CANTON, Ga. – After opening conference play this past weekend, Ben Daniel of Rhodes and Khalfani Coney of Trinity claim week seven athlete of the week honors.
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Athletes of the Week:
Pitcher:
Ben Daniel | Rhodes | JR | Nashville, TN - Ben Daniel turned in a strong outing on the mound, throwing six innings while allowing just 5 hits, 2 unearned runs, and one walk, while striking out 8. His performance played a key role in securing the weekend sweep over No. 9 Centre, as he controlled the game from start to finish and kept one of the top teams in the country in check.
Athlete:
Khalfani Coney | Trinity | SR | Los Angeles, CA - Coney led the #16 Trinity University baseball team to a 4-1 record last week, which included a three-game SAA weekend series sweep of Millsaps College and three run-rule wins over the week. Coney batted .333 (6-for-18) with seven runs scored and 13 RBI in the five games, hitting a double, a triple, and three home runs for a 1.000 slugging %. He also drew three walks and posted a .409 on-base percentage for the week. In Trinity's 16-3 win over Texas Lutheran on Tuesday, he went 2-for-3 with two three-run homers to finish with six RBI in the game. In the series opener against Millsaps, he was 2-for-4 with a home run to finish with two runs scored and four RBI in Trinity's 23-12 win over the Majors. He finished the series with two more runs and a game-ending two-RBI double to cap a 10-0 run-rule win.
Notable Performances
Pitcher
- Austin Graber | Sewanee | SO | Highlands Ranch, CO - Graber allowed three runs on seven hits in seven innings in Sunday's 7-4 series-clinching victory at Berry, striking out four with no walks. He retired the side in order in the second, fifth and sixth innings and worked around an error in the third. Berry plated single runs in the first, fourth and seventh and stranded just two baserunners against the righthander.
- Darion Rogers | Southwestern | SO | Harker Heights, TX - Rogers was stellar in the SAA Opener win against Oglethorpe on Friday, leading the Pirates to a 19-2 win. Rogers started the game and finishing it in a seven-inning run rule with a stat line of 7 innings pitched, 1 earned run, and four strikeouts. That's back-to-back weekends of 7 innings plus outings with one earned run.
- Will Taylor | Trinity | SO | Greenwood Village, CO - Taylor earned a win in #16 Trinity's final game of a 4-1 overall week that included a three-game SAA series sweep of Millsaps College over the weekend. Taylor pitched the final 4.1 innings in relief to earn the win in the series finale against the Majors, allowing just two runs and striking out five batters for the combined shutout.
Athlete
- Ayden Lohr | Centre | JR | Hebron, KY - Ayden Lohr continued his hot start at the plate in Centre's weekend series at Rhodes. The junior center fielder hit .462 across three games against the Lynx, going 6 for 13 at the plate with a team high six RBIs. Half of those six hits over the weekend were home runs, more than doubling his season home run total from his first 16 games of the year.
- Wesley Grant | Millsaps | JR | Savannah, TX - Millsaps baseball junior outfielder Wesley Grant boasted a tremendous four-game week for the Majors. Featuring a win hosting Centenary College on Tuesday and facing No. 16 Trinity University in Texas, Grant went 10-for-15 with a. 667 batting average, two RBIs, four runs scored, a double, two stolen bases, a sacrifice fly, and a .733 slugging percentage. He boasted a perfect 3-for-3 performance at the plate against Centenary, adding an RBI, a sacrifice fly, and a stolen base to help the Majors edge the Gents, 3-2.
- Ryan Causey | Oglethorpe | SO | Forsyth, GA - Oglethorpe sophomore Ryan Causey tied the program single-game RBI record with eight RBI's as part of a two-homer game during the SAA-opening weekend series. The first homer came in the form of a grand slam in the seventh that gave Oglethorpe a 12-8 lead and helped the Stormy Petrels come from behind to win the series two games to one. It was his third three-hit game of the season and second two-homer game of the season.
- Sam Reardon | Rhodes | FR | Suwanee, GA - Sam Reardon delivered a huge week at the plate, going 3-for-9 with three home runs, seven RBIs, three runs scored, and a walk. He capped off his standout performance with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth in game two against No. 9 Centre, showcasing his ability to deliver in clutch moments. Reardon finished the week with an impressive 1.333 slugging percentage and a 1.733 OPS, powering the offense and making a major impact in a key conference series.
- Tyler Pinson | Sewanee | SO | Mount Pleasant, SC - Pinson was 5-for-11 with a double, two home runs, eight RBIs and three runs scored as well as two walks in the series at Berry. He posted an RBI groundout to get Sewanee on the board in the first inning and his three-run homer in the ninth broke a 3-3 tie in an eventual 6-5 Tigers victory in game one of Saturday's doubleheader. He added a two-run homer in the second game of the twinbill. In Sunday's finale he posted two hits and two RBIs with a walk in a 7-4 triumph.
- Connor Duffey | Southwestern | SR | Houston, TX - Duffey was a machine this weekend with 11 hits in 21 at bats. The senior swatted two homeruns on Friday against Oglethorpe. Duffey had 8 RBI's with 4 extra base hits and an average of .524.
2026 Baseball Report Archive (AOW Pitcher/Athlete)
Week One - Feb. 9 (Dylon Lozano/Wesley Grant)
Week Two - Feb. 16 (Nolan Asher/Aidan Petrocco)
Week Three - Feb. 23 (Jake Beck/Kaleb Woodward)
Week Four - March 2 (Nolan Asher/EJ Ousley)
Week Five - March 9 (Austin Graber/Zach Fortman)
Week Six - March 16 (Andrew Zimmerman/Owen Stevenson)
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