Newberry’s Braylin Marine was selected as the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Baseball Player of the Week, while Wingate’s Mitch Farris was named the SAC Varsity Gems Baseball Pitcher of the Week for games played during Week 9 of the 2023 season, the conference office announced Tuesday. 

Marine, a redshirt senior from Freeport, New York, had nine runs, two home runs and 10 RBIs on the week. 

He recorded a trio of RBIs in Sunday’s doubleheader against Emory & Henry to help the Wolves sweep the Wasps. 

Marine posted a .526 batting average and a .947 slugging percentage for the week.

Farris, a redshirt junior from Palm Harbor, Florida, struck out 10 more in 8 1/3 innings at Coker, allowing just a run on four hits, while walking two to move to 8-0 on the year. 

Farris is the SAC leader in wins, ERA, strikeouts and strikeouts per nine innings, leading the nation in strikeouts, while ranking second in wins. 

He has had at least nine strikeouts in all nine starts, with double-digit strikeouts in eight of those outings. 

He had an ERA of 1.08 on the week. 

⚾️ 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 & 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤

Newberry's Marine and Wingate's Farris Named South Atlantic Conference @VarsityGems Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week

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2023 SAC Varsity Gems Baseball Player Of The Week

Feb. 7 – Dylan Driver, Catawba
Feb. 14 – Wes Reynolds, Tusculum
Feb. 21 – Seaver King, Wingate
Feb. 28 – Cole Harness, UVA Wise
March 7 – Tyler Bradley, Emory & Henry
March 14 – Braylin Marine, Newberry
March 21 – Tyler McPeak, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 28 – Kody Hanna, Coker
April 4 – Braylin Marine, Newberry

2023 SAC Varsity Gems Baseball Pitcher Of The Week

Feb. 7 – Mitch Farris, Wingate
Feb. 14 – Sam Broderson, Wingate
Feb. 20 – Seth Willis, Tusculum
Feb. 28 – Austin Fine, Catawba
March 7 – Mitch Farris, Wingate
March 14 – Mitch Farris, Wingate
March 21 – Mitch Farris, Wingate
March 28 – Andrew Patrick, Lenoir-Rhyne
April 4 – Mitch Farris, Wingate

Varsity Gems is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the SAC Player of the Week awards program.