Male Athlete of the Week – Baseball – Position Player of the Week
Colton DeRocher, Central College
So., RF/DH, Sioux City, Iowa/East
- DeRocher helped lead the Dutch to a 4-0 week on their spring break trip to Florida.
- The sophomore had an outstanding game in Central’s 13-12 win over Bowdoin, going 5-for-5 with five RBI.
- The right fielder came off the bench with a walk-off base knock to beat SUNY-Poly 6-5.
- DeRocher batted .677 on the week, with multiple hits in three of the four games.
- Dutch’s sophomore is ranked seventh in DIII by averaging 2.00 RBIs per game.
- Game 1: Knox 5, Central 11 – 2-for-4 (.500), 2 R, 2 H, 3 RBI, 2 SB
- Game 2: Knox 9, Central 12 – 2-for-4 (.500), 2 R, 2 H, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 putout
- Game 3: Bowdoin 12, Central 13 – 5-for-5 (1.000), 1 R, 5 H, 5 RBI, 1 DB, 4 putouts
- Game 4: SUNY-Poly 5, Central 6 – 1-for-2 (.500), 1 R, 1 H, 1 RBI
- The Dutch improved to 9-1 on the season with an 5-0 week with wins over Knox (11-5) (12-9), Bowdoin (13-12), SUNY-Poly (12-3) (6-5).
- The Sioux City, Iowa native is picking up his first-career Position Player of the Week accolade.
