Weekly Top Tier Alumni Roundup for the NCAA Division II, III, NAIA and JUCO players:

Player of the Week:

Mitch Farris, LHP, Wingate (D2)
Farris for the 4th time this year was named SAC Pitcher of the Week after he threw another gem this past week vs. #7 in the nation, Lenoir-Rhyne. Farris threw a complete game 9 innings earning the win giving up only 1 run off only 3 hits and 2 walks with 13 strikeouts. Wingate lost to 21st ranked UNC-Pembroke in the midweek game but went on to sweep 7th ranked Lenoir-Rhyne to improve to 18-9 overall on the year. Farris is now 7-0 on the year and continues to me the most dominate pitcher in all of D2 baseball. Farris owns a 1.33 ERA on the year with 80 strikeouts and only 9 walks in 47.1 innings of work.

Best of the Rest Highlights from our D2/D3/NAIA & JUCO players:

Sam Antonacci, INF, Heartland (JUCO)
Antonacci is absolutely on fire again this season at the plate and his Hawks are one of the hottest JUCO teams out there. Antonacci went 7 for 11, hitting .636 this past week with a homer, 3 doubles and 8 RBI's. The Hawks went a perfect 4-0 and improved to 17-1 overall and are on a 10-game winning streak as team. Antonacci is hitting .569 on the year with 5 homers and 35 RBI's.

Lucas Spence, OF, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Spence had an unbelievable week at the plate as well as he went 8 for 13, hitting .615 with 3 doubles, 2 triples and 6 RBI's. Blackhawk however went 1-3 this past week and fell to 3-9 overall on the year. Spence is hitting .520 on the year.

Nick Giamarusti, OF, John A. Logan (JUCO)
Giamarusti swung a hot stick again this week going 6 for 8 with two doubles, a triple and 4 RBI's. Logan beat Carl Sandburg and Kaskaskia last week and improved to 17-7 overall and Giamarusti is hitting .415 on the year with 3 homers and 24 RBI's.

Andy Booth, LHP, Saint Leo (D2)
Booth earned a win in relief this past week vs. Purdue Northwest where he tossed two scoreless innings off 4 hits and 2 walks with one strikeout. Saint Leo beat Purdue Northwest in the midweek game and swept Embry-Riddle over the weekend to improve to 14-10 overall.

Broghan O'Connor, OF, Wash U (D3)
O'Connor had a great week for the Bears this past week where he went 7 for 22, hitting .318 with 2 homers, 2 doubles and 3 RBI's. Wash U went 2-1 on their Memphis trip of games and won 2 of 3 vs. Gustavus Adolphus over the weekend to improve to 13-4 overall on the year.

Collin Callahan, INF, Carthage (D3)
Callahan had another good week for Carthage to finish up there Arizona trip going 8 for 23, hitting .348 with a double and an RBI. Carthage finished up the Arizona trip going 2-4 and are now 5-8 overall on the year.

Max Oliveira, C, NYU (D3)
Oliveira went 4 for 10, hitting .400 with 3 RBI's as NYU beat Western New England and Purchase and lost to SUNY Brockport this past week to move to 7-5 overall on the year.

Austin Divello, RHP, Coe (D3)
Divello earned two saves this past week throwing a total of 1 inning giving up 0 runs on 0 hits. Coe went 5-1 this past week on their Florida trip as they improved to 8-4 overall.

Eric Lundell, RHP, Concordia St. Paul (D2)
Lundell made three relief appearances this past week. Lundell earned a win in longest relief appearance vs. Minnesota-Duluth going 4 scoreless innings. In total, he threw 6 innings giving up only 2 runs off 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 5. The Golden Bears split with Minnesota-Duluth and swept Bemidji State to improve to 7-9 overall.

Charlie Marisca, C, Parkland
Marisca went 3 for 6 this past week with a double and an RBI as the Cobras won both of their games and improved to 12-3 overall.

Ethan Bowers, INF, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Bowers went 4 for 9 with a double, a triple and an RBI this past week. Bowers is hitting .321 on the year and Blackhawk is 3-9 overall.

Connor Blake, INF/RHP, IIT (D3)
Blake went 4 for 9 with two doubles this past week. IIT is 5-5 overall on the year.

AJ Casmer, RHP, Lewis (D2)
Casmer made one relief appearance this past weekend tossing 2 scoreless innings vs. UIS giving up only 1 hit and 3 walks while striking out 1. Lewis lost 3 of 4 vs. UIS and slipped to 7-10 overall on the year.

Dylan Whitney, INF, Johns Hopkins (D3)
Whitney went 4 for 12, hitting .333 this past week with two doubles and 4 RBI's as the Blue Jays went 3-1 in Florida this past week. Johns Hopkins is now 12-2 overall on the year.

Michael Gladden, INF/OF, University of Chicago (D3)
Gladden collected 6 hits this past week with a hit in every game along with collecting 2 RBI's as the Maroons went 4-1 to improve to 6-5 overall on the year.

Simon Lane, RHP, Grinnell (D3)
Lane made one relief appearance this past week on their Florida trip tossing 1.1 scoreless innings off 2 hits and 1 walk with 1 strikeout. Grinnell is 0-4 on their Florida trip and 3-5 overall.

Luke Napleton, C/OF, Quincy (D2)
Napleton collected 4 more hits this past week for the Hawks with another homer, a double and 4 RBI's. The Hawks won 3 of 4 vs Missouri S&T and improved to 14-4 overall. Napleton is hitting .338 on the year with 10 homers and 26 RBI's.

Joey Little, OF, Fort Scott (JUCO)
Little went 5 for 15, hitting .333 this past week with a double and 2 RBI's. Fort Scott won 3 of 4 vs. Labette this past week to improve to 15-12 overall. Little is hitting .342 on the year.

Josh Outlaw, OF, Parkland (JUCO)
Outlaw went 3 for 8 this past week with 2 RBI's as the Cobras improved to 12-3 overall.

Kevin Dowling, OF, Saint Xavier (NAIA)
Dowling collected 5 hits this past week with a double and an RBI as the Cougars split with St. Francis and won 2 of 3 vs. Indiana-South Bend to improve to 11-15 overall.

Brad White, OF, South Suburban (JUCO)
White collected 3 more hits this past week with a double and an RBI as South Sub went 2-3 and are now 12-9 overall.

Luke Brabaham, INF, Morton (JUCO)
Brabaham went 1 for 3 with 3 RBI's this past week as the won both games vs. Marian-Ancilla and improved to 7-5 overall.

Nate Maliska, 1B/C, St. Francis (NAIA)
Maliska went 3 for 8 this past week for the Saints as they split with Saint Xavier and are 6-16 overall on the year.

JJ Vargas, INF, Upper Iowa (D2)
Vargas collected 3 more hits this past week with a double and an RBI. Upper Iowa is 5-9 overall on the year.