Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Thomas Ponder. Ponder won the Explore NB Open by 3 strokes, marking his first win on the PGA Tour Americas. Ponder took over the Fortinet Cup points lead, and clinched status on the 2027 Korn Ferry Tour.
Others of note:
Samuel Ogazi won the Men’s 400 Meter in his professional debut at the Ed Murphey Classic
Jim Jarvis had a 3-for-5 game with a home run, double, single, and 2 RBI. He also hit safely in all 5 games that he started during the week.
Dylan Smith entered a game with the bases loaded and none out, and retired the side without an inherited runner scoring.
Andrew Pinckney hit safely in all 7 games played, and now has a 12 game hitting streak.
Gage Miller had a 4-for-4 game with 2 home runs.
Ian Petrutz extended his hitting streak to 12 games.
Evan Sleight hit .458, with an on-base percentage of .500 and a slugging percentage of .708.
Greg Farone allowed 1 run and 3 hits over 5 innings, with 6 strikeouts.
Spencer Turnbull had a 6-inning start in which he allowed 1 run.
Alton Davis struck out 7 batters in a 5-inning, 1 run start.
Labaron Philon averaged 21.0 points and 6.5 assists in his first two Summer League games.
Meg Newman had a 16 point, 12 rebound game for Kilsyth.
Charlie Nikitas finished T-8th at the Explore NB Open.
Davis Shore finished T-16th at The Blue Championship.
