NCBWA NAMES DIVISION III NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

DALLAS (NCBWA) Slugging first basemen Josiah Jones of
East Texas Baptist University and John Corbin of Christopher Newport
University, along with right-hander Robert Nordall of Lebanon Valley
College, have been named the first 2005 NCAA Division III Co-National
Hitters of the Week and Pitcher of the Week
for Feb. 28-March 6 by the
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.


Jones, a junior from Fort Worth, Texas, hit .692 (9-of-13) with four
home runs and 15 RBI to lead East Texas Baptist to a 4-0 week. Jones tore
up Sul Ross State pitching in a three-game weekend series sweep, batting
.700 (7-for-10) with three homers and 11 RBI. He hit the game-winning home
run in the seventh inning of a 10-8 win on Friday, blasted a grand slam
that broke the game open in the second inning of a 10-0 win on Saturday,
and added a three-run shot in a 17-4 winner in the series finale. He also
homered in a 16-0 win against Wiley College on March 1. Jones was the America
Southwest Conference East Division Player of the Week.


Corbin, a junior from Williamsburg, Va., was instrumental in the Captains
6-1 week at the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. He batted .739 (17-23),
scored eight runs, had four doubles, and collected 14 RBI. He slugged .913,
walked four times, did not strike out, had an on-base percentage of .778,
and was 3-4 in stolen bases. His biggest games included a 3-for-3 game vs.
Alma with three RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base, and a 3-for-3 game
vs. Notre Dame (Ohio) in which he drove in the game-winning run in the bottom
of the 7th. In CNU·s first game back home on Sunday vs. Johnson & Wales,
he went 4-for-5 with a double, four RBIs, a run scored, and a stolen base.


Nordall, a senior from Lebanon, Pa., went 1-0 with one save, an 0.82
ERA, and 12 strikeouts in 11 innings pitched during Lebanon Valleys spring
break trip to Clearwater, Fla. He threw a three-hit, complete-game victory
in the team·s 6-2 win over Clarke. In that game, he yielded only one earned
run, walked three, and struck out six. Then, in the team·s 6-5 win over
Concordia, he threw four innings of one-hit, scoreless ball and picked up
a save. He walked only one and struck out six again. Nordall was the Commonwealth
Conference Pitcher of the Week.


Honorable mention hitters: Joseph Hapanionek (Dubuque) - .577
(15-26), 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 10 runs, 15 RBI; Ron Weaver (Lebanon
Valley) - .517 (15-29), 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 steals, 9 runs, 11 RBI.


Honorable mention pitchers: Adam Enloe (Texas Lutheran) 2-0,
1.50 ERA, 12 ip, 11 strikeouts; Craig Reynolds (Adrian) · 1-0, 1.00 ERA,
9 ip, 7 hits, 10 strikeouts; Daniel Zeffiro (Kean) · 1-0, 1.00 ERA, 9 ip,
8 strikeouts.


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