King (Brockport '07) Tabbed Empire 8 Player of the Week

St. John Fisher College senior Chad King (Brockport '07) has been selected as the Empire 8 Player of the Week for the week ending April 27, 2008. It is the second time this season that King has been chosen as the conference's top weekly performer.

Last week, King hit .522 (12-for-23) with one home run and 13 runs batted for the Cardinals. In seven games, King racked up seven runs scored, two sacrifice flies, two doubles and one stolen base. He recorded at least one hit in every game and produced three multi-hit and four multi-RBI games. In addition, King earned a mound victory with five strong innings against conference-foe Utica College over the weekend.

King started the week with four hits, seven runs batted in and three runs scored in St. John Fisher's doubleheader sweep of Keuka on April 23. In the night cap, he recorded a career-high five runs batted in. King strung together six hits over the weekend as the Cardinals swept a four-game series with Utica. He drove in at least one run in all four games and knocked in a total of six runs for the series. Saturday, the senior allowed two unearned runs on five hits in five innings pitched and went 3-for-4 with a run batted in as Fisher defeated Utica, 8-3.

The Baldwinsville, N.Y., native is currently batting .349 with five home runs and a team-high 33 runs batted in. Through 30 games, King has totaled 38 hits, 22 runs scored and eight doubles. Defensively, he leads the team with 86 assists. In five pitching appearances, King is 2-2 with a 0.68 earned run average. He has allowed two earned runs in 26.1 innings pitched and struck out 11.

King played for the Brockport Riverbats of the New York Collegiate Baseball League last summer. He batted .261 with one home run, 11 RBI and 23 hits. On the mound, King went 2-0 in four appearances with a 2.16 earned run average.