WALTHAM, Mass. -- Brandeis University baseball junior outfielder Henry Aronwald of
Rye Brook, New York, has earned University Athletic Association Hitter of the Week honors for the week ending April 12.
Aronwald helped the Judges to a 4-1 week last week, including a series win against UAA rivals NYU, by hitting .500 (9-18) with a .545 on-base percentage (3 BB, 0 HBP) and .778 slugging percentage (2 2B, 1 HR). He hit safely in all five games, with a run scored and an RBI in four of the five contests.
Aronwald was 2-5 with a double and 3 RBI in an 11-1 non-conference win against Amherst; 2-2 with three walks, three runs scored, three RBI, a double and a home run in the opener against NYU (W, 10-4); 1-3 with a run scored in Game 2 (L, 5-17); 1-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Game 3 (W, 27-3); and, most importantly, accounted for half of the teams RBI in the 10-9 series finale, going 3-4 with a career-high five runs driven in, including the game-winning two-run single in the eighth inning. The win secured Brandeis's first UAA series win since 2022.
Overall this season, Aronwald is third on the Judges in batting average, hitting .354, and with 29 RBI. He has 22 runs scored, five doubles, a triple, and is tied for the team lead with three home runs.
Brandeis owns a 15-11 overall record, 7-5 in the UAA, one game behind conference leaders Emory and tied with Washington University and the University of Chicago. The Judges are second in the UAA in team batting average (.301) and team ERA (4.73) and lead the league and rank eighth in Division III in fielding percentage (.976).
The Judges are back in action this week with a non-conference game on Wednesday afternoon at Wheaton College before hosting #15 Washington U. in a four-game UAA series over the weekend.
Aronwald is a 2023 graduate of Trinity Pawling School.
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