TXST BASEBALL & SOFTBALL
Junior outfielder Jaquae Stewart and senior pitcher Emma Strood both took home this week’s Sun Belt Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week awards.
Strood pitched 17 scoreless innings this week as the Bobcats defeated rival UTSA before sweeping the Troy Trojans in a critical conference series.
Against UTSA, Strood allowed three hits, no runs, no walks and struck out eight batters in the Bobcats 3-0 win over the Roadrunners.
Strood then earned her second win of the season last Saturday against Troy, throwing another shutout while allowing four hits, two walks and striking out eight batters in the Bobcats 5-0 win over the Trojans.
Strood then earned the save on Sunday to complete the sweep of Troy, throwing three innings while allowing two hits, no walks and striking out four batters.
This is the second time Strood has won conference Pitcher of the Week, also winning the award in Week 5, and marks the second consecutive week a Texas State player has won Pitcher of the Week following junior pitcher Madison Azua.
On the diamond, Stewart torched opposing pitching staffs.
In the Bobcats win over Texas A&M, Stewart finished the game going 2-4 from the plate with four RBIs, including hitting a two-run RBI single to break a 7-7 tie in the bottom of the seventh.
Against Troy on Friday, Stewart was 2-4 from the plate with three RBIs, hitting a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.
Stewart followed up that performance on Saturday with a three home run game against the Trojans in the second game of the doubleheader, going 3-5 from the plate with eight RBIs, one away from tying the all-time record for most RBIs in a single game.
Following his week, Stewart is tied with sophomore Dawson Park with most home runs on the team with 12 and second in RBIs with 42 trailing Park.
Stewart was also named Perfect Game College Baseball’s National Player of the Week.
Texas State Softball will be back home this weekend for a three-game conference series against Southern Miss while Texas State Baseball will be on the road against the Golden Eagles.
