Wyatt Named Northern League Player of the Week
July 12, 2010 - Northern League (NL)
Joliet JackHammers News Release
JOLIET, IL - The Northern League announced today that JackHammers outfielder, Jonathan Wyatt, is the Northern League Player of the Week for July 5th - 11th. Wyatt is the first JackHammer to garner the award this season.
Wyatt, who leads the Northern League in batting average (.340) headed into the all-star break, batted .429 (15-for-35) with five doubles, four home runs and a league-high 13 RBI in seven games played during the week. Helping lead the Jackhammers to seven straight victories, he also collected at least one RBI in all seven games and a run scored in six of seven games. He has an active 10-game hitting streak, including eight multi-hit games in that span.
The 5-10, 180-pound left-fielder was acquired by the Joliet on February 16th, 2010 as a free agent after playing the previous three seasons in the Chicago Cubs farm system. His best season came in the 2007 with Boise (Northwest League) when he was named to the Northwest League All-Star Team. In 66 games played, he batted .306 with 12 stolen bases.
The 25-year-old, left-handed hitter was originally drafted by Cubs in the 13th round of the 2007 amateur draft. He spent parts of three seasons playing in Boise, Peoria (Midwest League), and Daytona (Florida State League). Collegiately, he was a standout player for the University of Georgia (Athens, GA) where he led his team in batting and stolen bases his final two years in college and helped lead the Bulldogs to the College World Series in 2006.
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