West Texas A&M's Brian Schupp and Texas A&M-Kingsville's Mario Gonzalez were named Lone Star Conference Baseball Players of the Week for  their performances last week, the league office announced today.

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LSC BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
LSC Hitter
Brian Schupp, West Texas A&M University
Sr., INF, Prosper, Texas/Prosper HS
Schupp hit five home runs in West Texas A&M's opening weekend at Sul Ross State, helping the Buffs to a 1-2 record including a 13-4 rout of the Lobos in the nightcap on Saturday. He hit 2-for-4 with no walks and no strikeouts in Friday's 8-6 loss - both hits were solo HRs. In Saturday's 3-2 loss, Schupp was 1-for-4 with one RBI but he exploded for three home runs in the 13-4 win in the second game, during which he hit 6-for-6 with five runs, seven RBI, no walks and no strikeouts in the victory.

LSC Pitcher of the Week
Mario Gonzalez, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
So., Pitcher, Premont, Texas/Premont
Gonzalez came into the game with UT Brownsville with the score tied at 1-1 and pitched five innings of 2-hit, 8-strikeout, no walk relief to earn the win in the Javelinas' 5-1 victory.  In two games last week the Javelinas bullpen allowed only 2 runs and 4 hits while striking out 17 in 10 innings.