Garrett Saunders Award Male Athlete of the Week Week Of 3/19/2017 Sport American Rivers Conference School Central College Year Sophomore Position Hometown Bonaparte, Iowa High School Van Buren Male Athlete of the Week – Baseball – Position Player of the Week Garrett Saunders, Central College So., SS, Bonaparte, Iowa / Van Buren Saunders led the Dutch to a 4-3 record over their spring break trip, which included two doubles, two homeruns and four multi-hit games He currently has a 13-game on-base streak and 12-game hitting streak Game 1 vs. Cornell: Loss 1-6 One hit (1-double), one RBI, .333 batting average, .667 slugging percentage, two putouts, and five assists Game 2 vs. Cornell: Win 4-2 Two hits (1-homerun), one run, two RBI, one stolen base, .500 batting average, 1.250 slugging percentage, and three assists Game 3 vs. Knox: Win 9-5 Two hits (1-double), one run, two RBI, .400 batting average, .600 slugging percentage, two putouts, three assists Game 4 vs. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Win 13-0 Two hits, two runs, one RBI, two stolen bases, 1.000 batting average and slugging percentage, 2 putouts, six assists, one double-play Game 5 vs. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Loss 4-5 One hit, one run, one stolen base, .250 batting average and slugging percentage, two putouts, one assists Game 6 vs. Franklin & Marshall: Win 2-0 One hit, one run, .250 batting average and slugging percentage, three putouts, three assists, one double-play Game 7 vs. Franklin & Marshall: Loss: 5-12 Two hits (1-homerun), one run, one RBI, .500 batting average, 1.250 slugging percentage, four putouts, one assists Saunders finished the week batting .423 with 26 at bats Last Central player to earn Baseball, Position Player of the Week: Zach Zylstra (4/27/2015)
