The Embry-Riddle Eagles received an offensive spark from a trio of former Florida League players last week. Former Squeeze infielder Kyle Marsh reached base safely eleven times, while scoring five times and driving in four. Kyle Guttveg, who played for Winter Park last summer, tallied seven hits and six walks of his own. He hit a home run, scored five times, drove in six and added two steals to his ledger. Catcher Luis Olivier, another former Diamond Dawg, earned Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week honors with his 8-18, 4 HR, 6 R, 10 RBI performance. 

Tyler Keysor showed why he is one of the top draft prospects in the JUCO ranks in his outing against Keiser University last week. The sophomore right-hander allowed only one hit in his seven innings of work. No runs scored, no batters were walked, and he struck out a season-high 14 batters. The former Winter Park Diamond Dawg has a sterling 2.22 ERA for Eastern Florida State in 56.2 innings of work, with 65 strikeouts against 10 walks on the year. 

Infielder Tanner May helped the Central Florida Patriots to a 5-0 record on the week. May hit .389 (7-18), including a double, five home runs and eleven RBI. He launched his first dinger on Wednesday and added a run and three RBI. His big game came on Friday, when he went 3-4 with three home runs against Daytona State. He then capped off his big week with his fifth longball on Sunday vs. FSCJ. May, who played for the Scorpions last summer and is headed to Leesburg in 2018, is transferring to UNF in the fall. 

One of the best baseball teams in Florida resides in Miami, and it's not the Marlins or the 'Canes. The St. Thomas Bobcats currently stand with a record of 42-4 at the NAIA level. During this week's destruction of opposing teams, Elih Marrero ('17 Sanford) picked up ten hits, including three doubles and a bomb, while driving in eleven. Randy Oliva ('16 Altamonte) chipped in six hits, five runs and six RBI of his own. Sergio Lopez ('16-17 Sanford) also got in on the action, collecting seven hits, nine runs and six RBI. St. Thomas, currently ranked #3 in NAIA, will clash with #2 Southeastern (47-3) in a three-game set this weekend in Lakeland.

Spencer Yankle continued his strong season for the Dyersburg State Eagles. The sophomore catcher picked up eight hits in fifteen at-bats, good for a .533 average on the week. Five of those hits went for extra bases, including three doubles and two dingers. He scored five times and drove in eleven more. Yankle, who is transferring to Winthrop next season, has a season slash line of .343/.404/.582 and has scored 40 runs while driving in 40 more. He will play for the DeLand Suns this summer. 

We'd also like to send a shoutout to Dany Rodriguez of Reinhardt University. During this week's games, the junior shortstop became the Eagles' All-Time hit leader, picking up the 232nd base knock of his career. Rodriguez was a member of the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs last summer ... where he led the Florida League in hits with 42. 

Other Notable Performances

Aaron Anderson, Flagler
2018 Winter Garden
10-17, 2 R, 3 2B, RBI

Chris Bec, Maine
2015 Sanford
6-15, 5 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, HR, 2 SB

Brant Blaylock, Northwest Mississippi
2016 Sanford
5-13, 2 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB

Jose Bonilla, USC Aiken
2016 Leesburg
9-19, 3 R, 1 RBI

Joe Burke, Kentucky Wesleyan
2018 DeLand
4-14, 5 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI

Tanner Clark, Lake Sumter
2018 Leesburg
4-12, 4 R, 3 2B, 6 RBI, 2 SB

Reese Cooley, Faulkner
2015 Sanford
5-10, 4 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI

Cage Cox, Alabama State
2017 Leesburg
10-26, 8 R, 6 RBI, 3 2B, 3B, 2 BB

Matt Duce, Dallas Baptist
2014 Winter Park
5-14, 3 R, 9 RBI, 4 BB, 2 2B, 3 HR, SB

Nick Gallo, Nova Southeastern
2016 Altamonte Springs
5-12, 7 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI

Shane Haight, Saint Leo
2017 Winter Garden
7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K

Michael Johnson, North Carolina A&T
2017 Leesburg
7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 7 K

Tyler Jones, Santa Fe
2018 Winter Park
2 G, 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Gibson Krzeminski, Iowa Western
2017 Winter Park
3-9, 4 R, 4 RBI, 3 BB

Bryan Lavastida, Hillsborough
2017 Sanford
8-16, 5 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 4 SB

Reeves Martin, New Orleans
2017 Winter Garden
3 G, 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 6 K

Austin Mauer, Florida Southern
2017 Leesburg
3-7, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI

Dillon McCollough, Ecker
2017 DeLand
6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 13 K

Mason Meyer, Central Alabama
2018 Seminole County
7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

Albert Mora, Iowa Central
2018 Winter Park
6-15, 6 R, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 SB

JJ Niekro, Florida Southern
2017 Winter Park
8 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K

Mat Oset, New Orleans
2017 Altamonte Springs
2 G, 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 5 K

Gustavo Rios, Alabam State
2016 Leesburg
9-19, 6 R, 4 RBI, HR, 5 BB, SB

Richie Rivera, Tampa
2017 Sanford
6-10, 5 R, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB

Chace Sarchet, Rice
2014 Winter Garden
4-13, 2 R, HR, 6 RBI, 2 SB

Russell Schwertfeger, USC Upstate
2016 Altamonte Springs
6-18, 6 R, 4 RBI, 3 2B, 3 BB, SB

Robbie Scott, Lake Sumter
2018 Winter Park
5-11, 2 R, 2B, RBI, SB

Andrew Smith, Lakeland CC
2018 DeLand
2 G, 8 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 B, 11 K

Jacob Stroder, Southern Arkansas
2017 Sanford
CG, 9 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K

Jack Strunc, Creighton
2017 Altamonte Springs
6-18, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 3B, HR, SB

Marshawn Taylor, Grambling State
2015 Winter Park
6-17, 4 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 2 SB

Jacob Teter, Florida Southern
2018 Winter Park
5-11, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI

Mick Tinny, Warner
2016 Altamonte Springs
4-7, 2 2B, 3 RBI

Omar Villaman, Florida Southern
2016-17 Sanford
7-11, 4 R, HR, 5 RBI, 3 SB

Brandon White, West Virginia
2017 Winter Park
7-20, 7 R, 3B, 2 RBI, 5 SB

Austin Wood, Stetson
2017 Leesburg/2018 DeLand
2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Garrett Zech, USF
2017 Altamonte Springs
5-14, 4 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SB