North Carolina Central University

BASEBALL

     HAMPTON, VA – North Carolina Central University junior utility player Robert Landis was selected as the CIAA Baseball Player of the Week, sophomore outfielder Oliver Jenkins as the CIAA Defensive Player of the Week and head coach Henry White as CIAA Coach of the Week.
          In four games during the week of March 19-26, Landis (Winston-Salem, NC) hit for a .706 batting average, going 12-for-17 at the plate with a double, two home runs, nine runs scored and 11 runs batted in. Against Saint Paul's College on Mar. 26, Landis hit two home runs, scored three runs and drove in three runs as well. 
     Jenkins, a native of Rocky Mount, N.C. and NCCU's starting center-fielder, amassed 18 putouts without recording an error. 
     In its first year of baseball since 1975, White has NCCU in first place in the CIAA with a 9-1 conference record. During the week, the Eagles posted a 6-1 record with CIAA doubleheader sweeps of Virginia State, St. Paul's and St. Augustine's.
     NCCU's final home games of the season will be a doubleheader tilt against Elizabeth City State University on Mar. 31 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.