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February 23, 2009

Lynn's Chavez and Tech's Cornelius Receive Baseball Weekly Accolades

Lynn's Chris Chavez and Florida Tech's Jonathan Cornelius have been tabbed Sunshine State Conference Baseball Players of the Week for the period ending February 22.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK -- Lynn junior 1B Chris Chavez (Miami, Fla.) led the No. 1 Fighting Knights to three wins, batting .636 with five RBI and three runs.  Chavez displayed tremendous power at the plate, notching three doubles, a triple, and a home run en route to a 1.364 slugging percentage.  He hit safely in all three games and tallied three hits in each of the Knights’ wins against Palm Beach Atlantic.  For the week, he recorded a .667 OBP and a 1.000 fielding percentage.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK -- Florida Tech sophomore Jonathan Cornelius (Land O’ Lakes, Fla.) notched a complete shutout in the Panthers’ 2-0 victory over Bentley.  Cornelius allowed four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts over nine innings of work.

Related Item: February 23 Weekly Release

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