Maxwell (GV '06/Brockport '07) Tabbed SUNYAC Player of the Week

Brockport State senior Rob Maxwell (Gen. Valley '06/Brockport '07) has been chosen as the Player of the Week in the State University of New York Athletic Conference for the week ending April 13, 2008.

Maxwell batted .524 (11-for-21) with a team-high 12 runs batted in through eight games last week for the Brockport State Golden Eagles. Maxwell collected four doubles, seven runs scored, four walks, three sacrifice flies and he was hit by a pitch four times as the Golden Eagles went 5-3 for the week. Maxwell drove in at least one run in seven of eight games and recorded at least one hit in six contests to go along with three multi-hit games.

The Brockport State senior drove in seven runs in a span of three games against Clarkson and Medaille. Maxwell went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in and a double as the Golden Eagles defeated Clarkson, 8-5, at Watertown's Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds. He drove in three more Brockport runs to go along with three hits, two runs scored, a double and a hit-by-pitch in the opening game of a doubleheader against Medaille. Maxwell did not record an official at-bat in the night cap, but he walked twice, scored twice and drove in one run.

Sunday, Maxwell spurred Brockport to a doubleheader sweep of New Paltz State. In the opener, Maxwell clouted a two-run home run and went 2-for-4 as Brockport won, 9-0. In the night cap, the Amherst, N.Y., native connected on a game-winning single in the eighth inning to give Brockport a 3-2 victory.

This spring, Maxwell is batting .345 with two home runs and 19 runs batted in. He leads the Golden Eagles in home runs, runs batted in and slugging percentage (.552). Maxwell paces all the Brockport regulars with a .494 on-base percentage as well. On the mound, he has made four starts for the Golden Eagles and hurled one complete game. He is third on the team in innings pitched (27.1) and second in strikeouts (21).

Maxwell has played two seasons in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. He was a member of the Genesee Valley Riverbats in 2006 and the Brockport Riverbats in 2007. In two seasons with the Riverbats, Maxwell hit .310 and drove in 19 runs.