Chris Shehan Named SoCon, National Player of the Week

3/17/2008 4:02:00 AM | Baseball

STATESBORO, Ga. ? Coming off a monster week, Georgia Southern University's Chris Shehan (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) was named Southern Conference ?Player of the Week' and one of Collegiate Baseball's ?National Players of the Week'.

Shehan batted .619 (13-of-21) in five games last week, scoring 12 runs and driving in 10. He hit three doubles and five home runs, then on the base paths swiped 6-of-6 bases. Shehan recorded the first 2-home run game of his career, doing so twice during that five-game span.

Overall, Shehan leads the Eagles (9-8 overall) batting .424 with 24 runs scored, 23 RBI and eight home runs. Shehan owns an .894 slugging percentage, .553 on-base percentage and stolen 9-of-9 bases.