The Texas Collegiate League announces the D-Bat Player and Pitcher for the Month of July.
Player of the Month is 1B/3B Jarod Freeman of Graham via Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, batted .356 with 31-for-87 with 16 runs, one homer, 20 RBI, and seven bases-on-balls. Freeman, a sophomore, used his hot hitting to keep the Roughnecks in contention for the TCL's Rogers Hornsby Division second playoff spot until the final weekend of the season after Graham tied for second place with Weatherford in 2005.
Pitcher of the Month is Kurt Pessa (pictured right) of Denton and sophomore from Rice. The Lubbock, Texas, resident notched a 4-0 record, did not allow a run, had a 0.00 ERA, worked 30 innings in four starts, struck out 28, allowed only eight hits, and walked eight while helping the Outlaws, the defending TCL champions, close with the top record in the Hornsby Division prior to 2006 playoffs.
D-Bat TCL Players of the Month
June - 2B Matt Cavagnaro, McKinney; P Randy Boone, Coppell
July - 1B/3B Jarod Freeman, Graham; P Kurt Pessa, Denton