Rider’s Heyne MAAC Rookie of Week

April 21 Media Release

 

 LAWRENCEVILLE—Mason Heyne, a freshman third baseman on the Rider University baseball team, was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week for all games played April 14-20.

 

 Heyne (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock) batted .636 last week with 14 hits and six RBI in five games. With a home run and a double his slugging percentage for the week was .818.

 

 In the three-game MAAC series at Fairfield, Heyne batted .500 with seven hits and four runs batted in.

 

 In the third game of the Fairfield series his two-run home run in the eighth inning tied the score at 10-10, and he collected his third hit of the game in the 10^th inning.

 

 In the first game of the Fairfield series his two-run single gave Rider a 3-2 lead.

 

 In a non-conference win over NJIT Heyne was four for four with a double and a walk.

 

 For the season Heyne is batting a team-high .359 with 47 hits in 33 starts at third base and leads the team with 13 doubles. His 26 RBI ranks second on the team and his .527 slugging percentage is second on the 20-15 squad.

 

 Rider hosts Monmouth Tuesday and LIU Wednesday.

 

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