Robert Reeves of Hart (Newhall, Calif.), picked up 10 hits in 11 at-bats to be named MaxPreps/USA Baseball Player of the Week from the West Region.
Photo by Larry Gasinski
USA Baseball and MaxPreps announced on Monday, the MaxPreps USA Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week Award winners for the week of March 1 – 6, 2016, bringing national recognition to the top-performing high school athletes in the country.
Representing eight national regions, -- Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest and West -- players are selected based upon stats that are submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches and team administrators. For players to be nominated each week, their coach must enter the athlete's game stats into MaxPreps by Sunday evening. High school coaches may obtain an access code to enter stats for their teams at maxpreps.com/cl.
Due to season start dates, the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Northwest regions will not have a Pitcher or Player of the Week Award recipients for the week of March 1 – 6.
The winners for MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week Award are as follows:
Mid-Atlantic RegionPitcher of the Week: Gage Herring, a junior out of Hobbton High School (Newton Grove, N.C.), threw six innings of no-hit baseball to earn the Mid-Atlantic MaxPreps USA Baseball Pitcher of the Week. Herring struck out 15 batters and surrendered 0 walks in the victory.
Player of the Week: Kameron Batten, a junior from West Montgomery High School (Mt. Gilead, N.C.), hit .778 on the week to be named the Mid-Atlantic MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week. Batten was 7-for-9 with six RBIs, two walks, and three runs scored. He posted a 1.111 slugging percentage for the week.
Midwest RegionPitcher of the Week: Dawson Armstrong, a junior out of Siloam Springs High School (Siloam Springs, Ark.), earned Midwest MaxPreps USA Baseball Pitcher of the Week honors after striking out 12 batters in seven innings pitched. Armstrong gave up one unearned run and surrendered just four hits in his team's victory.
Player of the Week: Hunter Gautreaux, a junior from Bauxite High School (Bauxite, Ark.), hit two home runs in his five at-bats to earn Midwest MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week honors. Gautreaux finished the week batting .800 with two RBIs and two walks.
Southeast Region
Pitcher of the Week: Miguel Gonzalez, a senior out of South Broward High School (Hollywood, Fla.), pitched five innings of no-hit baseball to earn Southeast MaxPreps USA Baseball Pitcher of the Week honors. Gonzalez struck out 12 batters and gave up one walk to earn the victory for his team.
Player of the Week: Brock Nelson, a sophomore out of Dalton High School (Dalton, Ga.), went 8-for-9 at the plate with two home runs to accumulate a 1.555 slugging percentage to earn the Southeast MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week award. Nelson tallied seven RBIs and three runs and held a .900 on-base percentage.
Southwest RegionPitcher of the Week: Devon Willett, a senior out of Bell High School (Hurst, Texas), struck out nine batters in seven innings to earn the Southwest MaxPreps USA Baseball Pitcher of the Week award. In the victory, Willet gave up no earned runs, one walk, and only two hits.
Player of the Week: Marshall Anderson, a senior from Sulphur Bluff (Sulphur Bluff, Texas), went a perfect 9-for-9 with 11 RBIs to be named the Southwest MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week award recipient. In addition to his nine hits, Anderson hit two home runs and had one walk to secure a 1.000 on-base percentage and an astounding 2.111 slugging percentage.
West RegionPitcher of the Week: Anthony Gomez, a junior out of Lennox Academy (Lennox, Calif.), pitched five innings of no-hit baseball to earn the West MaxPreps USA Baseball Pitcher of the Week award. Gomez struck out 12 players and gave up just one walk on the week, leading his team to a victory.
Player of the Week: Robert Reeves, a senior from Hart High School (Newhall, Calif.), picked up 10 hits in 11 at-bats to be named the West MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week. Reeves scored four runs and had two RBIs while holding an on-base percentage of .917.
About MaxPrepsFounded in August 2002, MaxPreps.com is headquartered in Cameron Park, California, and is a unit of CBS Interactive. MaxPreps is proud to be involved with America's hometown heroes – the young men and women working hard to improve their skills, place team above self and serve as inspirations to their local communities. MaxPreps aspires to cover every team, every game and every player, doing so in collaboration with nearly 100,000 varsity coaches throughout the United States.
About USA BaseballUSA Baseball is the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The organization selects and trains the World Baseball Classic, Premier12 and Pan Am teams (and all other USA Baseball Professional Teams); the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team; the USA Baseball 18U, 15U and 12U National Teams; and the USA Baseball Women's National Team, all of which participate in various international competitions each year. The organization is responsible for the continued proliferation and health of the sport, and leads a number of amateur initiatives including PLAYBALL and Pitch Smart. USA Baseball also presents the Golden Spikes Award annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country. For more information, please visit the organization's official websites: USABaseball.com, PLAYBALL.org, PitchSmart.org, GoldenSpikesAward.com and USABaseballShop.com.
