Redlands baseball player is tops for the week

It was announced earlier today that senior short stop/second baseman Billy Lavelle (Phoenix, AZ) was named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Male Athlete of the Week for March 31-April 6.

In last week’s three-game sweep over Cal Lutheran University, Lavelle led the Bulldogs with a .714 average on 10-for-14 batting.  He tallied four runs, three RBI and 13 total bases, to go along with one double and one triple.  Lavelle earned a slugging percentage of .929 and an on-base percentage of .750.  He was 3-for-5 for stolen bases and was walked twice.  Playing both short stop and second base, Lavelle provided a .947 fielding percentage with 10 putouts, eight assists, and one error.

By starting 29 games, Lavelle has been instrumental in the Bulldogs’ 20-11 overall showing and 8-4 mark in conference so far this season.  He currently owns a .407 batting average with 48 hits, 20 runs scored, and 20 RBI.  Lavelle has offered six sacrifice hits and three sacrifice flies while amassing 13 stolen bases, leading the team in each of these categories.  Finally, he has provided 64 putouts and 69 assists with three errors for a .947 fielding percentage.

The Female Athlete of the Week was awarded to Caltech’s Rene Davis, who broke the school record in the high jump and long jump at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.

The SCIAC Sports Information Directors nominate and vote on the Athletes of the Week.