Written for the LSWA
LAFAYETTE, La. – After helping lead their respective teams to a series win in conference action over the weekend, LSU’s Conner Hale and Southeastern Louisiana’s Kyle Cedatol were named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Baseball Player of the Week, the organization announced on Monday.
The pair were nominated by their respective baseball sports information directors and selected by a panel of statewide media members.
Hale, named the LSWA Hitter of the Week, helped LSU to an SEC series win over Ole Miss after batting .692 (9-for-13) for the week with one double, one home run, four RBI and six runs scored. The senior third baseman went 3-for-3 with a double, two runs and two RBI in the Tigers’ 6-4 win over Ole Miss on Friday.
He helped LSU claim the series in Sunday’s 18-6 victory by going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBI. Hale, who opened the season for LSU with a 16-game hitting streak, is currently batting .378 (31-for-82) with seven doubles, one triple, two home runs, 17 runs scored and 19 RBI.
Cedatol, a Denham Springs, La., native, was named the LSWA Pitcher of the Week after helping SLU to a Southland Conference-series win over visiting Abilene Christian on Sunday.
The junior southpaw fanned a career-high 14 batters for the Lions and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning of an 11-0 win at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.
Cedatol (2-1) fanned at least one batter in each inning, fanning the side in the second. He struck out the first two batters in the sixth, and after his no-hit bid was broken on a single by ACU’s Aaron Draper, Cedotal fanned the final batter of the inning.
He allowed two hits in the seven-inning game, throwing 77 pitches on the day with 56 for strikes.
2015 LSWA BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECIPIENTS February – Kade Scivicque, LSU (Hitter of the Month); Tim Yandel, Tulane (Pitcher of the Month) March 9 – Blake Trahan, UL Lafayette (Hitter); Evan Tidwell, Northwestern State (Pitcher) March 16 – Conner Hale, LSU (Hitter); Kyle Cedatol, Southeastern Louisiana (Pitcher)