MSU Recruit Honored with Prestigious Jenkins Award

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1/27/2010 12:40:23 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Morehead State baseball recruit Caden Cleveland was officially honored with the prestigious Ferguson Jenkins Outstanding Student-Athlete Award Tuesday night at the Warren Spahn Awards Gala. New York Yankee pitcher C.C. Sabathia was also honored at the event as he won the Warren Spahn Award for the third straight year.

The award is named after Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Ferguson Jenkins and is awarded to just 10 high school athletes each year. The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Museum created the awards in 1999 to recognize Oklahoma’s best high school baseball and softball student athletes for their roles as citizens and successful athletes.

As a junior, Caden set a school record with a batting average of .541 which included a 30-game hit streak. His impressive season earned him DIAMOND BASEBALL All American First-Team honors as well as the opportunity to participate in the International Home Run Derby at Tropicana Field. He has been named to the Oklahoman Newspaper All-State Teams both his junior and his sophomore years. Cleveland hit .454 with 50 RBIs during his sophomore season.

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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

Ty Proffitt

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball senior Ty Proffitt recorded a team-high 18 points on 5-of-6 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in Tuesday’s 75-69 victory over Norfolk State.

He then registered a season-best 20 points on 6-of-10 from the floor, 4-of-7 from long range and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in Saturday’s 56-50 win over Tennessee Tech.

The guard, who hails from London, Ky., connected on 69 percent from the field (11-of-16) and 67 percent from downtown (8-of-12) in addition to making all eight free-throw attempts. He also committed just four turnovers in 65 minutes last week.

Proffitt was also named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performances this past week.

Brooke Helms

Women's Tennis

Junior women's tennis player Brooke Helms went undefeated in singles action over the weekend, as she tallied two individual match wins.

Helms clinched the come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Big East power West Virginia, a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 at number five singles. Helms then was only one of two Eagle netters to score a win in a 5-2 loss at Duquesne, winning 6-3, 6-4 at number five.

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