Hunter Strong Archives - ArkansasSports.Net https://arkansassports.net/tag/hunter-strong/ Your stop for college and high school sports in Arkansas Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:12:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://arkansassports.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-ASN-Favicon-2017-32x32.jpg Hunter Strong Archives - ArkansasSports.Net https://arkansassports.net/tag/hunter-strong/ 32 32 Bears blast Delta Devils behind 18 hits https://arkansassports.net/bears-blast-delta-devils-behind-18-hits/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:12:57 +0000 https://arkansassports.net/?p=2110 UCA Sports Steve East, Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations CONWAY – The University of Central Arkansas Bears turned 18 hits into 19 runs in a […]

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CONWAY – The University of Central Arkansas Bears turned 18 hits into 19 runs in a 19-4 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday night at Bear Stadium.
UCA scored at least three runs in four different innings and took advantage of five MVSU errors to improve to 5-6 overall. The teams will meet again at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The Bears trailed 2-0 after the top of the first but scored one run in the second, then exploded for five in the third and never trailed again. Four UCA pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts, led by freshman reliever Logan Gilbertson (1-0) who had six, and sophomore starter Kaleb Schmidt who had four.
Junior left fielder Hunter Strong had a two-run home run for the Bears, who had six extra-base hits and left 11 runners on base. Junior second baseman T.J. Black was 3 for 4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored, while junior designated hitter Brett D’Amico went 3 for 5 and scored twice. Senior right fielder Dusty Wright was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI and a run scored and senior third baseman Rigo Aguilar was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs.
Keaton Presley and Josh Somdecerff both added two RBI as UCA finished with a season-high 17.

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]]> Strong earns another postseason honor https://arkansassports.net/strong-earns-another-postseason-honor/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:38:09 +0000 https://arkansassports.net/?p=1772 UCA Sports Steve East, Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations    CONWAY, Ark. – University of Central Arkansas sophomore Hunter Strong was named to the 2017 […]

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   CONWAY, Ark. – University of Central Arkansas sophomore Hunter Strong was named to the 2017 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-South Central Region second team this week.

  The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America Committee.

Strong, a two-year starter at first base, led the Bears to their sixth consecutive appearance in the Southland Conference Tournament. Strong was also named first-team All-Southland Conference and to the All-SLC Defensive team, as well as being a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree for his work in the classroom.

Strong started all 60 UCA games this season and led the Southland Conference with a school-record 24 doubles, which ranked eighth in the nation. He also led the league and placed 24th nationally with 86 hits. Strong was second in the conference in total bases (126),  fourth in batting average (.351), and tied for seventh in runs scored (50), all while tallying 25 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games and fielding .984.

Strong also carries a 3.95 grade-point average.

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