GORHAM, Maine – Junior Evan Baschnagel (Garden City, NY/Chaminade) and freshman Kaiden Morin (Brewer, Maine) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies' baseball team have each earned weekly honors from the Little East Conference.  Baschnagel is earning his second Player of the Week honor of the 2026 season (March 16, April 6), while Morin is earning his first LEC Rookie of the Week accolade.
 
Baschnagel batted .600 (6-for-10), slugged 1.100 and posted a .692 on-base percentage to help Southern Maine to a 3-0 week, including a pair of Little East wins on the road at WestConn. From the leadoff spot in the Huskies' lineup, Baschnagel notched seven runs scored and three RBI, collecting a pair of doubles and his team-leading seventh home run of the season, and going 3-for-3 on stolen bases. With USM outscoring its opponents 50-5 during the week, Baschnagel was 3-for-4 with two RBI, including a double and a home run in the Huskies' 6-2 win over WestConn to close out the week after going 1-for-2 with a walk, two hit-by-pitch,  and four runs scored in the 17-2 opener with the Wolves.
 
Playing and starting in two games at catcher, Morin finished the week hitting 5-for-8 (.625) with three runs scored, and five RBI. In a 27-2 win versus UMaine Farmington, Morin was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. Starting game-two for the Huskies' in their LEC sweep of WestConn, Morin was 2-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI.  Morin had a two-run double to plate the Huskies first two runs of the game, and added an RBI single in the top of the ninth as USM won 6-2.
 
Southern Maine (14-4, 6-0 Little East) hosts Plymouth State in Little East Conference action on Tuesday (3:30 pm), and then hosts Colby College on Wednesday (4:30 pm), and Clark University on Thursday (3:30 pm).
 
 
2026 Southern Maine Baseball Weekly Awards
 
Evan Baschnagel                                                                              Little East Player of the Week, March 16
                                                                                                        Little East Player of the Week, April 6
 
Colin McDonald                                                                                MCBSA Pitcher of the Week, March 24
 
Hayden Strout                                                                                  MCBSA Rookie of the Week, March 17
 
Carson Black                                                                                    Little East Pitcher of the Week, March 30
 
Kyle Douin                                                                                        MCBSA Player of the Week, March 31
 
Kaiden Morin                                                                                    Little East Rookie of the Week, April 6
 
 
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