Jake Taylor of the baseball team was selected as the TraveLynx Student-Athlete of the Week, for the period ending April 27.
Taylor batted .500 with five hits, including two doubles and two home runs in a series sweep at home against Palm Beach Atlantic. He drove in eight runs, scored five runs, tallied a team-high 13 total bases for a 1.300 slugging percentage. Taylor went 3-for-5 with a double and two home runs in a 14-3 win over PBA. He is third in the PBC in home runs, fourth in RBI and seventh in doubles.
Taylor was selected as the baseball team's Newcomer of the Year after batting .318 with a team-high 10 home runs, 55 runs batted in, 105 total bases and a .607 slugging percentage. He tied for the team-lead with 18 doubles. Taylor also led the team with nine sacrifice flies, which is a Division II era record.
