PSAC BASEBALL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - 8
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference office this week’s baseball athletes of the week. From the East, West Chester University's Zack Wright and Andrew Cantwell were honored, while in the West, Isaiah DiAndreth of Seton Hill University and Dylan Heid of Pitt-Johnstown University were selected.
Baseball Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
Zack Wright – West Chester
Senior
Outfield
Burlington, New Jersey
Zack Wright went 13-for-26 (.500) with 12 runs scored and 12 RBI leading West Chester to a 5-1 week. He hit three doubles, two triples and two home runs while also stealing four bases in as many attempts. In the first game of a four-game series against Kutztown, Wright went 4-for-4 with with four runs scored and three RBI, including two doubles and one home run. In the doubleheader, he went 7-for-9 with six runs and six RBI's. He had multiple hits in four of the Golden Rams' six games last week. In four games against Kutztown, Wright had 10 hits and 10 RBI's
Baseball Eastern Division Pitcher of the Week
Andrew Cantwell – West Chester
Freshman
Pitcher
Broomall, Pennsylvania
Andrew Cantwell went 2-0 last week in two appearances with a 1.04 earned run average. He surrendered just one run on six hits in 8.2 innings of work last week while striking out 11 batters. He pitched a complete game in an 18-1 win over Kutztown on Saturday. He struck out eight batters in that victory. He also pitched 1.2 innings in relief at East Stroudsburg, but earned the victory in the second game of the doubleheader.
Baseball Western Division Athlete of the Week
Isaiah DiAndreth – Seton Hill
Junior
Infield
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
DiAndreth led the Griffin offense during a 5-1 week. He was 8-for-14 (.571) at the plate with 3 homers and 13 RBI's. He also scored 4 runs. DiAndreth had a .579 OBP and a 1.214 slugging percentage. He went 3-for-3 with 5 RBI's in game two vs Clarion. He also drove in 6 runs and had 2 HR in the four-game set with Mercyhurst.
Baseball Western Division Pitcher of the Week
Dylan Heid – Pitt-Johnstown
Senior
Pitcher
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Dylan Heid continued his dominance this season pitching complete-game shutout in Pitt-Johnstown's PSAC Opener against Slippery Rock at Johnstown's Sargent' Stadium at the Point. Heid struck out a career-high 15 and didn't allow a walk. He scattered six hits, 5 singles and 1 double and is now a 5-time PSAC West Pitcher of the Week in 2021.