TicketsCINCINNATI – Cincinnati sophomore infielder Quinton Coats was named Perfect Game’s National Player of the Week on Tuesday.
The honor comes one day after receiving the Big 12 Player of the Week award, his second of the season.
Coats now has two national player of the week honors this season, the first of which came on March 10 from the NCBWA. He has also been named to Baseball America’s national team of the week each of the last three weeks.
Coats had another outstanding week for Cincinnati, hitting .450 with four home runs and nine RBI to help UC go 4-1 and capture its first Big 12 series win of the year. He hit three home runs in game two vs. Utah, tying the single-game school record for homers in a game.
His season total now stands at 18, three more than anyone else in the country. And Coats doesn't just go up there and swing out of his shoes either, as he had more walks (six) than strikeouts (five) and added two stolen bases as well.
On the season, Coats is hitting .376 with 18 home runs, 45 RBI, 35 runs scored, 17 walks, and a .954 slugging percentage. He currently ranks tied for sixth all-time in school history for home runs in a single season, just five away from tying record-holder Mike Spina (23, 2009).
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Cincinnati plays four of its next five games at home. Following Tuesday’s game at Xavier, UC will host Kansas this upcoming weekend and welcomes Wright State to UC Baseball Stadium next Tuesday, March 31.
Game one vs. KU on Friday is set for a 6:00 p.m. start, game two on Saturday will be at 3:00 p.m., and the finale on Sunday will begin at 1:00 p.m.
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