The University of Mississippi Athletics
Yarbrough Named CPL Hitter Of The Week
7/12/2010 | Baseball
July 12, 2010
OXFORD, Miss. - Alex Yarbrough, a rising sophomore on the Ole Miss baseball team, has been named the hitter of the week for the Coastal Plains League summer baseball league for the week of July 5-11, the league announced on Monday.
Yarbrough started in all seven games for the Thomasville Hi-Toms last week, hitting .464 with 13 hits, four RBI and four runs scored. Of his 13 hits, seven went for extra bases, including four doubles, two triples and one home run. He tallied a league-high 24 total bases, while also maintaining a .857 slugging percentage and .464 on-base percentage.
Also competing for the Thomasville Hi-Toms this summer are fellow Rebels Tanner Mathis and Jordan Cooper. Left-handed pitcher Matt Crouse is competing in the Cape Cod League with the Brewster Whitecaps.