Union's Powell Slugs Way to NAIA Player of the Week Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Luke Powell of Union is the NAIA Baseball Player of the Week, the national office announced on Tuesday.

Powell reached base in all five at-bats with a home run and five RBIs against Georgetown (Ky.). He had a streak of six consecutive plate appearances where he reached base then followed that up by homering in three straight at-bats to complete a three-game sweep of 14th-ranked Bryan (Tenn.) this past Saturday. His three homers tied a single-game Union record. 

Nominees: 

Jon Ponder, Georgia Gwinnett, Ryan Major, LSU Shreveport, Sean Maple, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Kendall Foster, Kansas Wesleyan, Kanta Kobayashi, Bellevue (Neb.), Langston Ginder, Huntington (Ind.), Luke Powell, Union (Ky.), Ian O'Malley, William Woods (Mo.), Jake Paganelli, Aquinas (Mich.), Angel Diaz, Webber International (Fla.), Josh Simon, Cumberlands (Ky.), Jakob Marquez, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Kason Cullins, Loyola (La.), Carlos Medina, Mid-America Christian (Okla.), Grant Hotchkiss, Midway (Ky.), Tyler Fitch, Dillard (La.), Jayson Willers, Morningside (Iowa), JJ Cruz, Hope International (Calif.), Bryce Hayman, Roosevelt (Ill.) and Senituli Taufahema, Simpson (Calif.)