Freshman Eric Cavers earns his first NE-10 Freshman of the Week honor

Two Ravens Claim NE-10 Baseball Honors
Cavers named Player and Freshman of the Week Shank earns second Pitcher of the Week honor this season

RINDGE, N.H. (April 1, 2002) - The weekly awards keep coming in for the Franklin Pierce University
baseball team as two Ravens copped honors today, announced by the Conference office.

Freshman Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) was named the Northeast-10’s Player and Freshman of the Week. The catcher/designated hitter batted a team-best .636 (7-11) with five runs scored, four RBIs, four stolen bases (on as many attempts) a double, a triple and a home run as he led the FP
offense in a 2-1 week.

Cavers led the FP
offense in a 9-1 win at Bentley College to start the week on Friday as he hit three-for-four with a triple, two runs scored, two steals and an RBI. In Saturday’s doubleheader split at Stonehill College, he hit a combined 4-7 with a double, a homer, three runs scored, three RBIs and two stolen bases. In FPC’s 6-4 win in the nightcap, Cavers was 2-2 with a homer, two runs scored, two RBIs and a steal.

Cavers currently leads the Ravens with a .429 batting average (18-43), ten RBIs and stolen nine bases on as many attempts. He has also totaled 11 runs scored, two doubles, a triple and two homers. Cavers is slugging .651 (28 total bases) and has posted a .458 on-base percentage.

Junior Chris Shank earned his third straight NE-10 honor after an outstanding showing against Bentley and Stonehill last week

Junior righthander Chris Shank (Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional) was named Co-Pitcher of the Week in the Conference, marking the second time he has earned Pitcher of the Week accolades and his third NE-10 honor of the year as he copped Player of the Week kudos last week.

Shank continues to dominate on the mound as he earned his third win of the season in four decisions to lead FP
to a 9-1 victory at Bentley on Friday. Set the tone early as he fanned the first six batters he faced en route to retiring the first ten batters in order overall. Shank yielded just one earned run on five hits with a season-high 14 strikeouts and just one walk in eight innings of work. The lone run he allowed came in the seventh inning after the Ravens had built an 8-0 lead and the only walk he issued came in the eighth. The 14 K’s were just one shy of his career-best.

Shank has posted a 3-1 record so far this spring and also leads the Ravens with a 2.25 ERA and 41 strikeouts (13.18 per nine innings) in 28 innings pitched. Opposing batters are hitting just .130 against him this year and he is yielding 0.71 walks and hits per innings pitched (WHIP).

FP
(6-7, 2-1 NE-10) returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Manchester, N.H., to face Conference rival Saint Anselm College at 3 p.m.