SAN ANTONIO — Senior infielder Norris McClure was named American Athletic Player of the Week, the conference office announced at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 21. McClure led the league this week in batting average, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. He was one of two AAC student-athletes to hit three homers this week.
McClure had a career week as he notched 10 hits with two doubles and three home runs. He tallied 11 total RBIs with a batting average of .833 and a slugging percentage of 1.750. McClure blasted two home runs in the bottom of the second against Tulane, one was a three-run bomb, and the other was a two-run bomb. McClure’s first homer of the week was in game one of the Tulane series, which was a three-run homer.
UTSA has now won five Player of the Week awards this year: this was McClure’s first, Mason Lytle has two, Drew Detlefsen and Andrew Stucky each have one. Braylon Owens is the only UTSA pitcher named Pitcher of the Week. Conor Myles, Caden Miller, Robert Orloski and Braylon Owens have all garnered honorable mentions.
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