LAKELAND, Fla. – Delta State University Baseball's senior right-handed pitcher Mason Shropshire earned the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association's South Region Pitcher of the Week.
 
Shropshire earned the honors after his tremendous outing that boosted the Statesmen's 7-1 win over the no. 1 seeded Tigers from West Alabama in the Gulf South Conference Championship Tournament Sunday afternoon.
 
Shropshire delivered a standout performance. The Memphis native carried a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, earning the win after tossing 7.2 innings, allowing just one run on one hit while striking out eight. 
 
Shropshire is the third Statesmen baseball player to earn NCBWA South Region Pitcher or Player of the Week honors as Adrian Byrd and Tucker Jones earned honors early on this season.
 
Shropshire will be nominated for National Pitcher of the week, which will be announced tomorrow as the Statesmen will wait to see where they will be at in the NCAA Division II National Tournament Sunday night.