2006 SUNYAC Baseball
Players of the Week

Date
Pitcher of the WeekPlayer of the Week
May 1
Jimmy Dougher - Cortland
* Brandon Galutz - Oneonta
Erik Weber - Oneonta
 
April 24
Matt Dahlin - Plattsburgh
Jim Kunkemoeller - Fredonia
April 17
Dan Hoffman - Plattsburgh
Tim Wilson - Brockport
April 10
^ Erik Weber - Oneonta
Jim Basnight - Cortland
April 3
Adam Harendza - Oswego
Brandon Galutz - Oneonta
March 27
^ Jeff Stith - New Paltz
John DeKams - New Paltz
March 20
Dan Hoffman-Plattsburgh
Anthony Shallo - Brockport

*ECAC Upstate Player of the Week
^ECAC Upstate Pitcher of the Week

May 1, 2006
Co-Pitchers of the Week
Jimmy Dougher - Cortland
Junior - (Liverpool/Liverpool)

Erik Weber - Oneonta
Junior - (Bainbridge/Bainbridge Guilford)

Weber and Dougher share Pitcher of the Week honors after leading their respective teams to key wins last week.
In Dougher's only start last week he threw a complete game, three-hit shutout in a 3-0 victory against Oneonta State. In the game he struck out nine while walking only one in helping Cortland win the first game of a doubleheader.
Weber started two games last week and threw two complete games in recording a pair of wins. In his first start of the week he struck out eight and allowed only one run in helping Oneonta earn a split with Cortland. In his second outing he struck out six in recording a four-hit shutout against Union College.

Player of the Week:
Brandon Galutz - Oneonta
Junior - (Cortland/Cortland)
Galutz earns the Player of the Week honor for the second time this spring after helping to lead Oneonta to a 4-1 record in the five games he started last week. For the week he hit .600 (9-15) and collected 22 total bases for a slugging percentage of 1.467. Of his nine hits, seven were for
extra bases including three home runs. He drove in a team-high eight runs for the week while scoring five runs.

April 24, 2006
Pitcher of the Week
Matt Dahlin - Plattsburgh State
Junior - (Cohoes, NY/Stillwater)
Dahlin was credited with two victories during the Cardinals 4-0 week. On the week he posted a 2.45 ERA in 11 innings of work as a starter. In a 10-3 victory over Fredonia, Dahlin started and pitched five innings while allowing four hits and no walks. He also picked up a victory against Clarkson throwing six innings while allowing six hits and striking out five.

Player of the Week:
Jim Kunkemoeller - Fredonia
Sophomore - (West Seneca, NY/St. Francis)
Kunkemoeller hit .500 (11-22) for the week. In a doubleheader sweep of Oswego he was 7-8 at the plate with two home runs, two doubles and six RBI. In SUNYAC play he finished the week hitting .600 over four games with eight runs scored.

April 17, 2006
Pitcher of the Week
Dan Hoffman - Plattsburgh State
Senior (Commack/Commack)
Hoffman posted an 1.64 ERA in two appearances with five strike outs in 11 innings of work. On the week he was 1-0 while allowing two runs and five hits. In the first game of a SUNYAC doubleheader against Oneonta, Hoffman went the distance allowing four hits in the complete game victory. On the season Hoffman is 5-0 with a 1.63 ERA and 24 strikeouts.

Player of the Week:
Tim Wilson - Brockport
Senior Shortstop, (Long Beach/Long Beach)
Wilson batted .455 on the week going 10-22 in six games with seven runs scored, four doubles, six RBI and a homerun. On the bases he was a perfect 2-2 in stolen base attempts while also laying down two SAC bunts at the plate. Wilson's performance at the plate helped Brockport to a 6-0 week.


April 10, 2006
Pitcher of the Week
Erik Weber - Oneonta
Junior, (Bainbridge/BGA))
Weber flirted with a no-hitter against Brockport before leaving after one out in the bottom of the ninth this past Saturday. In the game he allowed no hits while striking out eight Golden Eagles in a 5-2 win. Weber, who picked up his fourth win of the season, threw 129 pitches before giving way to the bullpen.

Player of the Week
Jim Basnight - Cortland
Senior, (East Norwich/St. Dominic)
Basnight hit .583 last week in helping to lead the Red Dragons to a 4-1 week that included a doubleheader sweep of Plattsburgh this past Sunday. He scored five runs and drove in four runs while drawing six walks and stealing two bases.


April 3, 2006
Pitcher of the Week
Adam Harendza
- Oswego
Junior, (Johnson City)
Harendza threw a complete game against Cortland on Sunday, which the Lakers ended up winning 3-2 with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. In the game he allowed eight hits and two earned runs while striking out four batters.

Player of the Week
Brandon Galutz - Oneonta
Junior, Outfielder (Cortland)
Galutz helped lead the Red Dragons to a 5-0 week as that included back-to-back doubleheader sweeps of SUNYIT and New Paltz to start the conference schedule 4-0. For the week Galutz hit .476 going 10-21 at the plate with a double and home run for a .667 slugging percentage. He also picked up five RBIs on the week while finishing the week with a .522 on base percentage.


March 27, 2006
Pitcher of the Week
Jeff Stith - New Paltz
Sophomore, (Selden, NY/Newfield H.S.)
Stith picked up two victories in two starts last week throwing 13 innings of scoreless baseball while only allowing five hits and seven walks to go with 23 strikeouts. Against Earlham on March 20th he pitched 6 innings, allowed three hits and four walks while striking out 12. He then threw a complete game two-hit shutout against SUNY-Purchase for his second victory of the week. In that game he struck out 11 and allowed just three base-on-balls.
Stith is 3-0 on the season while New Paltz is currently 11-7 overall.

Player of the Week
John DeKams - New Paltz
Junior, (Kings Park, NY/King Park)
John batted .524 this week (11-21) while collecting four doubles to raise his slugging percentage to .721 on the year. He totaled 10 RBI on the week including the game-tying RBI in a 7-6 victory over Grinnell College on March 23rd to push the game to extra innings. In a 5-1 victory over Ealrham, DeKams was 2-4 with a double and four RBI. He finished up the week going a combined 5-6 in the Hawks doubleheader against SUNY Purchase with three doubles, four RBI and a walk. For the week DeKams had a .714 slugging percentage and a .545 on-base percentage while also scoring six runs.


March 20, 2006

Pitcher of the week

Dan Hoffman-Plattsburgh
Senior, - (Commack/Commack)
Hoffman earns selection as the Pitcher of the Week after figuring prominently in four of the eight wins that the Cardinals picked up on its spring trip to Florida last week. In his four appearances, two as a starter, he recorded two wins and two saves. In 18 innings he allowed 16 hits and three earned runs while striking out nine batters.

Player of the week
Anthony Shallo-Brockport
Junior - (Hopewell Junction/Arlington)
Shallo earns Player of the Week honors after hitting .441 overall last week with a team-leading 15 hits in nine games. He recorded two doubles, one triple and drove in 10 runs while also scoring nine times.



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