Clarksville, Tenn. – Junior Logan Gray, of the Austin Peay State University baseball team, has been named the Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week.
In hitting .611 (11-for-18) with four home runs, 14 RBI and seven runs scored last week, Gray not only led the Govs to a sweep in their Ohio Valley Conference series against Eastern Kentucky and a midweek win against Lipscomb—the Leawood, Kansas native earned adidas®/Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Player of the Week, was one of six players named to the Louisville Slugger® National Player of the Week list and was recognized for his good work in Baseball America’s weekly “Off the Bat” report. Wednesday, he also earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week honors.
Gray opened the series against the Colonels with his first career start in left field and went 4-for-5 with four RBI and closed the series out with a 3-for-5, five-RBI day that included his third career multi-home run outing. After singling earlier this week against eighth-ranked Vanderbilt, Gray now carries a career-best 10-game hitting streak into the weekend.
The Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week is selected by the APSU Sports Information staff each Wednesday during the academic year. Copies in a Flash, of Clarksville, sponsors the award.
Other notable performances by Austin Peay athletes included:
- Junior sprinter Terri Morris, of the track and field team, won the 400m dash at the Missouri State Invitational with a season-best 54.84 run, ranking her third in the OVC and 87th in the NCAA East Region entering competition this weekend.
- Junior utility man Alex Robles, of the baseball team, dominated Eastern Kentucky in the series opener, scattering five hits over seven innings and allowing one earned run while striking out nine for his season’s seventh victory.
