ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Walker Wilkins

Uwharrie Charter Academy, baseball

Wilkins provided a bunch of offense during the Asheboro ZooKeepers Classic as the Eagles won all three games in which they played.

UCA won games by 12-1 vs. Southern Alamance, by 15-3 vs. Jordan-Matthews and by 9-0 vs. Montgomery Central.

In those three games, Wilkins batted .500 (7-for-14) with four triples, 10 runs batted in and seven rusn scored.

Wilkins, a senior outfielder, had a triple with three runs batted in against Southern Alamance and rapped four hits, including two triples, in the Jordan-Matthews game.

The Eagles carried their second three-game winning streak of the into this week, when their scheduled includes two games against Eastern Randolph, marking a rematch from last year’s Class 1-A West Region championships series that was won by UCA on the way to the school’s state title. This week’s UCA/Eastern Radolph games were slated for Wednesday at UCA with the rematch Friday night at Eastern Randolph in Ramseur.

Wilkins has also been a member of UCA’s boys’ basketball program.