Delta State starting pitcher Aaron Newcomb (SR, 6-3, 195, Centralia, IL) is the Gulf South Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the week ending March 4.
Newcomb is DSU’s first winner of the season after he ruled the mound for the Statesmen in a 5-1 victory over Alabama-Huntsville on Sunday. The junior tossed a complete-game, hurling 9.0 innings while striking out 12 batters and allowing one earned run. The Centralia, IL native scattered six hits and walked just one batter in 131 pitches.