Berry named Conference Player of the Week

Published 10:30 pm Thursday, March 7, 2013

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Berry bats for Mount Olive College.

Mount Olive College’s Jermaine Berry has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas Baseball Player of the Week for Week Four of the 2012-2013 baseball season.

Berry helped Mount Olive move back up to No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 Poll by batting .471 (8-for-17) with 10 RBIs during the Trojans’ 5-0 week, including 4-0 in Conference Carolinas play. Berry drove in three runs in the Trojans’ series clincher against North Greenville, including a two-run double during a game-breaking 10-run sixth inning to lead to a 22-5 victory.

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In Mount Olive’s series-opening 6-2 win at then-No. 18 Belmont Abbey, Berry singled home the first run of the game in the first inning, and then drove in a run and scored a run in a three-run fifth inning.

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Berry scored a run in the Trojans’ 7-4 win in Game Two, and his two-run single in the first inning of Game Three helped Mount Olive build a 10-run lead in the first three innings of a 14-4 victory to complete the series sweep.

Berry also drove in two runs, walked twice and stole two bases in a 14-3 non-conference win over Saint Augustine’s.