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Michael
Rockett
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FRISCO — The honors continue to roll in
for junior Michael Rockett, as the Southland Conference
tabbed him the Hitter of the Week on Tuesday.
That came on the heels being named a
Louisville
Slugger National Player of the Week by Collegiate
Baseball on Monday.
Rockett was spectacular in
leading UTSA to a four-game sweep of Sacred Heart last
weekend. He led a 48-run (school record for four-game series),
56-hit offensive onslaught by going 10-for-16 (.625 avg.) with
four doubles, a triple, his first home run of the year and
nine RBIs. The preseason first-team All-Southland Conference
choice also recorded a 1.188 slugging percentage on the
strength of 19 total bases and scored six times.
The
highlight of his weekend came in Saturday's nightcap when he
hit for the cycle, a first in school history, in the game's
first four innings. The Sugar Land native — who also had a
career-high six RBIs in the 16-2 victory — doubled in the
first inning, singled in the second, homered in the third and
tripled in the fourth before taking the rest of the game off.
Earlier in the day, the 2006 Freshman All-American went
2-for-3 with a double and finished the twinbill by going
6-for-7.
Rockett was 3-for-4 with a double, a pair of
RBIs and four runs scored in the series opener on Friday night
and he wrapped up the weekend by going 1-for-4 with a
run-scoring, ground-rule double on Sunday.
He is
hitting .464 (13-28) with six doubles, a triple, one long ball
and 12 RBIs in the season's first eight games. Rockett has
scored eight runs, reached base at a .500 clip, is slugging
.857 (24 total bases) and stolen one base.