’s starter. Hansen pitched the final six innings without allowing either a run or walk and just three hits with five strikeouts. The Hendersonville, Tennessee, native allowed one runner into scoring position on a double and then retired 12 of the next 13 he faced to end the game, a 3-1 win for the 49ers, who went 3-1 on the week and took two-of-three in the opening C-USA series over the Hilltoppers.
2022 WINNERS
Hitter of the Week
M21 Andy Garriola, Old Dominion
M14 Taylor Young, LA Tech
M7 Ty Batusich, WKU
F28 Josh Sears, UAB
F21 Jalen DeBose, Florida Atlantic
Pitcher of the Week
M21 Cameron Hansen, Charlotte
M14 Tanner Hall, Southern Miss
M7 Daniel Shafer, UTSA
F28 Patrick Pridgen, FIU
F21 Kyle Crigger, LA Tech