NCBWA names Casson Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week
SALISBURY, N.C. – Carson-Newman sophomore pitcher Kolton Casson was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week by the organization Tuesday evening.
SALISBURY, N.C. – Carson-Newman sophomore pitcher Kolton Casson was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week by the organization Tuesday evening.
Casson has now earned conference, regional and state weekly honors for his performance on the mound last Saturday. He is the first C-N player to earn an NCBWA weekly honor this season.
The reigning DII All-American tossed his second career complete game shutout of the season, firing seven shutout innings in a 7-0 win over Tusculum in the series finale last Saturday. Both of Casson's complete game shutouts have come this season and have been just over a month apart. As a team, Carson-Newman has three this season.
Casson's seven inning shutout came on just 84 pitches. The sophomore did allow a season-high eight hits, but was marvelous working around it. Tusculum's offense had four different opportunities with two runners on base and less than two outs and never scored against Casson. C-N's defense turned two double plays behind him. The right-hander struck out three TU hitters and walked just one batter.
The right-hander is putting together another All-American caliber season. His six wins and three complete games are tied for the most in the SAC and are top ten marks nationally. His 2.45 ERA and 45 strikeouts are second-best in the league. The sophomore pitcher has tossed 14 consecutive scoreless innings spanning his past three starts.
By winning this weekly honor, Casson advances to NCBWA National Player of the Week consideration, which is released on Thursday.
Carson-Newman returns home to the Silver Diamond Baseball Complex for a three-game series with Newberry starting on Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. A video stream of the weekend series is available with a subscription to FloSports at cneagles.com/flobase. The game can be heard on cneagles.com/live. Fans can also watch the radio crew at work with a feed of press row on YouTube.
