NEW YORK – Junior Joe Gellenbeck was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the first time in his career on Monday after leading Xavier baseball with a .471 batting average across four games last week.
The Lebanon, Ohio native went 8-for-17 during the four games and put up an .882 slugging percentage, pacing XU with eight hits, four doubles and five RBI.
On Saturday, he homered for the sixth time this season to help the Musketeers to a 6-3 over crosstown rival Cincinnati. The blast continued an impressive streak, which has seen the first baseman/outfielder homer in all six of XU's weekend series this season.