A another trio of big time performances are saluted by Ping!Baseball with the Spotlight Performance of the Week Award. This week's award, presented by Ringor, went to a baseball blistering Cougar slugger, a stingy Dolphin and a Seawolf who led his team to a conference title:

	Michael Harrington College of Charleston	Last week the slugging senior hit .467 and crushed five home runs, belting a ball in each of the Cougars four wins, to lead C of C to a perfect 4-0 week.
	Eric Beaulac Le Moyne	Beaulac hurled a nine inning no-hitter against Rider, just the fifth no-no in Dolphin history. Beaulac struck out nine Broncs during the gem while only allowing a pair of walks to propel the Dolphins to the 1-0 victory.
	Travis Babin Sonoma State	Sonoma State had to win three consecutive elimination games to win the CCAA Championship. Luckily for the Seawolves they had Travis Babin on their roster.

(Spotlight Performance...)

For the second week in a row the top five remain virtually unchanged. Florida State and Rice swapped the third and fourth spots, due to a impressive week by the Owls in which they went 5-0 against Texas State, Oklahoma State and Houston.

Two teams from the Bayou enter the rankings for the first time this season as Tulane swept East Carolina and LSU swept Mississippi State. The Bayou Bengals haven't lost since April 19th, and have won their last twelve games in a row against teams such as Tulane, South Carolina and Kentucky. (DI Rankings ...)

Ping!Baseball's Regional Rankings and Ping!Power Index are updated. See where your team matches up against oter teams in the area. The Regional Rankings are based on a combination of the subjective Ping! Top 30 Poll and the impartial Ping! Power Index and break the teams down into five geographical regions. The Power Index is largely computer based, with factors such as RPI, home field success, margin of victory and win streaks weighing in on the ranking. (Regional Rankings...)

As the 2008 MLB draft approaches it would be interesting to see how many hits the website of a thirteen year old boy in Hartselle, Alabama gets. The reason the paintball loving/football playing teen could have a surge in traffic this spring is because he shares the name of one of the nation’s most exciting and talented professional prospects in Wichita State’s Conor Gillaspie. With two slips of the keyboard one would be visiting the homepage of little Connor Gillespie (with two N’s in the first name and an E instead of an A in the last), the small southern town native who enjoys sports and girl watching, rather than keeping up to date on the reigning Cape Cod League MVP and batting champ whose line-drive stroke should make him an early round selection next month. (Spotlight Player ...)

Scouts and coaches often do a tremendous job evaluating talent; however sometimes they are really, really, really off the mark. An often cited example of a player's ability being miscalculated is future Hall of Famer Mike Piazza who wasn't drafted until the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur baseball draft. While not quite as magnificent of a forecasting faux pas, the judging of UTSA outfielder Michael Rockett was another monsterous blunder. Rockett's only offer out of high school was to walk on at Temple Junior College after trying out for the team. Fortunately for Texas San Antonio, Associate Coach Marshall got a glimpse of Rockett's ability and offered him a spot on the team before he could rewrite the TJC Leopards' record book. (Spotlight Interview...)