Brandon England

  • Award
    Baseball Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/27/2009
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    Quincy
  • Year
  • Position
  • Hometown
  • High School

Quincy University’s Brandon England (Plantation, Fla.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week.

 

England, a junior outfielder for the Hawks, paced the Quincy offensive attack last week in their five contests.

 

On the week, England batted .500 (10-20) with seven RBIs, six runs scored, three doubles and a home run.

 

He opened the week with a 1-for-4 effort in Quincy’s 8-4 win over Truman State.

 

England returned in the Southern Indiana series to go 9-for-16 (.563) with four runs, seven RBIs, two doubles and a home run.

 

Included in the weekend efforts was a 3-for-3 effort with four RBIs in Quincy’s 6-5 win on Saturday. Backes also clubbed a two-run walk-off home run in the victory.

 

He also went 3-for-3 in the first game on Sunday, a 6-4 loss for the Hawks. He had two RBIs and a run scored in the defeat.

 

On the year, England is batting .318 with 27 RBIs, 23 runs scored, four doubles and two home runs.

 

Quincy (29-23) is currently in third-place in the GLVC West Division standings with a 10-9 divisional mark. The Hawks will look to secure a berth in the GLVC Tournament as they complete their conference schedule at Missouri S&T on Tuesday.

 

Other top performers in GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Michael Thompson, Indianapolis’ Jordan Tiegs and Northern Kentucky’s Dave Middendorf.