Cloud County Sports Information
CONCORDIA - After leading the Cloud County Community College baseball team to a 3-1 series win over Colby Community College, T-Bird freshman Demitri Shakotko has been named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Division Player of the Week.
Shakotko put together his strongest week of the season as the Fredericton, New Brunswick native would go 13-for-17 with eight RBI and four extra-base hits to help Cloud County win the final three games of their series with the Trojans. With multi-hit games in all four games last week, Shakotko would raise his batting average 38 points week over week (.390 to .428) despite entering the series against Colby with 117 at-bats on the year. Shakotko now has a nine-game hitting streak and 19 consecutive game reached base streak to rank sixth in the KJCCC in batting average overall while hitting an astounding .505 in conference play to lead all other qualified players by 26 points in batting average in KJCCC-only contests.
Shakotko is the third player from CCCC this season to earn KJCCC West Player of the Week honors, joining Danny Infante (2/21/2023) and Kolden Howerton (3/14/23). In total, Cloud County has had four players earn weekly honors with Phil Brennaman bringing home KJCCC West Pitcher of the Week honors on April 18th.