May 7, 2012
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- The Patriot League announced its weekly awards for April 30-May 6 in baseball and softball on Monday.
The four teams that qualified for the 2012 Patriot League Baseball Tournament all had tune-up non-League games last week as they prepare for Saturday's semifinals. Lafayette will be the fourth seed and travel to top-seeded Army for their best-of-three semifinal series that begins with a doubleheader on Saturday, May 12. Game 3, if necessary, will be on Sunday, May 13. No. 3 Navy will travel to No. 2 Holy Cross and follow the same schedule. Click here for complete tournament information
Four softball teams completed their regular-season schedules with non-League action last week, and Army's Reanna Johnson was named Patriot League Player of the Week for her role in a win over Marist on Wednesday. The 2012 Patriot League Softball Tournament begins on Thursday with host and top seed Lehigh facing Lafayette and Colgate taking on Army. The double-elimination event continues on Friday and Saturday. Click here for complete tournament information
Patriot League Softball Weekly Awards
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ANDREW HAHN, NAVY Sr., OF, Ellicott City, Md.
Hahn went 4-for-4 in Navy's 17-12 win over Coppin State on Tuesday, driving in six runs and scoring one. He had a two-RBI double and a two-RBI triple, and he stole a base. This is his first weekly award.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
LOGAN LEE, ARMY Sr., P, Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Lee struck out five in five innings of work, leading Army to a 7-1 win over Bloomfield Saturday. He gave up just four hits while facing three over the minimum. Lee is now 6-2 on the season. This is his fourth weekly award of the season and fifth of his career.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
DAKARI COOKE, ARMY Fr.,OF, Hampton, Va.
Cooke went 5-for-6 with three RBIs and three runs scored in a pair of Army wins. He was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored in Army's 11-5 win over Bloomfield Saturday, and in the second game of the doubleheader, he was 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored. He had a pair of doubles and a stolen base in the doubleheader.
HONORABLE MENTION
KEVIN McKAGUE, ARMY Sr., INF, Fayetteville, N.C.
McKague went 5-for-7 in a pair of Army wins, driving in five and scoring three times. He was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored in Army's 11-5 win over Bloomfield on Saturday, and he was 2-for-3 with a double and a homer in a 7-1 win in the second game of the doubleheader.
Patriot League Softball Weekly Awards
Player of the Week
REANNA JOHNSON, ARMY Sr., OF, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Johnson went 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs as Army rallied to top Marist 6-4 on Wednesday. She drove in the game-winning runs with the score tied at 4-4 in the top of the seventh to complete the comeback from an early 4-0 deficit. Johnson wins her second Patriot League Player of the Week award of the season, previously claiming the honor to open the 2012 campaign.