The recognition continues to roll in for Cooper McMurray as Collegiate Baseball named him the National Player of the Week on Monday. The award comes after he was named the SEC Player of the Week.
He homered in each of Auburn’s four games last week and hit five total. McMurray led the led conference in home runs and total bases (20) while tying for the league lead in runs (seven) and RBI (nine) for the week.
Three of his four home runs against Mississippi State opened the scoring for the Tigers as they won two of three games against the Bulldogs.
He had a career game Sunday when he hit two home runs and drove in five runs. His homers hit both foul poles and made him the first Auburn player to homer in three straight SEC games since Trent Mummey from April 17-23, 2010.
McMurray and the Tigers will return to conference play Friday when they travel to Columbia to take on the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks.
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