Carmine Lane batted .462 last week and helped lead USF to a series win over FAU.
IRVING, Texas (March 22, 2021) – Following a series win over Florida Atlantic, the University of South Florida’s Carmine Lane (Lake Placid) has been named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
Lane hit .462 (6-for-13) with three walks over four games last week. The redshirt freshman recorded one double, a homer, five RBI and five runs score in total. In each of USF’s two wins against FAU, Lane tallied a pair of hits. Lane’s two-run homer in the first inning against FAU on Saturday accounted for the game-winning runs in a 4-0 victory.
Lane currently leads the Bulls in batting average (.393), and ranks second on the team in on-base percentage (.451), hits (24) and runs (16).
Lane joins Drew Brutcher (Lakeland) and Jack Jasiak (Spring Hill), who have previously been named Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, as AAC award winners this season.
The Bulls (9-8) have four games slated for this week beginning with North Florida at home on Tuesday, March 23. USF will then travel to No. 6 Texas Tech for a three-game weekend series in Lubbock, Texas.
About USF Baseball
The USF Baseball program played its first season in 1966 and is entering its 56th season in 2021. The Bulls have won 1,628 games entering the 2021 season and made 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including three since 2015. The Bulls have won four conference tournament titles (3 Sun Belt and 1 Metro) and had 126 all-conference selections. USF baseball players have been recognized with All-America honors 12 times, most recently with third baseman David Villar in 2018. Four players were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program’s fourth first round selection in pitcher Shane McClanahan, who appeared in the 2020 World Series with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Bulls saw continued success in head coach Billy Mohl’s first season in 2018, reaching 36 wins, advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 2012, and making the program’s latest NCAA Tournament appearance while also achieving a ranking in multiple polls for the final two months of the season.
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