April 7, 2008
North Eastern Athletic Conference
Student-Athlete of the Week Selections
GANSVOORT, NY – The North
Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announces student-athlete of the week ending Sunday, April 6, 2008 in the sports of men's baseball and women's softball.
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Nigel Spahr (Morristown, NY) was selected as the NEAC Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week. Spahr, a freshman pitcher/centerfielder for D’Youville College, was selected for his outstanding work on the mound, at the plate and in the field. Despite the teams 1-3 conference record Spahr finished the week with a .303 batting average, 4 hits for 13 at-bats, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, a .303 slugging percentage, 1 walk and a .357 on-base percentage. In the field, Spahr had 5 putouts, 5 assists and 0 errors for a 1.000 fielding percentage for the week. On the mound, Spahr recorded a 1-0 week with 1 game appearances and 1 game starts. Spahr allowed 0 runs, 0 earned runs, held opponents to a .100 batting average, while striking out 10 and an ERA of 0.00. Spahr tossed a three-hit shutout and struck out 10 in D’Youville’s first conference win of the season. This was the first shutout of an opponent in almost eight years for D’Youville. |
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Kaila Buffis (Pittsfield, MA) was selected as the NEAC Softball Student-Athlete of the Week. Buffis, a junior shortstop for Cazenovia College, was selected for her outstanding work at the plate and in the field this week helping lead her team to a 2-2 conference record on the week. At bat, Buffis finished the week with a .500 batting average, 7 hits for 14 at-bats, 5 runs, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 4 RBIs, a .929 slugging percentage, 1 walk and a .533 on-base percentage. In the field, Buffis had 4 putouts, 11 assists and 2 errors for a .882 fielding percentage for the week. Buffis was 3 hits for 4 at-bats with 2 RBIs, 2 runs and 2 doubles in the game two loss to Penn State – Berks and went 4 hits for 5 at-bats with 2 RBIs, 3 runs and 2 triples in the game two win over Wilson College. |