Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Jake Walters. Walters was promoted two levels on Saturday, to AAA Jacksonville, and threw 5.0 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts in his AAA debut against Charlotte that evening. Walters retired 15 out of 16 batters in one stretch, including 9 in a row. The opposing lineup that Walters faced included 6 players with major league experience, with a combined 2,453 MLB at bats and 78 MLB home runs.
Runner-up this week is Blake Sims. Sims played in his first-ever Indoor Football League game for the Spokane Shock on Saturday night, starting in place the injured incumbent starter. Sims would run for 3 touchdowns and throw for a fourth one in leading Spokane to a 46-35 win over Sioux Falls.
Others of note:
Morgan McCullough hit safely in all 5 games played during the week, and was 7-for-17 with 7 RBI.
Brett Auerbach had 2 3-hit games, including one with 8 total bases and 6 RBI.
Kyle Kaufman was 6-for-17 on the week with a home run.
Jereem Richards ran a season-best 20.13 seconds in the 200m in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Justin Thomas finished T-8th at the Scottish Open.
Matt Hughes finished T-5th at the Georgia Amateur Championship.
Retin Obasohan had an 18 point, 6 assist game and an 11 point, 11 rebound game in exhibition game wins for the Belgium national team.
Alana Gonçalo Da Silva had an 18 point, 6 rebound, 3 assist game for Ituano.
