ODAC Players of the Week - Week 24

ODAC Players of the Week - Week 24

FOREST, Va. --- Spring seasons are starting to trickle into action with baseball and men's lacrosse joining indoor track and basketball in this week's awards pool. Those earning weekly honors include (pictured, l-r, t-b): Zach Loewenberg and Carson McKoon from Washington and Lee baseball, Connor Schroeder from Lynchburg men's basketball, Kelly Williams from Randolph-Macon women's basketball, Hunter Brown from Hampden-Sydney men's lacrosse, Lindsey Baxter from Roanoke indoor track, Donovan Fiore from W&L indoor track, Natalie Deacon from LC indoor track, and Shep Sims from W&L indoor track.

Below are entries for all nine winners from the past week of competition.  Click on the associated links to see that sport's weekly honor roll.

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ODAC Players of the Week

Thru Week Prior to: February 12, 2018

BASEBALL - PITCHER
Carson McKoon, Washington and Lee, So., Pitcher
McKoon, a sophomore from Chattanooga, Tenn., spearheaded the Generals' shutout effort with a strong outing in a 6-0 victory over Averett in the season-opener. McKoon went 6.2 innings on the hill and surrendered just three hits without a walk, missing a complete-game in the 7-inning doubleheader contests by one out. He fanned seven along the way. After allowing a first-inning single with two down, McKoon set down 11 straight batters before a one-out single back up the middle broke his run in the fifth.

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BASEBALL - PLAYER
Zach Loewenberg, Washington and Lee, Jr. First Base
Loewenberg, a junior from Baltimore, Md., opened the season with a 3-for-6 combined effort in a sweep of Averett University. Loewenberg went 1-for-3 in a 6-0 victory in game one. He game two, he reached base four times with two hits and two walks to go with a stolen base in an 11-7 win. Twice he gave the Generals' a lead, first with a sac fly for a 4-3 edge in the second. He put W&L on top for good with a two-run double to break a 7-7 tie in the fifth frame.

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MEN'S INDOOR TRACK - FIELD ATHLETE
Shep Sims, Washington and Lee, So.
Sims, a sophomore from Charleston, W.Va., tied his grip on the best mark in the pole vault in the ODAC after competing at the VMI Winter Relays. Sims set a new career-best when he eclipsed 4.50 meters (14-9.00) to finish fourth of 13 overall competitors and tops among Division III vaulters. That mark ranks 45th in the country and is better by 0.40 meters than the second-best clearance in the ODAC.

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MEN'S INDOOR TRACK - TRACK ATHLETE
Donovan Fiore, Washington and Lee, So.
Fiore, a sophomore from Gilbert, Ariz., ran twice at the VMI Winter Relays over the weekend. Fiore tied the Washington and Lee record in the 200-meter dash after finishing 10th of 57 athletes overall and tops among Division III competitors with a time of 22.31 seconds. That mark ranks just outside the nation's top-50. When converted to a flat-track time for the ODAC lists, Fiore's converted time of 22.71 seconds is #1 on the ODAC seasonal chart. He also ran a league of W&L's 4x400-meter relay team, which finished sixth over 17 squads overall and second among D-III units at 3:24.65. The converted time of 3:27.93 is second in the ODAC.

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WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK - FIELD ATHLETE
Lindsey Baxter, Roanoke, So.
Baxter, a sophomore from Hampton, N.H., reaffirmed her leads on the ODAC pole vaulting chart after competing at the VMI Winter Relays. Baxter, who has led the conference's pole vaulters all season, finished sixth overall and first among Division III competitors at VMI by clearing 3.30 meter s (10-10.00). This is the second time she has reached that mark this season, which subsequently also occurred at VMI at during the Keydet Invitational.

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WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK - FIELD ATHLETE
Natalie Deacon, Lynchburg, Gr.
Deacon, a graduate student from West Chester, Pa., continues to shine in her second season of track & field at Lynchburg. At the VMI Winter Relays, Deacon finished second overall and tops among Division III competition in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:15.48. That time is ranked 15th on the NCAA Division III qualifying charts. When converted for banking for the ODAC's lists, Deacon's time of 2:17.04 leads the conference by more than four seconds. Deacon also ran a leg for Lynchburg's distance medley relay squad, which placed fifth at 12:46.20.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Connor Schroeder, Lynchburg, Jr., Forward
Schroeder, a junior from Blacksburg, Va., helped the Hornets to a 1-1 week in ODAC play by averaging 24.0 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 63.3-percent from the field and canning 10 three-pointers over the two contests. Schroeder opened with 17 points, three boards, an assist, and a blocked shot in a 100-74 setback to Roanoke. He was 7-of-9 from the field and buried all three of his long-distance efforts. The three-point ball was again on display in a 98-95 overtime victory at Shenandoah. He nailed 7-of-12 shots from downtown on the way to 31 points. He was 12-of-21 overall from the field. He added 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season, and chipped in three assists, three steals, and a blocked shot. For the season, Schroeder is averaging 15.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest. He is second in the ODAC in three-pointers made (58-of-138) and sixth in three-pointer percentage (.420).

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MEN'S LACROSSE
Hunter Brown, Hampden-Sydney, Sr., Midfielder
Brown, a senior from Charlottesville, Va., got his season started off with a pair of solid efforts in the Tigers' 1-1 showing. In the season-opening setback (16-7) to nationally top-ranked Salisbury, Brown registered two goals and two assists to go with three ground balls. He nearly duplicated his line in a winning effort at Mary Washington as he again fired home two goals with two more helpers and a pair of ground balls in a 16-10 triumph.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Kelly Williams, Randolph-Macon, So., Center
Wiliams, a sophomore from Garysburg, N.C., reached a new level in the Yellow Jackets 1-1 week as she averaged 36.0 points, 16.0 rebounds, and 5.0 blocked shots while shooing 70.7-percent from the field in the two outings. Williams opened the week with her eighth 20-point 20-rebound performance of the season in a 98-79 victory over Bridgewater. She was 11-of-15 (.733) from the field and 5-of-8 from the line on the way to 27 points to go with 20 rebounds. She added five assists and five blocked shots to her line. In a 98-82 setback at Guilford, Williams tied the NCAA Division III single-game high for points and field goals made this season with 45 points on 18-of-26 from the field. She was 8-of-10 from the line and buried her first three-pointer of the year. She added 12 rebounds for her 21st double-double in 22 games, and chipped in five blocked shots and two assists. Her 45 points are the most scored by an ODAC player in the last 12 seasons and set a new R-MC school-record. Williams is currently Division III in scoring (26.1) and is second in rebounding (18.1). She leads the ODAC in total points (575), double-doubles (21), blocked shots (96), field goals made (217), and free throws made (140).

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