Flores & Kelly earn conference awards

Highlanders swept the weekly North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference baseball awards with Sam Flores claiming the Position Player of the Week and Lucas Kelly the Pitcher of the Week. Flores, a sophomore from Lufkin, Texas, recorded a .333 batting average with three doubles, one home run and seven RBI in five games. Kelly, a freshman from San Francisco, California, made two appearances on the mound to pick up a win and save. He allowed no hits, no runs and no walks while striking out seven in 4.1 innings of work.