ODAC Athletes of the Week | Baseball, Basketball, Lacrosse

ODAC Athletes of the Week | Baseball, Basketball, Lacrosse

FOREST, Va. --- The report for Week 24 closes the books on two of our sports -- swimming and wrestling. We are into crossover season now with baseball and men's lacrosse the first spring sports with multiple schools in action. Those sports join the second-to-last week of reporting for basketball today and indoor track & field on Tuesday.

Those earning ODAC Athlete of the Week awards for Monday, February 13, include (pictured left-right): CJ Berry from Randolph men's lacrosse, Josh Talbert and Catherine Kagey from Randolph-Macon men's and women's basketball, Carter Besz from Lynchburg men's lacrosse, and Kooper Anderson and Reilly Owen from Shenandoah baseball.

Below are entries for each of the winners from today's release. The schedule below will be used for reporting ODAC Athletes of the Week:

  • Mondays: basketball, baseball, men's lacrosse -- women's lacrosse, softball, and m/w tennis to join soon
  • Tuesdays: indoor track & field -- outdoor track & field when the indoor season concludes
  • Wednesdays: m/w golf once the spring season begins

For more on ODAC athletics, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.  Don't forget to become a fan of the ODAC on Facebook and follow @odacathletics on Twitter and Instagram.

BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Reilly Owen | Shenandoah | Sr. | Starter
Owen, a senior from Charlottesville, Va., started off his season in nearly unblemished fashion as he started and registered the victory in a 3-1 decision over Widener University. Owen worked the first 5.0 frames and did not allow a hit or a walk. The only baserunner to reach against SU's righty came via a wild pitch on a called third strike. Otherwise, he set down the first nine batters he faced and finished with five strikeouts.

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BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kooper Anderson | Shenandoah | Sr. | Outfielder
Anderson, a senior from Clear Brook, Va., rattled off four hits and reached back five times in helping Shenandoah open the season with a sweep of Widener University. In a 13-2 triumph in game one, Anderson went 3-for-3 with a walk and four runs scored. He smacked a double and legged out a triple while also stealing three bases over the course of a five-pitch sequence. In game two, the outfielder belted a solo homer in two official at bats to help the Hornets to a 3-1 win.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Josh Talbert | Randolph-Macon | Sr. | Guard
Talbert, a senior from Virginia Beach, Va., picks up his second weekly award of the season after helping nationall second-ranked Randolph-Macon to a pair of ODAC victories last week. Both of those games were also home contests and the associated wins extended the Yellow Jackets home winning streak to a Division III tying 62 straight triumphs in Crenshaw Gymnasium. Talbert helped R-MC escape Averett with a 53-51 last-second victory. He notched 19 points on 9-of-15 shooting. He added a pair of rebounds to go with four assists, and two steals. On the weekend against Roanoke, Talbert registered 16 points in the Yellow Jackets 69-50 victory. He was 7-of-12 from the field and nailed both of his foul shots. He pulled down four rebounds and dished out a pair of assists to go with four steals. For the season, Talbert leads the ODAC in steals (58) while averaging 15.0 point and 3.5 rebounds. He is third in assists (104), fourth in field goal shooting (55.8%), and fifth in field goals made (153-of-274). He has registered 360 total points, which is tied for eighth along with his scoring average.

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MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
CJ Berry | Randolph | Sr. | Defenseman
Berry, a senior from Fredericksburg, Va., earns the first-ever ODAC Men's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week honor after helping the WildCats open the 2023 season with a 15-0 triumph over Warren Wilson, the program's first shutout victory in 10 seasons. Berry matched his career-high with four caused turnovers. He also picked up four ground balls.

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MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Carter Besz | Lynchburg | So. | Attackman
Besz, a sophomore from King of Prussia, Pa., opened his collegiate ledger with a five-point outing to help nationally 11th-ranked Lynchburg begin the 2023 campaign with a 22-1 triumph over Ferrum. Besz, competing collegiately for the first time after losing last season due to injury, registered four goals and dished out an assist. One of his tallies came in a man-up situation. He also caused a turnover.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Catherine Kagey | Randolph-Macon | Jr. | Guard/Forward
Kagey, a junior from Roanoke, Va., earns her third weekly award of the season after leading Randolph-Macon to a pair of wins last week including an ODAC victory to stay just one game back of league-leading Washington and Lee at 13-3 in the conference table. Kagey collected her seventh double-double of the season in a 58-48 non-conference win over Salisbury. She accounted for nearly half of R-MC's points with 25 markers on 12-of-16 shooting from the field. She pulled down 12 rebounds including five on the offensive glass and dished out a pair of assists with two steals and three blocked shots. In ODAC play on the weekend, Kagey came up one rebound shy of a second double-double in R-MC's 54-44 triumph over Randolph College. She registered 16 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field. She added nine boards to with three assists, and a steal. For the season, Kagey is averaging 15.7 points and 9.3 rebounds, which rank fourth and third in the conference, respectively. She is third in field goals made (136-of-266), defensive rebounds (147) and total boards (205), fourth in total points (346) and field goal shooting (51.1%), and fifth in assists (70) and free throws made (71-of-111).

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