Penn State Altoona
04/08/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/08/2025 12:22
Altoona’s Corey Chamberlain, Jake Hillard sweep weekly AMCC baseball awards
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April 8, 2025
NORTH BOSTON, N.Y. - Penn State Altoona student-athletes Corey Chamberlain, of Claysburg, and Jake Hillard, of State College, earned weekly awards from the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference on April 7 when the league office announced that Chamberlain was its Pitcher of the Week and Hillard was its Player of the Week.
Chamberlain and Hillard propelled the Lions to a doubleheader sweep of AMCC opponent La Roche University on the road last Tuesday, April 1.
Corey Chamberlain, Penn State Altoona student-athlete in baseball.
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Chamberlain made his first career start on the mound in game one of the doubleheader and pitched a complete game for his first collegiate win. The right-hander gave up just one run, five hits, and no walks while recording six strikeouts in seven innings.
Jake Hillard, Penn State Altoona student-athlete in baseball.
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Hillard went 3-for-4 at the plate in game one with a double, a home run, three runs scored, two RBI, and a stolen base, then followed that up with a 2-for-4 performance in game two with a double, three RBI, two runs scored, and a walk.
Penn State Altoona baseball is 10-14 overall with a 2-2 mark in the AMCC. The Lions head to Huntingdon, Pa., on April 10 to face non-conference opponent Juniata College in a single, nine-inning game starting at 3:30 p.m.
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