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Liberty senior third baseman Chad Miller has been named to the College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll for the week of April 19, the organization announced.
Miller, a native of Wheat Ridge, Colo., hit for the cycle, a single, double, triple and home run, in his first four at bats as the Flames downed Longwood, 8-0, Tuesday afternoon at Worthington Stadium. The senior also drove in two runs and scored twice during his 4-for-5 afternoon.
Liberty jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead as Miller got the Flames started with a lead off home run. It was the third baseman’s fourth home run of the season.
The pitcher was one of 37 players to be selected to the list. The College Baseball Foundation releases the National Honor Roll on a weekly basis saluting the finest performances in college baseball in the past week.
On the season, Miller has hit .344 in 39 starts at third for the Flames. He has driven in 34 runs and scored 41. The senior is also among the Big South leaders with 14 steals. The third baseman also has the longest consecutive hit streak by a Liberty player this season as he hit in 13 straight games from March 17 – April 9.
He becomes the second Liberty player to be named to the weekly list this season as sophomore left-hander Ryan Page was selected to the March 19 roll.
Miller and the Flames, who are 29-10 and 8-4 in the Big South Conference, host the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in a three-game weekend series at Worthington Stadium, Saturday-Monday. The series opener is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
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Also, Miller and Winthrop's Heath Rollins get a mention in the AP's national weekly notes package:
^AROUND THE HORN:@ Notre Dame set a school record with its 19th consecutive win — the longest streak in Division I this season — with a 4-3 victory over IPFW on Wednesday. ... Buffalo completed its first doubleheader sweep of St. Bonaventure since 1972 with 8-4, 8-5 victories Wednesday. ... Liberty's Chad Miller hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats against Longwood in an 8-0 win Tuesday. ... Reggie Watson had four of Indiana's school-record 12 stolen bases in an 11-5 win over Indiana State on Tuesday ... Winthrop's Heath Rollins hit a go-ahead three-run homer and pitched a scoreless inning for the save in a 6-3 win at Clemson on Tuesday. ... Virginia lefty Mike Ballard threw the Cavaliers' first no-hitter since 1966, beating Boston College 5-0 last Sunday. ... Old Dominion right-hander Jason Godin had a school-record 18 strikeouts in a 3-0 win over Northeastern last Saturday.
Liberty senior third baseman Chad Miller (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) has been selected as the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Baseball Player of the Week for games played April 18-24, while Radford senior Justin Morgan (Wise, Va.) has been named New Balance Pitcher of the Week as announced today by the league office.
Miller batted .619 (13-21) in five games last week, leading Liberty to three victories and a Big South series win over Coastal Carolina to push the Flames into a three-way tie for first-place in the League standings. He opened the week hitting for the cycle in his first four at-bats in an 8-0 win over Longwood.
Miller hit .538 (7-13) against the Chanticleers, including three doubles, three runs, three runs batted in and three walks, while posting three hits each in games one and two vs. CCU. For the week, Miller had a .704 OBA, 23 total bases and a 1.095 slugging percentage, in addition to eight runs scored, six RBI, five doubles, one triple, one home run, five walks and four multi-hit games.
Morgan threw his second complete game of the season, tossing nine innings and allowing just two runs on six hits in defeating No. 21-ranked Winthrop, 5-2, Saturday in Rock Hill, S.C. Just one of the hits went for extra bases and he limited the Eagles, which entered the series as the Big South’s top hitting team at .334, to a .200 batting average for the game. Morgan improved to 2-5 overall with the win. His line for the week: 1-0, 2.00 ERA, 9 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 2 SO.
Other Player of the Week nominees: David Sappelt (Coastal Carolina), Mark Shorey (High Point), Jeff Cooper (Radford), Matt Henson (UNC Asheville) and B.T. Good (VMI).
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees: David Horne (Birmingham-Southern), Ryan Sowers (Charleston Southern), David Parker (High Point), Dustin Umberger (Liberty) and Travis Smink (VMI).
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