Palma Collects 3rd National Player of Week Honor
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dallas College Eastfield's Sebastian Palma was named the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Player of the Week for the third time this season.
A sophomore third baseman from Dallas, Palma was 8 for 11 with three home runs, two doubles, nine runs batted in, eight runs scored, five walks and two stolen bases as the No. 1-ranked Harvester Bees won two of three games against Dallas College Brookhaven to end the regular season. He had a homer and two doubles, going 5 for 5 with six RBI and two walks in a 20-12 Game 1 victory. Palma had two hits, belting his nation- leading 25th homer while driving in three runs in the second game of the series. He was 1 for 3 in the final game of the regular season.
Palma ended the regular season on a nine-game hitting streak with an NJCAA Division III-best 91 RBI, while batting .443.
Eastfield hosts Dallas College Cedar Valley (19-34) at 11 a.m. Thursday in the NJCAA Division III Tournament. The tournament is being broadcast on the DAC Sports Network.