ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: RJ Sales

Pinecrest, baseball

RJ Sales is an alum of the Pinecrest baseball team who is currently pitching for UNC Wilmington. Sales led Pinecrest to a Sandhills Conference title in his senior season of 2021, winning conference player of the year honors.

Now a redshirt sophomore with the Seahawks, Sales is off to a dominating start to the season, posting a 3-0 record. In his most recent start, he struck out six in seven one-hit innings to win on the road at South Alabama. Sales has a 0.92 ERA and is has a WHIP (walks and hits per innin) of 0.56. Opponents have managed to get just three hits off of him this season, one for extra bases, for a .048 batting average. Sales won the Colonial Athletic Association’s Pitcher of the Week Award for the first week of the season.

By North State Journal Staff

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