SCC names Henry McAree and Luke Merkel as Co-Baseball Players of the Week

Luke Merkel
Photo by Wilson Tsoi

Shoreline Community College announced on Tuesday that freshman pitcher Henry McAree (Shorewood High School) and freshman outfielder Luke Merkel (Southridge High School, Beaverton, OR) have been named "Co-Baseball Players of the Week" for the final week of the baseball season in 2013.

McAree fired a no-hitter on Friday night against Olympic College, allowing 2 walks with 8 strikeouts in the 7 inning game. Henry also threw 11 innings of shutout pitching the week before against Skagit Valley College, just allowing 3 hits, in a 14 inning 1-0 loss for SCC to the Cardinals.

Merkel went 3 for 7 (.429) in the doubleheader against Olympic College, scoring 2 runs with 3 RBIs plus had a stolen base and a sacrifice

The SCC team split a doubleheader with Olympic on Friday night, winning the 1st game no-hitter, 4-0, but then dropping a 5-4 game to the Rangers in the nightcap. OC forfeited to SCC on Sunday in the final games of the season.

Shoreline ended the season 21-21-1, the first .500 or better record in 23 years for the Dolphins.