Albany’s Tom Hill (Emerson, N.J./Emerson) has been named America East Player of the Week, while Binghamton’s Zach Groh (Reading, Pa./The Perkioman School) garners America East Pitcher of the Week honors. Sean Donovan (Pleasant Valley, N.Y./Arlington) of Albany and Jeff Dennis (North Syracuse, N.Y./Liverpool) of Binghamton share Rookie of the Week accolades. The awards were announced Monday (March 27).
Hill batted .500 (6-for-12) in four games against Yale last weekend and walked four times. The junior catcher smashed three home runs, drove in nine and scored six runs. Hill has a nine-game hitting streak and is batting .406 with five homers and 14 RBI during the streak. He leads the Great Danes with a .359 average, five long balls and 17 RBI. Hill, who has homered in five of his last six games, is slugging .674.
Groh pitched a complete-game one-hitter to beat Lehigh. He retired the first 16 hitters before allowing a sixth-inning bloop single to center. In three starts, Groh has a 1.69 ERA and has 17 strikeouts and only three walks in 16 innings. He also has allowed just one extra-base hit.
In his only start of the series, Donovan went 3-for-5 with five RBI and set a single-game school record with three triples in helping the Great Danes earn a series split with Yale in a 17-5 rout on Sunday. The redshirt-freshman infielder got the scoring started in the first with a bases-clearing triple and drove in two more with a three-bagger down the right-field line as part of a seven-run fourth. Donovan is batting .270 with a homer this season and is tied for fourth on the team with 10 RBI. He leads the Great Danes with three triples and is slugging .514.
The 6-foot-6 lefty Dennis allowed no earned runs in a 5-1 win over Lehigh for his first collegiate victory. He retired the side in order in three of his six innings and lowered his season ERA to 1.00 in three appearances.