Delta State University baseball player Jake Barlow was named a Guaranty Bank Featured Athlete of the Week after he helped the Statesmen to a 2-1 week that included a 6-1 win over No. 25 Southern Arkansas and a doubleheader split with Auburn University at Montgomery.
The Jonesville, La., native went 7-for-14 for a .500 batting average at the plate with two doubles, two home runs, and five RBI. Barlow had a 1.071 slugging percentage, a .533 on base percentage, and fielded 1.000 in 13 fielding chances.
Barlow is hitting .303 and ranks third in the GSC with 37 RBI and fourth with nine home runs so far in 2021.
Delta State, 18-11 overall and 15-11 in the GSC, begins a three-game series against the University Montevallo on Friday at 5 p.m. in Montevallo, Ala. The series concludes with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.
