Baseball Athletes of the Week: March 25, 2024

3/25/2024 1:58:42 PM

Player of the Week
 
Ray Leonzi (Trumbull, Conn.) - Junior - Outfield - Eastern Connecticut
Leonzi was named the LEC Player of the Week after batting .538 (7-for-13) and slugging 1.385 after totaling three home runs, a triple, seven RBI and five runs scored in a 3-0 week for the Warriors. He opened the week with going 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in a 19-0 rout of New England College in non-conference action. In a 12-3 win that completed a Little East Conference home sweep of Vermont State Castleton, Leonzi homered twice, tripled, walked, drove in four runs and scored four times. Leonzi’s three multi-hit games this week raised his total to six for the year.
 
Pitcher of the Week
 
Adam Maher (Plymouth, Mass.) - Junior - Starting Pitcher - UMass Dartmouth
Maher was named LEC Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season after firing the first nine-inning no-hitter in all of NCAA Division III in 2024, according to D3Baseball.com, while recording a career-high 14 strikeouts in a 5-0 triumph over LEC-rival Southern Maine. It was his second collegiate no-hitter, and his first career nine-inning no-hitter.
 
Rookie of the Week
 
Ethan Rainha (Tolland, Conn.) - Freshman - Outfield - Keene State
Rainha was named the LEC Rookie of the Week after batting .455 (5-for-11) with two doubles, two RBI and four runs scored in 1-2 week for the Owls. In a 4-3 game-two win at Rhode Island College, Rainha was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored, including the game-winning run in the top of the eighth as Keene State overcame a late 3-2 deficit to earn a split of the twin bill. He was 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in a 7-6 setback to Babson to open the week, before going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in a 9-7 setback to the Anchormen in game-one Friday.