DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released its NCAA Division II National Players of the Week awards for the week
ending on March 31, 2024. Southwest Minnesota State senior outfielder Isaac Nett is the National Hitter of the Week and Concordia University Irvine
redshirt-junior righty Jake Covey is the National Pitcher of the Week.
Nett (Albany, Minn. / Albany HS) led SMSU to a four-game sweep of Bemidji Sate as he hit .588 (10 for 17) with four home runs, three doubles, 17 RBI,
eight runs scored and 25 total bases. He also walked four times, stole two bags and finished with a 1.471 slugging percentage, along with a .667 on-base
percentage. He tied the school-record with three home runs and finished with seven RBI in SMSU’s game three victory. Nett became the fourth player in
team history to hit three home runs in one game. He hit a home run in his first at bat in one game and then walked four-straight times to tie another
school single-game record.
Covey (Costa Mesa, Calif. / Orange Coast College) cooled off a hot-hitting Azusa Pacific offense with 16 strikeouts in a complete game nine-inning Golden
Eagle victory. Covey scattered five hits and walked just one batter in pitching his team to the 4-1 win over the Cougars. Covey struck out the first four
batters of the game, struck out the side twice, and recorded at least two strikeouts in six of the nine innings including the final frame.
Division II Regional Players of the Week:
- Atlantic: Wyatt Metzger, Bloomsburg (Hitter); Julian Costa, West Chester (Pitcher)
- Central: Isaac Nett, Southwest Minnesota State (Hitter); Racer Felter, Central Oklahoma (Pitcher)
- East: Jorsixt Jimenez, Queens College (Hitter); Matt Semon, Post University (Pitcher)
- Midwest: Ivan Dahlberg, Illinois-Springfield (Hitter); Mike Morawski (Pitcher)
- South: Cooper Doughman, Auburn Montgomery (Hitter); Dalton Neuschwander, West Florida (Pitcher)
- South Central: Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M (Hitter); Jan Cabrera, Texas A&M-International (Pitcher)
- Southeast: Kaleb Hall, North Greenville (Hitter); Anson Merrick, Lander (Pitcher)
- West: Esai Santos, Point Loma (Hitter); Jake Covey, Concordia University Irvine (Pitcher)
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2024 NCBWA Division II Players of the Week:
Feb. 7: Ryan Ball, Lubbock Christian (Hitter, South Central); Cole Gayman, Missouri Southern (Pitcher, Central)
Feb. 14: C.D. White, Northeastern State (Hitter, Central); Jonathan Zayas, Northwest Nazarene (Pitcher, West)]
Feb. 21: Karson Coffee, Pittsburg State (Hitter, Central); Hayden Jatczak, Saginaw Valley State (Pitcher, Midwest)
Feb. 28: Christian Casteneda, Colorado State-Pueblo (Hitter, South Central); Nick McCollum, Georgia Southwestern (Pitcher, Southeast)
March 7: JJ Engman, Cal State Monterey Bay (Hitter, West); Reece Fields, North Greenville, (Pitcher, Southeast)
March 14: Mason Andrews, Colorado School of Mines (Hitter, South Central); Caleb Saari, Augustana (S.D.) (Pitcher, Central)
March 21: Jacob Guerrero, Angelo State (Hitter, South Central); Griffin Kilander, Wayne State (Mich.) (Pitcher, Midwest)
March 28: EJ Cumbo, Tampa (Hitter, South); Peter Tveite, Winona State (Pitcher, Central)
Aprril 4: Isaac Nett, Southwest Minnesota State (Hitter, Central); Jake Covey, Concordia University Irvine (Pitcher, West)