Feb. 22, 2012

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.---College Baseball Insider named Samford first baseman Saxon Butler its Southeast Player ofthe Week for his performance against Radford over the weekend.

This is the second honor Butler has received for the weekend's games. Butler was also named Southern Conference Player of the Week on Monday.

In three games against Radford, Butler was nearly perfect at the plate, batting .900 (9-for-10) for the opening weekend of the season. He hit two home runs, two doubles and drove in four runs in leading Samford to the series win.

In the first game of the series, Butler went 4-for-4 at the plate while scoring twice. In game two, he was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two RBI. Butler went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBI in Sunday's series finale.

For the weekend, the Oxford, Ala., native reached base at a .923 clip while notching a 1.700 slugging percentage.

Butler and the Bulldogs defeated Alabama A&M, 19-0 on Tuesday, and the team will play at Jacksonville State Wednesday at 3 p.m.