EVANSVILLE - After an outstanding weekend at the plate, University of Evansville baseball junior first baseman Tanner Craig has been named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week, it was announced in a release on Monday morning.

In a season-opening road series at Tennessee Tech, junior Tanner Craig had an incredible weekend. Craig finished the weekend batting .727 (8-11) with four home runs, seven RBI, a double, eight hits, three walks, including an intentional walk to end the weekend. Twice this weekend, Craig hit two home runs in a game, including back-to-back homers in Sunday's series finale that helped the Aces build a 10-2 lead. All last season, Craig hit just five home runs in 197 at bats and has nearly matched that mark in just 11 at bats.

Craig was joined on Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week list by nine others, including five position players and five pitchers. As a group, the five position players hit a combined 26 home runs, including Craig's four homers.

The national recognition is the first for an Ace since Kevin Kaczmarski earned NCBWA National Hitter of the Week honors on April 28, 2015.
 

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