It’s time to vote for the Sun Herald’s MS Coast Athlete of the Week for March 4
The floor belongs to the athletes on the diamond as basketball season officially wrapped up in Jackson over the weekend.
Baseball and softball stars are represented in this week’s poll while the action begins heating up along with the weather as schedules flip over to March.
This is not a scientific poll, and you can vote as many times as you’d like until voting ends at noon on March 11, at sunherald.com.
To submit a nominee for next week’s poll, please send game stats from an event that occurred this week to swatkins@sunherald.com.
Get to know the nominees here:
- Teegan DeWitt, Hancock softball: DeWitt pitched a shutout against Poplarville, striking out eight batters, walking none and allowing only three hits. She also contributed at the plate with a three-run home run.
- Anthony Tanner, East Central baseball: Tanner struck out 11 batters in five innings in a 6-1 win over Long Beach.
- Tyler West, Vancleave baseball: West delivered a home run, a double and a single in a 12-2 win against Forrest County.
- Jayden Holliman, Stone softball: Holliman struck out 11 batters in six innings of work, allowing just two hits and no runs in a 10-0 win over Long Beach.
- Keara Millender, Pascagoula softball: Millender picked up three hits with a double and three RBIs in a 17-0 win over Moss Point.
- Jacob Eubanks, George County baseball: Eubanks picked up three hits and three RBIs in the Rebels’ 11-1 win over St. Patrick.
- Emma Franklin, D’Iberville softball: Franklin pitched five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in the Warriors’ 10-0 win against Leroy.
This story was originally published March 4, 2024 at 1:43 PM.
Scott Watkins
Sun Herald