Senior Sean Allaire Named Northeast Conference and National Player of the Week on Monday

Senior Sean Allaire was named the Akadema/Northeast Conference baseball player of the week for the third time this season on Monday. He was also named a Louisville Slugger national player of the week for his performance last week. It is the third time this season that he has been honored, the most of any player in the league. Allaire and the Blue Devils went 4-2 last week and currently sit at 12-12 in NEC action and 23-18 overall.

The senior shortstop/catcher accounted for nothing less than an extra-base hit, two runs, and an RBI in each of Central's six games. On his way to a .517 average over 29 at-bats, Allaire smashed 15 hits, drove in 18 runs, and crossed home plate 15 times.

He slugged 1.310 over the six-game sample as 11 of his 15 hits went for extra bases (6 HR, 5 2B). Allaire accounted for five hits and five RBI in two mid-week wins over cross-state rivals Hartford and Fairfield, but the NEC's leader in batting average (.448) was nowhere near done. He went 10-for-17 (.588) at the plate with six home runs, 11 runs scored, and 13 RBI during the Blue Devils' four-game NEC series at Mount St. Mary's.

After belting a double and a homer in Friday's series-opening setback, he powered CCSU to a doubleheader sweep on Saturday by going 6-for-7 against with five extra-base hits, one walk, and one hit-by-pitch. He homered twice in each of the two seven-inning contests and drove in 10 runs on the day. Allaire went deep again in Sunday's series finale, blasting a two-run, eighth-inning bomb that tied the game at 13-13.

On the season Allaire leads the Northeast Conference in batting average (.448), hits (77) and runs batted in (62) and is second in runs scored (51), doubles (20) and triples (5). His slugging percentage of .814 also leads the Blue Devils and the league.