Delta State University

Delta State University baseball player Jake Barlow was named one of DSU's Guaranty Bank Featured Athletes of the Week after he hit .538 (7-for-13) with four homer runs and eight RBI as the Delta State University baseball team took two-out-of-three against the Mississippi College Choctaws to close out the 2021 Gulf South Conference regular season.

The Jonesville, La. native, hit a solo home run in DSU's 8-0 game one victory on Friday night, and followed that up with a two home run, four RBI effort in a 15-2 game two victory. In game three of the weekend, Barlow added another home run and an RBI single as he drove in three.

Barlow hit four home runs, drove in eight runs, scored five runs, walked twice, doubled, and had a stolen base on the weekend for the Statesmen. 

The Statesmen open the GSC playoffs as the No. 5 seed in the tournament and open play on Friday, May 7 at approximately 1 p.m. against the No. 4 seeded Blazers of Valdosta State University at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala.