WC’s Carter Scheben collects first career OAC Baseball Athlete of the Week honor

The Ohio Athletic Conference announced their Baseball Athletes of the Week Tuesday afternoon, and for the first time in his career, Wilmington College sophomore Carter Scheben was honored.

Scheben (St. Henry HS/Erlanger, Ky.) is coming off a four-game stretch where he was 12-16 with two home runs, two doubles, one triple, 10 RBI, three walks and six runs scored. However, for last week alone, he was 7-8 with one double, one triple, one home run, five RBI, two walks and four runs scored. During these four games in the field, he had five putouts with no errors in left field.

During the Quakers’ first game of the week against Mount St. Joseph University, Scheben was 3-for-4 with one home run, one double, three RBI, one walk and two runs scored. In their final game of the season at Earlham College, Scheben went 4-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, one walk and two runs scored.

Scheben ended the season with a team-high three triples, was second on the team with seven doubles and tied for second on the team with two home runs. He also led the team with a .333 batting average, .480 on base percentage, .538 slugging percentage and 27 walks. He was tied for third on the team with 16 runs scored, had 31 hits and drove in 17 runs.

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