Sterling, Mass., native hits .444 in seven games to earn his second NE-10 honor

RINDGE, N.H. (April 22, 2008) – Freshman designated hitter Derek Ingui (Sterling, Mass./ Wachusett Regional) of the Franklin Pierce University baseball team was named the Northeast-10 Conference Player and Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday afternoon.

Ingui earns his second conference honor of the 2008 season after hitting .444 (12-for-27) with 14 runs batted in and 10 runs scored, while also hitting two home runs and four doubles and slugging .815 as the Ravens went 5-1-1 last week. The Raven designated hitter went 4-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored in a win over American International College on Thursday, then drove in four and scored four times in a doubleheader sweep of Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday afternoon. The freshman capped his stellar week with a walk-off grand slam against the Penmen on Sunday afternoon.

The Sterling, Mass., native ranks fifth on the team with a .307 batting average (42-for-101) in his first season at Franklin Pierce, driving in 32 runs and scoring 31 (both third on the team). Ingui has also hit three home runs, two triples and eight doubles while amassing a .460 on-base percentage and a .388 slugging percentage in 37 games.

Franklin Pierce (29-9-1, 14-7-1 NE-10), ranked eighth in this week's pingbaseball.com Division II poll, 11th in the National Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll and 13th in the latest Collegiate Baseball magazine rankings, returns to action tonight against Saint Anselm College at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field beginning at 6 p.m.