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Wages' Near Perfect Game Earns Senior Community Coffee Student-Athlete of the Week Honors
NEW ORLEANS - Georgia State's Wayne Wages highlights this week's Sun Belt Baseball Community Coffee Student-Athletes of the Week as the left-handed pitcher went eight and one-third of a near perfect game on Friday night in a 10-0 win over Appalachian State.

The senior just missed throwing what would have been the first no-hitter in Georgia State history. His is the fourth one-hitter in Panther annals and first since 2012. He struck out a career-high nine and walked none. Wages retired the first 25 batters in order, including a strikeout for the first out of the ninth inning before pinch hitter Jason Curtis singled up the middle. Wages then ended the game with a strikeout and a popup.

He threw 104 pitches, going to a three-ball count just three times. Wages' gem gave head coach Greg Frady his 300th victory at Georgia State. Wages has won three straight starts and thrown 16 consecutive scoreless innings after holding ULM without a run in seven innings last Friday. Over his last three starts, he has allowed three runs on nine hits with 21 strikeouts in 22.1 innings.

Wages, a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honoree, was named the Sun Belt Baseball Community Coffee Pitcher of the Week.

Arkansas State's Joe Schrimpf took home the Sun Belt Baseball Community Coffee Student-Athlete of the Week honor after he tallied two hits in each of the Red Wolves’ four games, all wins. He led the team with a .471 average, .550 on-base percentage, and .824 slugging percentage while scoring a team-high six runs, including the game-winning run in Sunday’s 5-4 walk-off win.

He began the week with a 2-for-4 performance against SIU with two runs scored and a RBI. He was 2-for-5 in Friday’s game with a RBI and followed with a 2-for-3 outing with a home run and three RBIs Saturday. The St. Louis, Mo., native finished the weekend with a 2-for-5 game with a double and a triple, the latter of which set up the game-winning score to allow the Red Wolves to complete their first sweep of the season.

After dropping the first game of a three-game non-conference set this weekend to Southern (BR) the South Alabama Jaguars rebounded for back-to-back wins as they pushed their season win total to 30-11 to become the first Sun Belt team to hit the 30-win plateau.

The UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns took two-of-three from the Texas State Bobcats this weekend and are now 27-13 and 12-6 in Sun Belt play. The wins moved the Cajuns up to No. 12 in the latest NCAA RPI and also several top 25 rankings.

Recent Results

April 19 (Tuesday)
Appalachian State 9, Wake Forest 15
Southern Illinois 1, Arkansas State 7
Georgia Southern 10, Citadel 2
UL Lafayette 5, Nicholls St. 4
Texas A&M 14, Texas State 1
Alabama 5, Troy 3
UT Arlington 2, Dallas Baptist 13

April 20 (Wednesday)
Citadel 5, Georgia Southern 7
Georgia State 5, Georgia Tech 11
Mississippi St. 1, UL Monroe 0 (14)
Alabama 2, South Alabama 8

April 22 (Friday)
Georgia State 10, Appalachian State 0 *
Arkansas State 8, UL Monroe 1 *
Georgia Southern 3, Little Rock 2 *
UL Lafayette 5, Texas State 1 *
Troy 5, UT Arlington 2 *
South Alabama 4, Southern (BR) 5

April 23 (Saturday)
Georgia State 5, Appalachian State 6 *
Troy 5, UT Arlington 18 *
Arkansas State 12, UL Monroe 4 *
Georgia Southern 2, Little Rock 3 *
UL Lafayette 1, Texas State 2 *
South Alabama 12, Southern (BR) 2

April 24 (Sunday)
Georgia Southern 8, Little Rock 17 *
Georgia State 5, Appalachian State 4 (11) *
Arkansas State 5, UL Monroe 4 *
UL Lafayette 1, Texas State 0 *
South Alabama 7, Southern (BR) 1
Troy 2, UT Arlington 4 (10) *

Upcoming Games

April 26 (Tuesday)
Georgia Southern at Kennesaw State 5:00 PM
Appalachian State vs. Wake Forest $ 5:30 PM
UAPB at Arkansas State 6:00 PM
UL Lafayette at Southern Miss 6:00 PM
South Alabama at Auburn 6:00 PM
Texas State at Texas 6:00 PM
UL Monroe at Stephen F. Austin 6:30 PM
UT Arlington at Texas A&M 6:35 PM

April 27 (Wednesday)
Kennesaw State at Georgia State 5:00 PM
Little Rock at Oklahoma State 6:00 PM
Louisiana Tech at UL Lafayette 6:00 PM

April 29 (Friday)
Arkansas State at Appalachian State * 5:00 PM
South Alabama at Georgia State * 5:00 PM
Tennessee Tech at Little Rock 6:00 PM
Georgia Southern at UL Monroe * 6:00 PM
Troy at Texas State * 6:00 PM
UL Lafayette at UT Arlington * 6:30 PM

