West Alabama third baseman Matthew Magee (JR, 6-2, 190, Petal, MS) is the Gulf South Conference Baseball Player of the Week for the week ending March 18.
Magee collects his first-ever honor and is UWA’s first winner of the season. The junior hit safely in all of four of the Tigers’ contests a week ago, going 8-for-17 at the plate for a .471 average, lacing four doubles, three homeruns and 12 RBI. He also scored four runs, drew three walks and logged a .882 slugging percentage and a .550 on-base percentage. West Alabama took 2-of-3 at No. 3 Delta State, scoring 26 runs. The Petal, MS native went 3-for-5 in game one, lacing two doubles and three RBI. He capped the series with six RBI led by a grand slam which extended UWA’s lead to 9-4 in the seventh inning.