Three Bobcats played to standout levels the week of Feb. 10.
Senior forward Jada Warren earned the honor for women’s basketball and senior right-handed pitcher Will Sims and freshman catcher Caleb Miele were recognized for baseball.
Specifically, Sims won PBC Pitcher of the Week, and Miele won PBC Freshman of the Week for baseball.
Warren not only won the honor recently, but she has also had an all-time historic GCSU season. The 6’1” senior has always had a knack for getting after the ball, as she averaged over five rebounds her entire career as a Bobcat until she stepped it up to eight per game her sophomore season.
She has lit up the boards column on the stat sheet this year, averaging 14 rebounds per game, including an all-time game-high against the University of North Greenville with 23.
In a game against Flagler College, Warren quickly crossed the 1,000-rebound mark, and with 7:58 remaining in the third quarter, she collected her 11th rebound of the night and the all-time GCSU rebound record of 1,006.
Warren has registered 364 rebounds this season, leading the PBC category precisely by 100 at one point, and has reached 1,087 rebounds in her career. These numbers place Warren seventh for rebounds in a season in PBC history and fourth all-time in rebounds in a career.
Warren’s historic basketball career at GCSU and historic season helped her achieve her first-ever Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week award.
Warren will return for her final regular season home game as a Bobcat on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 5:30 p.m. inside the Centennial Center against Augusta University, as she tries to climb even higher up the record list on Senior Day.
Sims took home the honors for Pitcher of the Week, and while he may not have set history, his numbers on the mound climbed to elite levels in the week he won the award. Sims pitched 5.0 innings in two relief appearances, allowing only one run and one hit.
In a performance against Southern Wesleyan University, Sims struck out eight, allowing not one baserunner. Sims next pitched against Eckerd College, giving up only a solo home run while striking out four. These performances lowered his season ERA to 1.50, with batters hitting .095 off the reliever.
Since that week, Sims has continued to overwhelm batters, giving up only two runs in 5.1 more innings of work, increasing his strikeout total to double-digits at 13. Sims continues to limit the free pass, as he only allowed two walks in the last three outings.
He made his second career start and first of the season against Erskine College, where he pitched 4.0 innings, giving up three hits, but that was all he would give up, as all four innings of the Flying Fleet offense was shut down. Sims also struck out three in the performance.
Miele has taken off with the GCSU offense. In his first two games with an actual at-bat, Miele batted 5-for-6 (.833), driving in five runs while scoring himself three times.
He also showed patience at the plate, walking two times in the first game against Eckerd.
Since these games, Miele has cooled off slightly, going two for his last 10. However, his batting average still stands at an impressive .438, leading the Bobcats when the qualification statistic of playing in 75% of GCSU baseball games is considered.
Miele continues to be patient at the plate, walking another two times. The freshman catcher has also played the backstop role well, having made only a single error in his five starts behind the dish and having a fielding percentage of .962.
He has also recorded 24 putouts.
The Bobcats baseball season will continue Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. on the road against the No. 24 University of Mount Olive. The next home game will be a three-game series against Augusta University on Friday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m.