Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Jake Walters. Walters threw a complete game 4-hit shutout to lead Oaxaca to a 1-0 win over Veracruz. It was Walters’ first career complete game as a professional.
Runner-up this week is Kristian Gkolomeev. At the Greek National Swimming Championships, Gkolomeev won 3 gold medals (50m Free, 100m Free, and 50m Fly) in all three individual events in which he entered.
Others of note:
Andrew Pinckney was Eastern League Player of the Week with 2 home runs, 7 RBI, a .429 batter average, and a .905 slugging percentage. He now has a 10-game hitting streak.
Patrick Kaukovalta won the doubles championship at the ITF event in Sweden for his third career title.
Erin Routliffe reached the doubles finals at Internazionali BNL d’Italia, and jumped up to a career-high 3rd in the WTA doubles rankings.
Alexey Nesterov won 3 qualifying singles matches for a 5th straight event, and also won a main draw match.
Justin Thomas finished T-8th and Lee Hodges T-12th at the PGA Championship. For Hodges, it was a career-best finish in a major.
Lauren Stephenson finished T-7th at the Copper Rock Championship on the Epson Tour.
Brett Auerbach was 6-for-13 with 3 doubles.
Jim Jarvis had an on-base percentage of .591, reaching base 13 times in 5 games (5 hits, 7 BB, 1 HBP).
Sam Gardner had a perfect 3-inning outing with 6 strikeouts.
Levi Randolph scored 17 points in Hapoel Jerusalem’s win in the State Cup championship game.
Ar’mond Davis had a 20 point game off the bench.
Olivia Fotopoulou won the Women’s 200 Meter at the Cyprus International Athletics Meeting.
Filippa Fotopoulou won the Women’s Long Jump at the Cyprus International Athletics Meeting with a season-best jump.
Kirani James finished 2nd in the Men’s 400 Meter in a season-best time at the LA Grand Prix.
Tamara Clark (Women’s 100 Meter), Robert Dunning (Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles), Jereem Richards (Men’s 200 Meter), and Quanesha Burks (Women’s Long Jump) all posted 2nd place finishes with season-best marks at the Atlanta City Games.
Kimberley Ficenec finished 3rd in the Women’s 800 Meter at the Liese Prokop Memorial meet.
