AMCC ANNOUNCES ATHLETES OF THE WEEK FOR APRIL 26-MAY 2

The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) has announced its Athletes of the Week selections in the sports of baseball and softball for the period running from April 26-May 2, 2021.

Baseball (Pitcher): La Roche SR Jake Seymour pitched two complete games and went 2-0 on the week with wins over Mt. Aloysius and Pitt Bradford. In 7.0 innings pitched against the Mounties in the AMCC Game of the Week on April 26, Seymour struck-out a career-high 11 batters, walked one and gave up just two earned runs and three hits. In his second performance against Pitt Bradford on May 1, Seymour collected his third shutout win of the season in a 14-0 blowout. In 7.0 innings pitched, he fanned seven Panthers, walked one and gave up only three hits. Seymour's 0.52 ERA leads this AMCC.

Baseball (Player): PS-Altoona UTIL Jake Hillard had an outstanding week at the plate for the Lions, helping his team go 4-0 in AMCC doubleheaders with Mount Aloysius and Hilbert. Versus Mount Aloysius last Tuesday, he combined to hit 3-for-7 with four RBIs, two runs scored, one home run, and one triple. He followed that up by going 6-for-9 with 11 RBIs, five runs scored, three home runs, and two doubles in a pair of games against Hilbert on Saturday. On the week, Hillard batted .563 (9-for-16) with 15 RBIs, seven runs scored, four home runs, two doubles, and a triple. He finished the week with a .529 on-base percentage, a 1.563 slugging percentage, and 25 total bases.

Softball (Pitcher): PS-Behrend JR Ashleigh Schmidt pitched in two games this week for Behrend, both in conference action. On Tuesday against Medaille, Schmidt threw a no-hitter, the first for Behrend since 2009. She pitched a complete five inning game and struck out five batters. Schmidt came in in relief on Saturday against Mt. Aloysius pitching 3.2 innings and striking out three batters. On the week, she gave up only two hits and no runs in 8.2 innings for a 0.00 ERA. Schmidt tallied two wins on the mound to improve to 8-1 on the season.

Softball (Player): PS-Behrend C/3B Mackenzie McIntire played in all six games for the Lions this week. Behrend played four conference and two non-conference games. In AMCC play, McIntire tallied 12 hits, four doubles, six runs, and nine RBIs for a .800 batting average and 1.067 slugging. On Tuesday against Medaille, McIntire went 4-for-4 in game one and 3-for-4 in game two with five RBIs. Against Mt. Aloysius on Saturday, she went 4-for-4 in game one with two RBIs and had a double in game two. McIntire broke the Behrend school record in doubles on Saturday, hitting her 48th carreer double. McIntire also hit in her 100th career RBI on Saturday.