VMI redshirt freshman first baseman Justin Starke earned the Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Month Award for the month of April on Monday.
Starke, from Prince George, Va., had a monster April, winning two SoCon Player of the Week awards. He hit .491 in 15 starts, with a .588 on base percentage and a .764 slugging percentage. Starke scored 17 times, drove in 15 runs and ripped four doubles, a triple and three home runs. He walked nine times and was hit by four pitches.
Starke had two four-hit games in April and three three-hit games.
For the season, Starke ranks third in the conference in batting average (.410), second in on-base percentage (.520) and fifth in both slugging percentage (.619) and hits (57). He has scored 30 times with 25 RBI and has hit nine doubles, a triple and six home runs.
The Keydets are scheduled to face Norfolk State Tuesday at 6 p.m. in a non-conference contest from Gray-Minor Stadium.
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