Winthrop senior finance major and baseball player Hunter Lipscomb has been named Big South Player of the Week. Lipscomb is very honored by this achievement. “Big South Player of the Week is a great accolade, and I am blessed to be able to receive it. My faith in Jesus, I feel like, allows me to play the way I do because in the end it’s not about the statistics, it’s about how much glory is brought to His name,” Lipscomb said. ESPN named Lipscomb Big South Player of the Week because of his amazing performances last week. Lipscomb described how he started playing baseball. “I got into baseball because my dad played it growing up and my whole life. He’s been the head coach at Boiling Springs High School for almost 30 years, so he had a huge influence on my brother and I. He has always had a love for the game it carried down to us,” Lipscomb said. From backyard tosses to Winthrop baseball, Lipscomb now holds a batting average of .351 (20-57), leading the club.
With all there is to love about Winthrop baseball, Lipscomb has one favorite part of playing for the Eagles. “My favorite part about the Winthrop program is being able to see the success of the guys around you. You are around them all the time, and you get a bond that can’t be explained, so seeing guys succeed is the best part of it all, but also we get fed pretty well so that’s awesome, too.” With all these things to like about our baseball program including to the hard work put in by players, coaches and staff, there is no confusion as to why Winthrop’s baseball players, especially Lipscomb, have been doing so well this season.
