Rockett Named Louisville Slugger National
Player Of The Week
Courtesy: Southland.org
Release:
03/03/2008
UTSA junior Michael Rockett
TUCSON, Ariz.
— Junior Michael Rockett's big weekend against Sacred
Heart did not go unnoticed, as he was one of four
players selected as Louisville Slugger National
Player of the Week, Collegiate Baseball announced
on Monday. Rockett is just the second Roadrunner
to earn the award in the program's 17-year history
(Mark Schramek, April 22, 2002).
The Sugar Land native was spectacular in leading
UTSA to a four-game sweep of the Pioneers. Rockett
led a 48-run (school record for four-game series),
56-hit offensive onslaught by going 10-for-16 (.625
avg.) with four doubles, a triple, his first home
run of the year and nine RBIs. The preseason first-team
All-Southland Conference choice also recorded a
1.188 slugging percentage on the strength of 19
total bases and scored six times.
The highlight of his weekend came in Saturday's
nightcap when he hit for the cycle, a first in school
history, in the game's first four innings. Rockett
— who also had a career-high six RBIs in the 16-2
victory — doubled in the first inning, singled in
the second, homered in the third and tripled in
the fourth before taking the rest of the game off.
Earlier in the day, the 2006 Freshman All-American
went 2-for-3 with a double and finished the twinbill
by going 6-for-7.
He was 3-for-4 with a double, a pair of RBIs and
four runs scored in the series opener on Friday
night and he wrapped up the weekend by going 1-for-4
with a run-scoring, ground-rule double on Sunday.
Rockett is hitting .464 (13-28) with six doubles,
a triple, one long ball and 12 RBIs in the season's
first eight games. He has scored eight runs, reached
base at a .500 clip, is slugging .857 (24 total
bases) and stolen one base.