Wolfe Takes Home American Athletic Conference Honors
May 09, 2016 | Baseball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - East Carolina junior Jacob Wolfe has been named the American Athletic Conference Pitcher-of-the-Week according to an announcement by the league office Monday. For Wolfe it is his second weekly honor this season following his selection back on Feb. 29.
Wolfe, who helped No. 21 East Carolina to a road series sweep at UCONN over the weekend, tossed his first career complete game allowing two runs (both earned) on four hits with two walks and a career-high nine strikeouts.
The lefty struck out at least one batter in six of nine frames (one in the first five innings) and had multiple strikeouts coming in the first, second and fourth innings. In five career games against the Huskies, Wolfe is 4-0 with a save and has allowed seven runs (all earned) on 18 hits with 21 strikeouts in 31.2 innings for a 1.99 ERA.
On the season, Wolfe is 6-3 in 13 starts (eight quality starts) posting a 2.34 ERA. He has allowed 29 runs (20 earned) on 65 hits with 51 strikeouts and 21 walks in 77.0 innings.
Freshman Dwanya Williams-Sutton was named to The American Honor Roll after batting .545 (6-for-11) with a pair of home runs, four RBI and five runs during ECU's 3-0 week. He is the second Pirate to earn multiple Honor Roll selections this season joining Eric Tyler (Mar. 28 and April 4) and he is the sixth Pirate to be named to the Honor Roll this season.
Williams-Sutton collected a hit in all three games including a pair of multi-hit contests against the Huskies. He reached base seven times in 11 plate appearances, slugged and impressive 1.273 and posted a .583 on-base percentage. In the final two games of the series, he registered five hits, belted two home runs, scored five time and his three-run homer on Sunday accounted for all of ECU's runs.
Heading into this weeks action, Williams-Sutton leads The American in batting (.371), slugging percentage (.589) and on-base percentage (.452).
The Pirates (30-16-1) will return to action on Tuesday, May 10 when they close out their four-game road trip at instate rival North Carolina (30-17). First pitch at Boshamer Stadium is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET).
