Guardino picks up NCBWA National Player of the Week honors
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – For the second time this week, Tennessee Tech outfielder Ryan Guardino was recognized for his performance over the past weekend, earning Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week presented by The Game Headware from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, the junior was named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week powered by Diamond Sports.
By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – For the second time this week, Tennessee Tech outfielder Ryan Guardino was recognized for his performance over the past weekend, earning Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week presented by The Game Headware from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, the junior was named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week powered by Diamond Sports.
Guardino was a force at the plate for the Golden Eagles all weekend, making program history by smacking seven home runs in a three-game span at UT Martin. Tying the program's single-game home run record with three round-trippers on Saturday, he also became the first Tech player with multiple dingers in three straight games and recorded the most long balls over a three-game span in school history.
He hit a robust .588 while slugging 1.824 and driving in 11 during the week, scoring 10 times and striking out just once. He opened the weekend series with a perfect, 4-for-4 at the dish, smacking two dingers, driving in four runs, and scoring three runs.
In Saturday's contest, Guardino became just the 11th different Golden Eagles to hit three round-trippers in one game as part of a 4-for-6 performance. He drove in five more runs and scored four times. The right-fielder wrapped things up with two more bombs, two RBI, and three runs scored on Sunday.
Guardino became the third Golden Eagle to secure National Player of the Week accolades this season, joining right-handed pitcher Carter Gannaway and left fielder Jason Hinchman.
The Tech squad will wrap up its five-game road swing Tuesday evening, heading to Nashville for a 6:00 p.m. CT in-state battle with Lipscomb.
File photo by Thomas Corhern
