USC Beaufort’s Estopare honored by Sun Conference

USC Beaufort’s Thomas Estopare was named the Sun Conference Baseball Player of the Week on Monday in voting by the league’s sports information directors.

Estopare played a key role in leading the Sand Sharks to a three-game sweep of Sun Conference rival Thomas over the weekend, going 8-for-13 with three doubles, a triple, seven RBIs and three runs scored. The junior center fielder from Imperial, Mo., also drew three walks and stole two bases.

Estopare led USCB’s offense in a 9-2 win in Friday’s series opener, going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a triple, and four RBIs. He hit two shots off the wall and finished a home run shy of hitting for the cycle.

In the second game of the series, Estopare was 3-for-5 with a double, a stolen base, three RBIs, and two runs in a 12-3 victory. The Night Hawks chose to take the bat out of his hands in the finale, as he went 1-for-3 with three walks, including an intentional pass to load the bases in USCB’s three-run rally in the ninth inning.

Estopare leads the Sand Sharks in batting (.417), slugging (.667) and on-base percentage (.588) and is tied for the team lead in stolen bases (5). He has four doubles, a triple, eight RBIs and eight walks.

This story was originally published February 16, 2016 at 4:19 PM with the headline "USC Beaufort’s Estopare honored by Sun Conference."