KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fort Hays State baseball senior Garrett Stephens has been selected as the Mammoth Turf Baseball Hitter of the Week, announced Wednesday by the league office.
Stephens helped the Tigers (9-3) to a sweep of New Mexico Highlands over the weekend, batting .733 with four extra-base hits. He was 11-for-15 with three doubles, one home run, seven runs scored and five RBI. Adding in a walk and a hit-by-pitch, the senior reached base in 13 of his 17 plate appearances.
His fifth home run of the season on Sunday helped the Tigers complete a come-from-behind 7-6 win. He has now hit safely in 10 of the 12 games this season and is riding an eight-game hitting streak. The catcher gunned down the only runner who tried to steal a base this weekend, his sixth caught stealing of the year.
Stephens leads all Division II in hits and total bases while leading the MIAA in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, RBI and home runs.
He is the first Tiger to earn a weekly MIAA award since Alex Weiss in 2018 (4/17/18).
Tiger baseball wraps up a long homestand this weekend (Feb. 21-23) when it hosts CSU-Pueblo for another four-game series. Things get underway at Larks Park on Friday at 3 p.m. before a doubleheader beginning at noon on Saturday. The teams will wrap up the series with a single game on Sunday.
FHSU Sports Information