Matt Walsh Named ECC Baseball Player of the Week
Monday, March 2, 2009
Matt Walsh Named ECC Baseball Player of the Week
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DOBBS FERRY, NY - Mercy College sophomore Matt Walsh (Staten Island, NY) was named East Coast Conference (ECC) Baseball Player of the Week on Monday.
Walsh, a 5-foot-10 outfielder/pitcher got off to a hot start at the plate in the Mavericks' first four games of the season, going 7-for-16 (.438). He posted an .813 slugging percentage, collecting four singles, a double, a triple, and his first collegiate home run to knock in six runs and scored five more. Walsh also picked up four walks and was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts.
He went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the season opening win versus Bloomfield and followed up later in the day with a 2-for-4 (double, home run) performance in a win over Felician, scoring three runs. Against Briarcliffe he knocked in three runs, going 2-for-4 with a triple and a stolen base.
Walsh also tossed a scoreless ninth, striking out three batters around a walk to close out the Mavericks' win over Briarcliffe. In the process, he helped Mercy College to its first 3-0 start ever and its best four-game start since 1985 at 3-1.
About Mercy
College
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area
college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations
including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, and
Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate
programs, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts and education
within its five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural
Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Mercy College also offers competitive financial support,
making college affordable. The Mercy College faculty is
dedicated to the scholarship of teaching. Mercy College
professors include Fulbright Scholars, published authors and
national authorities in their fields.
