NEW ORLEANS – South Alabama’s Cam Hill and Coastal Carolina’s Jake Books earned the Sun Belt baseball weekly accolades after leading their teams to 4-1 and 4-0 weeks, respectively. 
 
Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Cam Hill, South Alabama
(Sr., LHP – Madison, Ala.) 
 
Jaguars senior left-handed pitcher Cam Hill threw seven scoreless innings for South Alabama in an 11-1 series-clinching win over Jacksonville State. The Madison, Ala., product struck out five while scattering five hits. Hill held the Gamecocks to a .208 batting average and conceded just one extra-base hit—a double—in his second appearance on the hill for South Alabama.  
 
Baseball Player of the Week
Jake Books, Coastal Carolina 
(So., OF – Royersford, Pa.) 
 
Chanticleers sophomore outfielder Jake Books hit .750 (9-for-12) and slugged 1.417 in a 4-0 week for Coastal Carolina. The Royersford, Pa., native tallied eight RBI and four runs scored. Books hit safely in all four games and posted three extra-base hits—a triple and two home runs. Books paces the nationally-ranked Chanticleers with a .500 batting average and 1.050 slugging percentage on the season.
 
2024 Sun Belt Baseball Pitchers of the Week
Week 1 – Niko Mazza, Southern Miss (Jr., RHP – Madison, Miss.) 
Week 2 – Cam Hill, South Alabama (Sr., LHP – Madison, Ala.) 
 
2024 Sun Belt Baseball Players of the Week
Week 1 – Will Butcher, Troy (Sr., 1B – Arden, N.C.) 
Week 2 – Jake Books, Coastal Carolina (So., OF – Royersford, Pa.)