EDISON, NJ - Freshman infielder Sylvester Gutierrez (Fresh Meadow, NY) has been named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week, as announced by conference officials today. Gutierrez becomes the third Jasper to be tabbed MAAC Rookie of the Week this season. Gary Diaz and Chris Gaskin have also been selected as MAAC Rookies of the Week.
Gutierrez helped the Jaspers to a pair of MAAC wins over St. Peter's last week, batting .444 with four basehits, an RBI and a run scored. In a 7-2 loss to the Peacocks, Gutierrez started at third base and went 3-4 with three singles. For the season, Gutierrez is batting .313 with 20 basehits and 13 RBI.
Manhattan is currently 18-13 on the season and, after taking two-of-three from St. Peter's over the weekend, is now in a three-way tie with Fairfield and Iona for fourth place in the MAAC standings, all with 6-6 league records. The Jaspers return to action on Wednesday April 17 when they travel to West Point for a non-conference game against Army at 3:30.
