MSU's Brad Corley Named SEC Player Of The Week
May 25, 2016 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Chalk up another honor for Mississippi State sophomore outfielder Brad Corley. The Louisville, Ky., native has been selected as the SEC Player of the Week following a stellar week of play in his final games of the season at Dudy Noble Field.
Corley went 9-for-17 (.529) in four games last week, including an 8-for-12 (.667) plate performance against No. 11 Arkansas that sparked Mississippi State to its first home SEC series win of the campaign. In State's series-clinching 3-2 win Sunday Corley threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate for Arkansas in the sixth inning and an inning later delivered the game-winning walk-off hit, his SEC-leading 18th home run of the year.
In that Sunday twinbill Corley went 7-for-8 and scored three runs.
He compiled a 1.000 slugging percentage for the week, raising his team-leading batting average to .374, the fourth-highest in the Southeastern Conference. Corley, a finalist for the inaugural Boo Ferriss Award as Mississippi's top collegiate baseball player, leads the SEC in total bases with 151 and ranks fourth in the league with a .680 slugging percentage.
It's the second SEC Player of the Week honor this season for Corley, who earned the same honor as well as national player of the week honors April 12 after a six-home run, 11-RBI showing during a five-game road swing.
Mississippi State (31-22, 10-17 SEC) travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., this weekend for a regular season-ending three-game series against Alabama (29-23, 10-17 SEC). First pitch for Friday's series opener at Sewell-Thomas Stadium is 6:30 p.m.
