CONCORD, N.H. – NHTI Baseball's Daniel Sherkanowski (Bristol, N.H.) has been named the Yankee Small College Conference Baseball Player of the Week for Week Five following a strong two-game stretch at the plate.
Sherkanowski went 4-for-5 (.800) across NHTI's countable games against Great Bay Community College on Sept. 30 and the University of Maine at Augusta on Oct. 4. He also drew one walk and stole one base during the week.
Against Great Bay, Sherkanowski went 2-for-2 with a stolen base. He followed that performance by going 2-for-3 with a walk against UMaine Augusta.
Sherkanowski reached base in five of his six official plate appearances across the two games.
Following the week, Sherkanowski raised his season batting average to a team-leading .538, recording seven hits in 13 at-bats through five appearances. He also owns a .571 on-base percentage and a team-leading .615 slugging percentage with one double, two RBI and two stolen bases this fall.
He leads NHTI in OPS, sitting at 1.186. Sherkanowski is also the team leader in hits (7) and total bases (8). He is second on the team in RBIs (2) and on-base percentage.
Sherkanowski has also pitched an inning for the Lynx this season.
The honor is Sherkanowski's first YSCC Player of the Week award of the season.
The Lynx return to action Saturday, Oct. 10, for a YSCC contest at Southern Maine Community College. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.