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Old Westbury's Jesse Russo

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Baseball Weekly Report - March 27

Old Westbury's Jesse Russo
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Player of the Week

 
Jesse Russo – Old Westbury
Junior, Second Base, Westbury, NY/W.T. Clarke
 
Hit .619 (13-for-21) with 12 runs, five extra-base hits (three doubles, two triples), four RBI, four walks and a 7-for-7 rate stealing bases…reached base safely in all six of the Panthers’ contests, including a 6-for-9 twinbill against Maritime in conference action.
 
Pitcher of the Week
 
Mitch Brigando – St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn
Senior, Brooklyn, NY/St. Edmund Prep
 
Went 2-0 with 12 scoreless innings thrown in conference play…tossed five innings of two-hit, three-strikeout ball against Yeshiva…followed up on the weekend with a seven-inning complete-game shutout of Mount Saint Vincent, scattering three hits and one walk while fanning six…his three career shutouts are the SJC-Brooklyn record.
 
Rookie of the Week
 
John Santana – Mount Saint Mary
Freshman, Shortstop, Warwick, NY/Warwick
 
Registered a .500 batting average (7-for-14) with four runs, two homers, a double, three walks and five RBI for the Knights in Skyline contests…went 5-for-7 with three runs, two homers and four RBI at Maritime on Saturday…added a 2-for-5 performance with a walk, run scored and RBI in the game-one triumph Sunday at Farmingdale State.