Kerkmaz, Stark Picked as DAC Baseball Players of Week

Dallas College Brookhaven's Landon Kerkmaz and Dallas College North Lake's Logan Stark were selected as the Dallas Athletic Conference's Baseball Players of the Week.

A sophomore outfielder from Frisco, Texas, Kerkmaz was named the DAC Hitter of the Week. He batted .666, going 8-for-12 with four doubles, six runs batted in, seven runs scored and two stolen bases as the Bears swept a three-game series from Dallas College Cedar Valley to take over sole possession of third place in the league entering the final week of the regular season. He had multiple hits in each of the three wins, doubled in each game, including twice in the 18-3 seven-inning shortened series finale, and drove in at least one run all of the wins. He matched a season-best four RBI in the series sweep-clinching victory.

Kerkmaz is batting .336 with three home runs, 13 doubles, four triples, 38 RBI and 16 stolen bases this season.

Brookhaven (23-25, 14-13 DAC) will begin a three-game series at Dallas College Mountain View (13-31, 3-24) noon Wednesday. The Bears host the Lions Friday and Saturday in the final two regular season games. If Brookhaven holds on to third place in the conference, it will have the option of hosting the first two games of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III South Central District Tournament next Wednesday.

A 6-foot-6 right-handed freshman from Katy, Texas, Stark was selected as the DAC Pitcher of the Week. He tossed six shutout innings in a 6-3 win over National Junior College Athletic Association Division III No. 6 nationally-ranked Dallas College Richland for his first college win. He didn't surrender a run to the nation's fourth most productive offense, and scattered five hits and a walk with a pair of strikeouts. It was his longest outing of the season in eight starts, which included a month-and-a-half hiatus.

Stark improved to 1-2 with a 5.17 earned run average and 31 strikeouts in 31.1 innings pitched this season.

The Blazers (24-29, 13-14 DAC) will host league frontrunner Dallas College Eastfield (41-11, 22-5) noon Wednesday in the final home game of the regular season. North Lake plays at Eastfield Friday and Saturday to wrap up the season. The Blazers are a game behind Dallas College Brookhaven (23-25, 14-13) for third place in the league. The third place team will have the option of hosting the single-elimination portion of the NJCAA Division III South Central District Tournament next Wednesday.