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Athlete of the Week
May 19, 2008
Rob Lyerly
Baseball
Sophomore
1B/DH
Indian Trail, N.C. (Piedmont High)
Lyerly drove in nine runs as the 49ers went 3-1 and captured a share of the Atlantic 10 Regular-Season title. He had three multiple-RBI games and recorded a hit in each of the four games to extend his team-best active hitting streak to nine games. Lyerly's two-run homer in the first inning, and an RBI single in the seventh led Charlotte past Rhode Island, 8-2, in the opening game of the final regular-season series and he drove in two more with a double in Charlotte's comeback bid in game two. Lyerly leads the A-10 with 23 doubles and paces the Niners with a .704 slugging percentage.
