Whitney Named Collegiate Summer Baseball National Pitcher of the Week

June 29, 2017 at 5:09 pm

USC Upstate rising senior Blake Whitney has been named the Collegiate Summer Baseball National Pitcher of the Week, it was announced Wednesday.

Pitching for the North Adams (Mass.) SteepleCats of the NECBL (New England Collegiate Baseball League), Whitney scattered two hits with 11 strikeouts and zero walks in seven innings in a 4-1 win over the Vermont Mountaineers on June 20. Whitney earned NECBL Pitcher of the Week honors on Monday for his efforts.