CANTON, Ga. – Rhodes sweeps week twelve Southern Athletic Association baseball honors.
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Pitcher:
Ed Anglin | Rhodes | JR | Charlotte, NC - Anglin made 2 appearances this week, 1 in relief and one start on the weekend. For the week, Anglin threw 7 innings, allowed 1 earned run, 7 hits, and struck out 7. Anglin was dominate in game 3 in the series clinching victory over top seeded Trinity. Anglin held opposing hitters to a .291 average and .296 on base percentage.
Athlete:
Brad Larson | Rhodes | SO | Hilton Head, SC - Brad Larson was 8-17 on the week with 5 runs scored, 6 RBIs, walked twice, and stole a base. Larson also had 3 doubles and a homerun. Larson was 4-4 with 3 runs scored and a double in the mid-week victory over #21 Belhaven. For the week, Larson hit .470, had an on base % of .526, slugging percentage of .824, with an OPS of 1.35.
Notable Performances
Pitcher
- Jon Strydom | Berry - Strydom pitched 3.2 innings in a crucial part of the Vikings' game two win over Millsaps. He came in to face a 5-1 deficit and immediately stopped the bleeding when the Vikings needed it most. He retired nine out of 13 batters and allowed zero runs to allow the Vikings to roar back to a 7-5 lead before he was taken out.
- Harrison Cowdrey | Centre | JR | Franklin, TN - In a big spot this weekend, Harrison Cowdrey had the best start of his junior season in the second game of Centre's Saturday doubleheader against Oglethorpe. Cowdrey, who missed the first month of the season with an injury, did not allow a hit through the first six innings while striking out nine batters, earning his first victory of the season as Centre won 7-2 as part of a series sweep.
- Andrew Bradley | Millsaps | SR | Kenner, LA - Millsaps baseball senior right-handed pitcher Andrew Bradley posted a stellar effort against the Vikings on Saturday. He pitched 7.0 innings, where he held Berry to one run and no walks against six hits and two hit by pitches. Bradley finished with a 1.29 ERA before the Vikings battled back to win in the bottom of the ninth from Georgia.
- Eli Potter | Sewanee | SO | Burns, TN - Potter recorded a win and a save in two outings against Southwestern, allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts in 5.0 innings. He got the final three outs in the series opener, a 10-9 victory, registering his first save of the year. He induced a groundout and then after an error, a game-ending line drive doubleplay. In the series finale, he worked 4.0 innings, giving up one run on two hits with two strikeouts for the win, upping his record to 6-1 this season. The Tigers led 3-1 when he entered the game and he retired the side in order in the sixth and seventh innings and worked around an error and a hit in the fourth.
- Jake Beck | Trinity | SO | Austin, TX - In his only appearance for the Trinity baseball team last week, Beck earned the win in relief against #22 Rhodes. He allowed just one run on three hits over 5.0 innings of work, striking out four batters. Beck had an ERA of 1.80 and held the Lynx to a .200 batting average.
Athlete
- Chase Edmonds | Berry - Chase made his name in game one of their three-game sweep of Millsaps. Chase went 3-of-4 batting and walked the game off for the Vikings with a calm single to overcome the Majors in the bottom of the ninth inning. He also had a triple earlier on in game one. Edmonds was also productive in games two and 3, bringing home 2 RBI and coming home himself once throughout games 2 and 3.
- Ben Prather | Centre | SR | Lexington, KY- Ben Prather was Centre's toughest out by far in a much-needed three-game series sweep against Oglethorpe this weekend. The senior DH and leadoff man set the tone with a .615 average over the three games, going 8-13 at the plate with two walks and driving in runs in both games of Saturday's doubleheader.
- Zach Fortman | Sewanee | SO | Clinton, SC - Fortman batted .462 (6-for-13) with one double, one triple, one homer, eight RBIs and five runs scored in three games against Southwestern. He posted an RBI single and a run-scoring triple, scoring two runs in the series opener. He collected an RBI single and a two-run single, scoring one run in the second game, and registered an RBI double and a two-run homer, scoring two runs in the series finale. Since missing three weeks with an injury, he has hit safely in 12-of-14 games (20-for-51) with 23 RBIs, eight extra-base hits and 13 runs scored in 10 contests.
- Alex Ervesun | Southwestern | FR | Houston, TX - Ervesun finished the weekend going 5 for 11 with most of his damage coming in game 1 of the series with Sewanee. Ervesun went 4 for 5 with 5 RBI's on Saturday, mashing a clutch 3-run 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)
Week Nine - April 6 (Tyler Hower/Thomas Moss)
Week Ten - April 13 (Isaac Rone/Charlie Teel)
Week Eleven - April 20 (Tyler Hower/Evan Smallwood)
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