MICHAEL HETZEL | ROANOKE | 1ST BASE / DH
Hetzel, a first-year from New Kent, Va., was red hot at the dish with league weekly-highs of 11 hits and 10 RBI to help Roanoke go 3-1 overall including 2-1 in ODAC games to close the season as the eight seed entering the ODAC Tournament. Hetzel hit .733 (11-for-15) with a 2.445 OPS powered by two doubles and four homers. He opened the week with a 5-for-5 outing in the Maroons' 12-7 win over Guilford on Tuesday. He registered his first collegiate multi-homer game with two jacks on the way to driving in five runs and scoring twice. On Wednesday in a 13-3 non-conference win over Pfeiffer University, Hetzel went 2-for-3 with a walk. Both hits were doubles, and he drove in a run and scored once. In a doubleheader split (4-5, 21-2) with Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday, Hetzel went a combined 4-for-7 with four RBI, two runs scored, and two walks. He homered once in each game and drove in a pair in each contest. For the season, Hetzel is tied for eighth in the ODAC in RBI (46), tied for 10th in doubles (13), 11th in batting (.397), and 14th in OPS (1.095).