February 12, 2016 - Chandler Morris, (The Woodlands), a freshman infielder on the Panola College baseball team, was selected on Thursday as the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division-1 Player of the Week for his efforts in five games from January 30th - February 6th.
This marks the first NJCAA Player of the week honor for the Ponies since 2009.
Morris, a College Park High School graduate went 11-20 with 3 Home runs, 2 Doubles 11 Runs Batted In, 10 Runs Scored, 4 Walks, and 1 Stolen Base in the Ponies 6-0 week.
Since the nomination Morris went 5-6 with 1 Home Run, 1 Double, 3 Runs Batted In, with 4 Runs Scored in an 18-11 victory over Richland College to help the Ponies move to 7-0 on the season.
"Chandler's a good teammate and works his tail off, he deserved to nominated and we're very excited for him that he was chosen." Said Head Coach Todd Shelton.
The Ponies will be back in action this weekend when they travel to Beeville Texas to take on Coastal Bend College for a three game set.
