George Gilson of the baseball team was selected as the Academy Bus Athlete of the Week for the period ending April 19.
The Jacksonville, Florida native led the Saints with a .714 batting average in four games and had a 1.714 slugging percentage to go along with a .750 on-base percentage. He had 10 hits, including four doubles, two triples, and two home runs. Gilson drove in 11 runs and scored a team-high 12 runs. He had a pair of doubles and a run scored in a 9-1 loss to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Gilson followed that by going 2-for-2 with a triple, three runs scored, and a pair of runs batted in in a 12-2 win over Claflin. Saturday's game saw him go 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, four runs scored, and five RBI in a 16-6 win. He was intentionally walked three times including once with the bases loaded. In Sunday's 23-3 romp, Gilson became the fifth Flagler player to hit for the cycle, and his was a natural cycle (single, double, triple, and a home run in consecutive at bats). He went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and four RBI. Â
