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NJCAA Baseball Players of the Week (March 9, 2011) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – San Jacinto College – North (Texas) outfielder Jarrett Higgins and Dodge City Community College (Kan.) outfielder Mitch Corwin have been selected as the NJCAA Baseball Players of the Week for games played Feb. 28 through March 6. Lake-Sumter's (Fla.) Mitchell Dolan and Muskegon Community College's (Mich.) Cotton Satterlee won the NJCAA Baseball Pitchers of the Week honors. Mitch Corwin, a sophomore from Hutchinson, Kan., led the Conquistadors to a 6-2 record last week as he posted a 14-for-29 performance with his swing. He hit safely in eight games, which stretched his current hitting streak to 14 games. On March 2 he hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to give Dodge City a 8-6 win over Northern Oklahoma – Enid. For the week he had three doubles, two triples, two home runs, 12 RBI’s and three walks. Corwin is the 3rd Dodge City Community College student-athlete to be named NJCAA National player of the week this year. Last fall, Rae Mulitalo (volleyball) and Ricky Wiseman (men’s soccer) each earned national player of the week honors in their respective sports.
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