CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Player of the Week

Stephen Flora (Austin, Texas)

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi junior catcher

Flora’s bat was scorching this past weekend. The leadoff hitter batted .786, going 11 for 14 with six doubles, seven runs and two RBI in a three-game Southland series with Central Arkansas. He went 4 for 4 in the opener with two runs and two RBI. Flora had hits in seven consecutive plate appearances as he went 4 for 5 with three runs in the second game. In the finale, Flora finished with three hits and two runs.

Regional Players of the Week

East

Eric Thompson (Norwich, Conn.)

Vermont senior pitcher

Thompson pitched a complete-game one-hitter in a 1-0 victory over Maine this past Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader. He was one strike away from a no-hitter, surrendering a two-out single in the seventh. Thompson retired the next batter to preserve the shutout and the victory. Thompson walked four and struck out eight in raising his record to 5-1.

Southeast

David Anderson (Lexington, S.C.)

Coastal Carolina junior infielder

Anderson led the Chanticleers to a three-game Big South sweep of High Point, going 8 for 15 (.533) with five home runs, nine RBI and a slugging percentage of 1.533. Anderson went 4 for 5 with three home runs and seven RBI in the second game of the series and is believed to be the first Coastal player to hit three homers in a game in its Division I history. Anderson had four hits, including two dingers, in the series finale.

Central

Matt Stiffler (Bellbrook, Ohio)

Ohio senior outfielder

Stiffler helped the Bobcats register a 5-0 record for the week, including a three-game MAC sweep of Miami (Ohio), by batting .526 with four homers, nine runs and nine RBI. He now has 15 home runs, 82 hits, 64 runs and 150 total bases, all in the Top 10 for a season in the history of the Ohio baseball program.

West

Stephen Strasburg (San Diego, Calif.)

San Diego State sophomore pitcher

Strasburg pitched his third consecutive complete game as the Aztecs won at BYU 8-1 in the opener of their Mountain West series. The right-hander allowed two hits, walked one and recorded 15 strikeouts, his second-highest total of the season. Strasburg had recorded double-figure strikeouts in each of his past six starts. He has 125 strikeouts this season, a school record.

Note - regional players of the week are chosen based on their conference affiliation. To see our list of regions, click here.