Two Wildcats Collect MEAC Weekly Baseball Honors
Bryan Harvey
Mar. 19, 2007

(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – )  Bethune-Cookman University baseball student-athletes Joseph Gautier and Orlando Bacon each collected Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference weekly honors this week following a 3-2 campaign for the Wildcats.

Joseph Gautier was selected as this week’s MEAC Pitcher of the Week after an 8-0 shutout of Savannah State University.  Gautier, a 5-foot-10, 165-pouund sophomore from Dorado, Puerto Rico, stood tall against Savannah State—ranked #1 in the latest installment of the Black College Baseball poll.  The left-hander nicknamed Gio was an artist on the mound as he painted the black and allowed just six (6) hits in a complete-game shutout of the Tigers on Sunday.

Gautier struck-out a career-high seven batters, and registered the first complete-game and first shutout of his career at B-CU.  The Wildcats took the series against SSU, 2-1.  This was the first award for Gautier as Pitcher of the Week in his career.

For B-CU, it was their second shutout of the season.  The ‘Cats also shutout Mercer 5-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on Feb. 5 in Daytona Beach, Fla.

As for freshman Orlando Bacon, he was named as this week’s MEAC Rookie of the Week following stellar performances against Jacksonville and Savannah State.  Bacon, a 5-foot-9, 145-pound outfielder/pitcher from Tampa, Fla., was highly-touted out of high school as a steal for the Wildcats program.  He has seen time as a designated hitter, outfielder and pitcher this season.

Serving as the designated hitter in the rubber match against SSU, Bacon batted .250 for the week, including drawing three walks and scoring one run.  For the freshman, this was his first award as Rookie of the Week this season.

The Wildcats will be in action tomorrow night (Mar. 20) against Jacksonville at 6 p.m. in a home contest held at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach.

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