Catawba Valley Community College baseball’s Chandler Blackwelder continued his strong sophomore campaign with three home runs and a .643 batting average to pick up this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association Baseball’s Division 2 Player of the Week honor, his second of the season.
Blackwelder played in three games this past week. Against Caldwell Community College, he went 0-for-4 at the plate. It was over the weekend that he had a career two game series. In game one of the series against Guilford Tech Community College, a 23-11 win, Blackwelder, in the leadoff position, went six-for-six with six runs scored, and 10 RBI.