Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Jake Baldwin Named GSAC Player Of The Week

Piedmont College men's basketball player Jake Baldwin has been honored by the Great South Athletic Conference as its men's basketball Player of the Week as announced by the league office this morning. Baldwin was named the Most Valuable Player after leading the Lions to the Roger Taylor Invitational championship at NC Wesleyan College.

Last week, he averaged 30.3 points and 9.0 rebounds over three games. He scored a career-high and tournament record 42 points in the Lions' tournament semifinal victory over Wesley (DE) College including 17-of-20 from the field. The Lions' lone loss was a 72-68 road loss at Southern Poly - ranked #12 in the NAIA Division-I polls. His two double-doubles on the week upped his season total to four.

The GSAC honor is the first of the season for the PC men's basketball team.