B-CU's Burgos and Gonzalez Collect MEAC Weekly Awards
Bryan Harvey
Apr. 9, 2007

(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Apr. 9, 2007)  Bethune-Cookman University baseball student-athletes Luis Gonzalez and Hiram Burgos have been named as this week’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player and Pitcher of the week as released by the home office in Virginia Beach, Va.

Luis Gonzalez, a third baseman for the Wildcats, picked up this week’s MEAC Player of the Week award after batting a sizzling .533 at the plate with eight runs and six hits in 14 trips to the plate.  Gonzalez helped the Wildcats in a 2-2 record this week, as well as posting two doubles against Stetson University last Tuesday in nearby DeLand, Fla.

Gonzalez, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound senior from Cayey, Puerto Rico, not only performed offensively, but defensively as well for the Wildcats.  From his third base position, he collected five putouts and five assists on the week with zero (0) errors.  This is his first Player of the Week award at Bethune-Cookman University.

Hiram Burgos, a 5-foot-11 sophomore right-hander from Cayey, Puerto Rico, kept it in the city—if you will, as he helped to keep Cayey hot with this week’s MEAC Pitcher of the Week award.  Burgos was phenomenal on the mound in two appearances this week, including a starting job.  This is his first Pitcher of the Week award at B-CU.

In his first-ever MEAC start, Burgos helped the Wildcats in collecting their seventh consecutive conference series victory with an 8-0 shutout of North Carolina A&T State University.  Burgos spread out three hits and just one walk in five innings on the hill.  He also fanned seven batters while picking up his second win of the season.

Earlier in the week, Burgos saw 1.1 innings of time out of the bullpen against a red-hot Stetson team.  In that game, he allowed zero hits and struck-out four batters as well.

Tyler Winch out of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore collected this week’s Rookie of the Week award by batting a blistering .750 at the plate with helping the Fighting Hawks take a series split against conference foe Norfolk State.  Winch batted a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against the Spartans.

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