Mavs Carma and Hogue Sweep RMAC Player of the Week Honors
(March 25, 2008)

Mesa State's Chris Carma (Jr., LHP, 5'10, Salinas, CA) and Kyle Hogue (Sr., 3B, 6'2, Loveland, CO) were named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher and Player of the Week respectively for their outstanding performance in the Mavericks four game sweep at CSU-Pueblo.

Carma started out the series on the mound Thursday night pitching seven shutout innings while striking out eight ThunderWolve batters. He allowed six hits in picking up his fourth victory (4-2) of the year. He is second on the team in innings pitched (37.2) and has a team high 40 strikeouts and a earned run average of 2.63. Carma has allowed only 12 runs (11 earned) this year.

Teammate Kyle Hogue was selected Player of the Week after registering a team high 10 hits and 13 runs batted in. He had at least two hits, two RBI and an extra base hit in each game. Hogue hit a home run in each of the first three games and finished the weekend hitting .556.

Hogue has started all 27 games he has played and is hitting .415 for the year with a team high 10 home runs. He ranks second in runs (34) and runs batted in (33). His slugging percentage this year is .872.

MSC will host Neb.-Kearney in a four game series beginning Friday at 7 p.m. at Suplizio Field.

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