Frederick, Kemlage Named NECBL Week 3 Winners
Published on June 24, 2019 under New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Upper Valley infielder Cole Frederick (Jacksonville State) joined North Adams southpaw Joseph Kemlage (AIC) as the Week 3 winners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League's Player and Pitcher of the Week awards, respectively.
Frederick paced all New England League batters last week with 11 total hits, but perhaps most impressive was the fact that he posted a .688 batting average, finishing 11-for-16 at the dish. Add in seven RBIs, five runs scored, three doubles and a homer, and Frederick's resume truly was elite. The third baseman also stole a base and drew a walk while posting two four-hit games and three multi-hit performances altogether in that four-game sample size.
The rising junior at Jacksonville State, who was a late arriver after his college team qualified for the NCAA Championship, is now batting .552 in seven games this summer on 16 hits in 29 at-bats. He is just shy of the 2.7 plate appearances/game average needed to qualify for the league statistical leader board, but his average as it currently stands is well over 100 points higher than the current league leader. He also has 10 RBIs and is 3-for-3 in stolen bases thus far with only three strikeouts. Frederick batted .287 for the Gamecocks as a sophomore with 75 hits, 14 doubles, six homers and 38 RBIs.
Kemlage becomes the second North Adams pitcher to claim a weekly award this summer after leading the league with 12 strikeouts in what was a no decision last Monday. He fanned more than half of the 21 batters he faced and scattered two hits and a walk while allowing no earned runs in 5-1/3 innings. His WHIP for the week was 0.56. North Adams, which leads the North Division at 8-3, would win that game by a 7-6 score against Martha's Vineyard.
After two appearances (one start), Kemlage boasts an ERA of 1.08 with 15 strikeouts, two walks, six hits yielded and a 0.96 WIHP. The Carver, Massachusetts, native started 11 games for AIC this past spring and tossed 61-2/3 innings with 62 strikeouts to go along with a 3.74 ERA and 5-5 record.
Week 3 Honor Roll - Position Players
Richard Constantine (Valley, 1B, Western Kentucky), Drew DeMartino (Sanford, 2B/SS, Hartford), Jerome Huntzinger (Mystic, C, Seton Hall), Michael Martinez (Winnipesaukee, CF, Felician), Jake Suddleson (New Bedford, OF/1B, Harvard)
Week 3 Honor Roll - Pitchers
Justin Cherry (Newport, RHP, Rhode Island), Anthony LoRicco (Ocean State, RHP, Army West Point), Joseph Mancini (Danbury, RHP, Boston College), Ryan Murphy (Vermont, RHP, Le Moyne), Darren Williams (Sanford, RHP, Eastern Kentucky)
The New England Collegiate Baseball League is a wooden bat college summer league that fields teams in all six New England states. Partially funded by Major League Baseball, the NECBL started play in 1994 and is enjoying its 25th-year anniversary season this summer. The New England League has sent over 150 alumni to the Major Leagues and has had nearly 100 alumni drafted in each of the last 11 Major League Baseball Drafts. The New England League was recently ranked No. 2 in the Summer Baseball Register's Top-10 collegiate summer baseball leagues in the country. For continuing coverage of the NECBL, visit NECBL.com and follow the league on Twitter, Instagram and on Facebook.
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