CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M senior Dylan Fesperman continue to gain national recognition on Thursday afternoon as he was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) Division II National Hitter of the Week.
 
The Phoenix native tied an all-time NCAA Division II record and set an all-time LSC record with 13 runs batted in during a 26-6 win in seven innings over UT Permian Basin. In the historic performance on Feb. 28 at Wilder Park in Canyon, Texas, Fesperman was 5-for-5 with two home runs, two triples and a double. 
 
He scored four times in the conference series opener. Fesperman joins the Division II record book for all-time RBI in a single game with Alabama-Huntsville's Kevin Nichols (1996) and Nichols State's Bob Ritchie (1965). He broke the LSC record of 11 RBI set by Harding's Mike Huebner in 1999. Over the four-game series, Fesperman was 9-for-16 – recording at least one hit in each game – and added a pair of runs and RBI.
 
Fesperman was named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week as well as the NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week.
 
The #23 Buffaloes hit the road for a huge Lone Star Conference Top-25 series this weekend as they travel to East Texas to take on the #7 UT Tyler Patriots in a four-game series beginning on Friday night at Irwin Field.