Jac Caglianone named Co-SEC Player of the Week

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators first baseman/left-handed pitcher Jac Caglianone has been named the SEC Co-Player of the Week.
 
This is the second SEC Player of the Week accolade of the season for Caglianone. He shares the honor alongside Vanderbilt’s Parker Noland and LSU’s Dylan Crews. Caglianone previously hauled in the award on February 27 following Florida’s series sweep of Cincinnati.
 
Caglianone went 11-for-18 at the plate to post a robust .611/.650/1.333 slash line. He totaled four home runs, one double, eight RBI, five runs scored, and an SEC-leading 24 total bases.
 
During Saturday’s doubleheader against the Rebels, Caglianone blasted three home runs including one in each game. The two-way standout went deep again in Sunday’s finale to finish with at least one home run in all three games of the series.
 
Caglianone also started on the mound for the Orange & Blue in game three. He did not factor into the decision, tossing 3 2/3 one-hit innings with three strikeouts.
 
On the season, Caglianone leads the NCAA with 17 home runs and is hitting .400/.462/.971 with 38 RBI and 32 runs scored. The southpaw is also the proud owner of a 3-0 record, 3.41 ERA, .150 batting average against and 25 strikeouts in 29 innings.

SEC Players of the Week List

Co-Player of the week: Dylan Crews – LSU

Crews, led the top-ranked Tigers to three wins in four games last week, including an SEC series victory over third-ranked Arkansas. He batted .625 (10-for-16) in four games with four homers, nine RBI and nine runs. Crews homered once in each of the four games the Tigers played, and he also walked three times and was hit by a pitch, which contributed to his .700 on-base percentage for the week. In the Tigers’ SEC series victory over Arkansas, Crews batted .615 (8-for-13) with three homers, seven RBI, seven runs, a .667 on-base percentage and a 1.308 slugging percentage.

Co-Player of the Week – Parker Noland – Vanderbilt
Noland, led the SEC with 14 RBI in three games last week, helping the Commodores to a sweep at Mississippi State. Noland became the fifth player in SEC history to hit two grand slams in a single game and totaled a Vanderbilt-record 11 RBIs in Friday’s win at Mississippi State, matching the SEC record. He tallied 18 total bases in the series and was intentionally walked twice. Noland scored six times and slugged 1.200 while guiding Commodores to the three-game sweep.

Pitcher of the Week – Noah Hall – South Carolina

Hall, moved to 5-0 on the season by going seven innings and scattering just five hits and a run while walking one and striking out 10 against No. 15 Missouri. He retired 11 straight hitters to end his outing and achieved double-digit strikeouts for the third time in his Carolina career. He allowed just one runner past second base to lower his season ERA to 2.35. Hall is eighth in the SEC in ERA, ninth in strikeouts and first in both wins and innings pitched.

Freshman of the Week – Ethan Petry, South Carolina

Petry, homered in each of the wins against No. 15 Missouri and produced the game-winning hit in a 5-4, 12-inning win on Saturday night against the Tigers. Petry homered in the third inning and added a single in the fifth, but it was his reaching on a strikeout, wild pitch in the ninth that allowed Carolina to come from behind and defeat Missouri, 9-8. In game three, he homered in the eighth to tie the game at 4. Then, with the bases loaded in the 12th, his single up the middle gave Carolina its second walk-off win of the weekend.

Up this week for Caglianone and the Gators

The third-ranked Gators take a 22-4 record (5-1 SEC) into Tuesday night’s Sunshine Showdown against Florida State at 121 Financial Ballpark in Jacksonville. The matchup airs on ACC Network at 7 p.m.