Winnipeg native Drake Pilat named GPAC player of the week

Weyburn Beavers alum Drake Pilat (Winnipeg, Man.) went 10-for-14 (.714 batting average) for the Jamestown Jimmies last week to earn GPAC Player of the Week honours. Photo: Jamestown Jimmies Twitter

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April 23, 2019

By Jamestown Jimmies Athletics

The University of Jamestown's Drake Pilat (SR/Winnipeg, Man., Canada) has been named Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.

Pilate was 10-for-14 (.714) at the plate in helping the Jimmies to a 3-1 record last week. He recorded multiple hits in each of the four games, including a pair of three-hit performances. In Jamestown's 11-9 win over Morningside (Iowa), Pilat was 3-for-4 with a home run, 2 RBI, and scored twice.

He followed that up by reaching in all five plate appearances with a pair of hits and three walks. The 10-hit weekend raised Pilat's average 37 points to .414 and he currently leads the GPAC in overall average (.414) and conference batting average (.453).