SUNO's Herazo, Wiley's Guillory take Week 1 HBCUAC Baseball Awards

NEW ORLEANS - February 4, 2025 - Southern University at New Orleans baseball player Enrique Herazo Jr. claims Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) Baseball Player of the Week. Wiley University pitcher Keyon Guillory garners Pitcher of the Week. The players were recognized for their performances between January 20 and February 2, the conference announced on Tuesday.

Herazo hit .583 in four games at Dillard University's HBCU Battle of Divisions Baseball Invitational. He went 4-for-5 with a run and three runs batted in against Morehouse College on Friday. Herazo went 2-for-4 with a run against Miles College on Saturday. He had a .667 slugging percentage. Herazo leads the HBCUAC in batting average and seven hits.

Guillory, the reigning conference pitcher of the year, continued where he left off, opening 2025 with two scoreless outings. In the second game against the University of Houston-Victoria on January 25, he held the talented Jaguars to one hit and struck out six in three innings out of the bullpen, which kept the Wildcats in striking distance. In Saturday's game against Texas College, he limited the Steers to an unearned run on five hits and struck out 10 to earn his first win. After two weeks, Guillory is tied for the HBCUAC lead with a 0.00 earned run average and leads with 16 strikeouts.

Additional baseball weekly nominees: Eli Kennedy (Oakwood), Isaac Lopez (Stillman), Jeremy Matos (Oakwood), Griff Minor (Stillman), Ryan Ready (Wiley)

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About HBCU Athletic Conference
The HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) is the only HBCU conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The HBCUAC membership includes Dillard University (LA), Fisk University (TN), Oakwood University (AL), Philander Smith University (AR), Rust College (MS), Southern University at New Orleans (LA), Stillman College (AL), Talladega College (AL), Tougaloo College (MS), University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Voorhees University (SC), Wilberforce University (OH), and Wiley University (TX). HBCUAC sponsors championships in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, softball, and baseball. In 2022, the HBCUAC secured the largest media rights deal in conference and NAIA history, signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Urban Edge Network. On July 1, 2024, the conference rebranded from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) to the HBCU Athletic Conference, marking a new era for the conference that embodies the makeup of its membership. For more information, visit hbcuac.org.