AMERICUS, Ga. -- Georgia Southwestern State University outfielder Matthew Manuel was named the Peach Belt Conference Baseball Freshman of the Week by the league office on Monday afternoon.

Manuel hit .600 with a .933 slugging percentage over four games for the Hurricanes, all GSW wins. The Weston, Fla. native had multiple hits in every game, hitting .500 in a three-game conference series against USC Aiken. In that series, he doubled in the first game, driving in a run, doubled again in the second contest with two more RBIs and hit his first collegiate home run in the finale, driving in four. He had eight RBIs on the week to go with five runs scored and three stolen bases. Manuel enters the week with a .335 batting average for the season with 21 RBIs.

Manuel joins teammate Josh Newton (2022) and former Hurricanes Hunter Foster (2019), Jonathan Martin (2017), Earl Dupree (2013) and Corey Benson (2011) as GSW players to earn the Freshman of the Week honor from the PBC.