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SAA Baseball Report - April 6, 2026

CANTON, Ga.  – Oglethorpe and Trinity share week nine Southern Athletic Association athlete of the week honors.
  
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Athletes of the Week: 
Pitcher: 
Tyler Hower | Oglethorpe | SR | Suwanee, GA - Oglethorpe senior Tyler Hower earned his third and fourth save with two long outings this week in helping the Stormy Petrels top Millsaps in the weekend SAA series. He threw 2.2 perfect innings in game 1, then 3.0 one-hit, scoreless innings in game 3. Hower combined for five strikeouts in the two appearances.

Athlete:
Thomas Moss | Trinity | SO | Sugar Land, TX - Moss led the Trinity baseball team to a 3-1 record last week that included a three-game SAA road weekend sweep at Berry. He hit .667 (8-for-12) with three doubles and a home run, scoring four runs and collecting six RBI. Moss went 4-for-4 with a double and five RBI in the opening game against Berry, then went 3-for-5 with two doubles in the series finale. He is hitting .415 (15-for-36) this season for the Tigers, scoring 10 runs and has seven RBI. This weekend's home run was the first of the season for Moss and he now has six doubles - tied for the team lead.

Notable Performances
Pitcher

  • Isaac Rone | Centre | SO | Lexington, KY - In the rubber match of Centre's weekend series against Sewanee. Isaac Rone had his best start of the season to help the Colonels get the win in the game and the series. In an efficient six innings of work, Rone allowed just four hits and one run while striking out six batters to help the Colonels get the 6-2 victory. Rone improved to 3-0 on the year and leads the Colonels with a 2.70 ERA.
  • Will May | Rhodes - Will May was lights out on the mound this week, making two appearances and earning two saves for the Lynx. His most impactful outing came in the series finale against Southwestern, where he shut the door to secure the series-clinching victory. May’s reliability and composure in high-pressure situations continue to make him a key piece of Rhodes’ bullpen.
  • Zane Heiliger | Southwestern | FR | Katy, TX - Heiliger tossed 7.0 innings against the 21st ranked team in the nation on Thursday with only two earned runs and four hits allowed. The start was massive as the Pirates took one of three from the Lynx as the true freshman kept the Lynx scoreless through seven innings before running out of gas in the eighth, surrendering two. 
  • Kyle Hoggatt | Trinity | SO | San Antonio, TX - Hoggatt led the Tiger baseball team to a three-game SAA road weekend sweep at Berry and an overall record of 3-1 last week. Hoggatt closed out the final game of the series with the Vikings to earn the win, allowing just two runs on seven hits over the final 4.0 innings, and striking out three batters - including the final hitter of the game. Hoggatt is now 2-0 in seven relief appearances for Trinity.

Athlete

  • Ben Prather | Centre | SR | Lexington, KY - In four games this week, Ben Prather went 7 for 16 at the plate for a .438 average, with three of those hits going for extra bases. Prather scored runs in all three of Centre's games against Sewanee this weekend, saving his best effort for the final game as he homered to lead off the game and drove in runs on each of his first four plate appearances on the day to help the Colonels win the series with a 6-2 victory.
  • Trey Kinnan | Oglethorpe | JR | Kennesaw, GA - Oglethorpe junior Trey Kinnan hit safely in all four games of the week, including leading the Stormy Petrels past Millsaps in the three-game series with five hits. His biggest swing came on a game-changing grand slam in the rubber-game finale, where he put the Petrels on top 4-2 with his first dinger of the year. On the week, Kinnan scored four times, drove in six RBI's, stole two bases and did not strike out. 
  • Brandon Lang | Southwestern | SO | Cypress, TX - Lang was pivotal both behind the plate and in the box, helping the Pirate starting pitching staff throw 18 combined innings this weekend against Rhodes. At the plate, Lang had 6 RBI's, going 3 for 9 with a .571 on base percentage. Lang swatted his first career home run. 

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)
Week Seven - March 23 (Ben Daniel/Khalfani Coney)
Week Eight - March 30 (Cam Welsh/Tanaka Mukono)

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