Vote for the southwestern Illinois Baseball Player of the Week May 2-7
Vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s Baseball Prep of the Week. Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 12. To vote again, hit refresh.
Want to nominate an athlete? The BND Athlete of the Week highlights high school varsity softball and baseball players who put in outstanding performances from the week prior to the opening of the poll. If you want to suggest someone to be included, send an email to Garen Vartanian at gvartanian@bnd.com.
Please include the athlete’s name, school, class, position, and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.
To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers. People also may submit the same athlete from week to week.
We are planning to post the results later this week after the poll closes.
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Here are this week’s nominees:
Daniel Darin, Gibault Catholic High School, junior, OF/P. In recent action, Darin recorded 16 strikeouts while allowing just 3 hits and 1 run in earning a win against Mater Dei. He also collected a double, triple, home run and 2 walks last week while driving in 3 runs. Darin is now 4-2 on the season with a 2.53 earned run average and 62 strikeouts in 36 innings. Additionally, Darin is hitting .427 with 4 home runs and 31 RBI.
Evan Davis, Waterloo High School, junior, SS. In a recent doubleheader sweep of Civic Memorial, Davis went 4-for-7 with 4 RBI. As of Friday, Davis was batting .486 on the season with 12 doubles, 5 triples and 23 RBI.
John Rea, Triad High School, senior, INF. In a recent win against Columbia, Rea registered 2 hits, scored 1 run and drove in 2. Rea is batting .371 on the season with 5 home runs, 12 doubles, 39 runs scored and 33 RBI.
Spencer Stearns, Edwardsville High School, senior, P/3B. In a recent win against Belleville East, Stearns blasted a 3-run home run while tossing 6 innings to earn the victory. He also registered a total 2 hits in a win against Highland. Stearns is batting batting .467 on the season with 7 home runs and 29 RBI. Additionally, Stearns is 7-0 on the mound with a 0.78 earned run average with 46 strikeouts in 36 innings.
Kannon Walker, Belleville East High School, senior, OF/P. Walker went 4-for-10 with 2 doubles last week while also earning the win on the mound against Edwardsville with 3 1/3 scorless innings, including 3 strikeouts. Walker is batting .404 on the season with 13 RBI and is 5-1 on the mound with a 1.60 earned run average and 47 strikeouts in 35 innings.
