@TroyAthletics: Jo-El Bennett Named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week @TROY_Baseball1 http://t.co/RtzqWaX8RO

This is also the 4th straight year a Troy player has earned this honor

Trojans named Louisville Slugger Players of the Week: Logan Pierce 2011, Tyler Vaughn 2012, Danny Collins 2013, Jo-El Bennett 2014.

Also...

@TroyAthletics: David Hall Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week @TROY_Baseball1 http://t.co/7Uh9xgMKrk

how did bennett not get Sun Belt POTW award? lol

(02-17-2014 04:32 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  how did bennett not get Sun Belt POTW award? lol

Probably because Hall got a hit or a score on all 13 times at bat but once this weekend.

Also of note... Bennett was 10 feet short of a 4th HR in that game in the deepest part of the field....

(02-17-2014 04:35 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(02-17-2014 04:32 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  how did bennett not get Sun Belt POTW award? lol

Probably because Hall got a hit or a score on all 13 times at bat but once this weekend.

Also of note... Bennett was 10 feet short of a 4th HR in that game in the deepest part of the field....

I just figured if a guy was good enough to with National POTW then he would have been good enough to get the Conf title. lol. oh well

(02-17-2014 04:38 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(02-17-2014 04:35 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(02-17-2014 04:32 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  how did bennett not get Sun Belt POTW award? lol

Probably because Hall got a hit or a score on all 13 times at bat but once this weekend.

Also of note... Bennett was 10 feet short of a 4th HR in that game in the deepest part of the field....

I just figured if a guy was good enough to with National POTW then he would have been good enough to get the Conf title. lol. oh well

This is true... Maybe the SBC was trying to spread the love? Hall had a pretty amazing weekend too.

Hall is a junior I think. He was injured all last year...

(02-17-2014 04:32 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  how did bennett not get Sun Belt POTW award? lol

Awards are chosen independently obviously. SBC office made their decision around the same time Louisville Slugger did. Coaches recommend these guys to the league office, so my guess is that they just made a blind choice between the two.

League office has nothing to do with it. SIDs and coaches submit one nomination for their team and then the same group votes on it.

(02-17-2014 11:38 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  League office has nothing to do with it. SIDs and coaches submit one nomination for their team and then the same group votes on it.

So in other words...Troy didn't recommend the guy Louisville Slugger chose as player of the week?

That's kind of funny.

Looking at the stats I see why ... Bennett only played in one game and Hall did it over four games and had pretty ridiculous numbers.

(02-18-2014 01:30 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(02-17-2014 11:38 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  League office has nothing to do with it. SIDs and coaches submit one nomination for their team and then the same group votes on it.

So in other words...Troy didn't recommend the guy Louisville Slugger chose as player of the week?

That's kind of funny.

that's what I was getting at. lol

(02-18-2014 08:05 AM)warhawk09 Wrote:  Looking at the stats I see why ... Bennett only played in one game and Hall did it over four games and had pretty ridiculous numbers.

Yup.