April 30 (Saturday)
South Alabama at Georgia State * 1:00 PM
Arkansas State at Appalachian State * 2:00 PM
Tennessee Tech at Little Rock 2:00 PM
UL Lafayette at UT Arlington * 2:00 PM
Troy at Texas State * 3:00 PM
Georgia Southern at UL Monroe * 6:00 PM

May 1 (Sunday)
Georgia Southern at UL Monroe * 11:30 AM
Arkansas State at Appalachian State * 12:00 PM
South Alabama at Georgia State * 12:00 PM
Tennessee Tech at Little Rock 1:00 PM
UL Lafayette at UT Arlington * 1:00 PM
Troy at Texas State * 1:00 PM

* - denotes Sun Belt Conference game

Week 10 Community Coffee Student-Athlete of the Week

Joe Schrimpf
Arkansas State | Junior | C/INF
Junior infielder/catcher Joe Schrimpf had a fantastic week at the plate as he tallied two hits in each of the Red Wolves’ four games. He led the team with a .471 average, .550 on-base percentage, and .824 slugging percentage. He scored a team-high six runs, including the game-winning run in Sunday’s 5-4 walk-off win. He began the week with a 2-for-4 performance against SIU with two runs scored and a RBI. He was 2-for-5 in Friday’s game with a RBI and followed with a 2-for-3 outing with a home run and three RBIs Saturday. The St. Louis, Mo., native finished the weekend with a 2-for-5 game with a double and a triple, the latter of which set up the game-winning score to allow the Red Wolves to complete their first sweep of the season.

Week 10 Community Coffee Pitcher of the Week

Wayne Wages
Georgia State | Senior | LHP
Georgia State's Friday night starter Wayne Wages was perfect for 8-1/3 innings before finishing with a one-hit shutout in the Panthers' 10-0 win over Appalachian State. The senior left-hander just missed throwing what would have been the first no-hitter in Georgia State history. His is the fourth one-hitter in Panther annals and first since 2012. He struck out a career-high nine and walked none. Wages retired the first 25 batters in order, including a strikeout for the first out of the ninth inning before pinch hitter Jason Curtis singled up the middle. Wages then ended the game with a strikeout and a popup. He threw 104 pitches, going to a three-ball count just three times. Wages' gem gave head coach Greg Frady his 300th victory at Georgia State. Wages has won three straight starts and thrown 16 consecutive scoreless innings after holding ULM without a run in seven innings last Friday. Over his last three starts, he has allowed three runs on nine hits with 21 strikeouts in 22.1 innings.

Student-Athlete of the Week Archive
2.23 - Kyle Clement, UL Lafayette
3.01 - Luke Sherley, Texas State
3.08 - Ryan Scott, Little Rock
3.15 - Jonathan Ortega, Texas State
3.21 - Ryan Scott, Little Rock
3.28 - Ryan Scott, Little Rock
4.04 - Jack Thompson, Georgia State
4.11 - Joey Roach, Georgia State
4.18 - Joe Robbins, UL Lafayette
4.25 - Joe Schrimpf, Arkansas State

Pitcher of the Week Archive
2.23 - Chase Cohen, Georgia Southern
3.01 - Kevin Hill, South Alabama
3.08 - Lucas Humpal, Texas State
3.15 - Dylan Moore, UL Lafayette
3.21 - Jeremy Hallonquist, Texas State
3.28 - Brayden Bouchey, UL Monroe
4.04 - Kevin Hill, South Alabama
4.11 - Evan Guillory, UL Lafayette
4.18 - Kadon Simmons, UT Arlington
4.25 - Wayne Wages, Georgia State

AROUND THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE

• Community Coffee is the official coffee of the Sun Belt Conference. They are sponsoring this season’s baseball student-athlete and pitcher of the week awards as well as the Most Outstanding Player award at the tournament.
• The South Alabama Jaguars are the first team to hit the 30-win plateau this season for the Sun Belt. They also rank No. 39 in the latest RPI. UL Lafayette is the highest in the Sun Belt at No. 12 in the NCAA RPI.
• Georgia State's Wayne Wages came two outs from a near perfect game in Friday night's 10-0 win over Appalachian State. Wages allowed just one hit while striking out nine over 8.1 innings.
• Wages' gem gave the Panthers the Friday night win and also marked head coach Greg Frady's 300th career win. The left-handed senior has now posted 16 consecutive scoreless innings for the Panthers.
• Just a handful of series remains in the regular season for many Sun Belt teams as we hit the back stretch of the season. Teams will begin to try and position themselves for a berth into the 2016 Sun Belt tournament to be hosted by Texas State University.
• Arkansas State won its fourth consecutive game on Sunday as the Red Wolves swept the Warhawks this weekend while also winning their lone midweek matchup against Southern Illinois. The four-game winning streak is the longest of the season and puts the Red Wolves back into position to earn a berth into the Sun Belt tournament.