GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – A pair of standout freshmen earned the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball weekly honors, as Virginia Tech outfielder Gavin Cross has been recognized as the ACC Player of the Week, and NC State right-hander Matt Willadsen is the Pitcher of the Week.
 
ACC baseball weekly honors are determined by a vote of a select media panel and are announced on Mondays throughout the regular season.
 
Cross turned in a stellar week for the Hokies, as he hit .500 (10-for-20) with nine RBI, seven runs, three home runs, two doubles and a triple. In Tuesday’s 15-5 win against ETSU, he hit for the cycle and went 4-for-6 with seven RBI. Cross had at least one hit in each game of the weekend series at Wake Forest, as Virginia Tech earned its second conference sweep of the year.

The Bristol, Tennessee, native was 3-for-5 on Friday and 2-for-5 on Saturday, hitting a home run in both games. Cross scored twice in Sunday’s game and doubled to record an extra-base hit in all four games last week.
 
For the second consecutive week, the ACC Pitcher of the Week hails from NC State as Matt Willadsen threw a two-hit shutout to lift the Wolfpack to a 7-0 win to complete the series sweep against Boston College on Sunday. It also marks the second straight week that the honor has been awarded to a Pack freshman, as classmate Chris Villaman was recognized on April 5.

Hailing from Holly Springs, North Carolina, Willadsen logged his first career complete game, allowing just two hits with five strikeouts. He retired 15 consecutive batters spanning from the first through the sixth innings and did not allow an extra-base hit. Willadsen is the third NC State pitcher this season to go the distance on the mound, and the Wolfpack is the only ACC program to have more than one pitcher throw a complete game this season.