Monster final week earns Littlejohn NCBWA National Player of the Week honors
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Tennessee Tech left fielder Cody Littlejohn added to his collection of weekly honors Tuesday afternoon, earning recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) as the National Hitter of the Week for the period ending May 23.
By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Tennessee Tech left fielder Cody Littlejohn added to his collection of weekly honors Tuesday afternoon, earning recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) as the National Hitter of the Week for the period ending May 23.
The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. On Monday, Littlejohn was tabbed as the Ohio Valley Conference's Player of the Week and a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week powered by Diamond Sports after producing a senior sendoff for the ages.
Playing in his final four games in the purple and gold, the senior veteran saved his best for last, batting .556 with seven runs scored, two doubles, a triple, three home runs and a slugging percentage of 1.278. He added a stolen base and played perfect defense during the week as well.
In helping the Golden Eagles to a series sweep of SIUE to end the 2021 campaign, he clobbered six extra-base hits, scored seven runs and drove in eight. The outfielder enjoyed the greatest day of his career on Friday, smacking two doubles with two RBI and two runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader.
The Decatur, Ala. native followed it by tying two single-game program records with three home runs and 15 total bases (he also tripled) in the second contest. He drove in five in the game, including three in the bottom of the ninth with a long ball that pulled Tech within a single score. The Golden Eagles went on to plate two more in the frame to cap a wild, walk-off victory in the season finale.
Littlejohn is the first Golden Eagle to garner National Player of the Week honors from the NCBWA since Chris Chism was named the National Pitcher of the Week back on Mar. 18, 2015. Chism tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts in a dominant win over UT Martin.
Photo by Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
