Baseball: Mike Becchetti CBN National Player of the Week

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Fairfield University Baseball senior infielder Mike Becchetti was named a Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week after his scorching performance in the series at North Florida that featured a .571 batting average and four home runs. Becchetti was one of nine position players listed for the national weekly award.

"It means the world to me," Becchetti said. "As a young kid I always dreamed of playing on the highest stage of Division I Baseball and to see all the hard work I've put in to pay off feels incredible. Special thanks to my family, my high school Stepinac, and Fairfield University for the endless support."

For the season, Becchetti leads the MAAC in both hits (23) and home runs (five). His 1.9 hits per game leads the league and ranks 11th in the country. He also is tied with his teammate Charlie Pagliarini for the MAAC lead with 1.3 runs scored per contest. Finally, his 42 total bases leads the conference and his .778 slugging percentage places him second.
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For the first time in his career, Fairfield University Baseball senior infielder Mike Becchetti was named the MAAC Player of the Week after his scorching performance in the series at North Florida that featured a .571 batting average and four home runs. Becchetti, who was also honored as a Collegiate Baseball News National Player of the Week, takes home his first weekly award.

"Mike used the whole field and barreled balls all weekend with power," Head Coach Bill Currier said. "He did a nice job managing the strike zone to get to positive counts."

MAAC Player of the Week
Mike Becchetti, Fairfield
Sr., Eastchester, NY, Archbishop Stepinac

Senior Mike Becchetti hit .571 (8-for-14) with four home runs, four RBI, and seven runs scored in Fairfield's series at North Florida. He had multiple homers twice in the series and had multiple hits in every game. He paced the Stags in their victory with four hits and two homers.

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