Wes Degener | Athlete of the Week - Republic-Times

Wes Degener | Athlete of the Week

Corey Saathoff- May 9, 2014

Wes Degener of the Gibault Hawks baseball team.

The R-T Athlete of the Week is Gibault baseball player Wes Degener. He is hitting .486 to lead the 17-9 Hawks, with two home runs and 20 RBIs.

Degener went 2-for-3 with four runs scored in Wednesday’s 12-2 home win over Mater Dei. He went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs in Tuesday’s 12-6 win over Windsor. Degener was 2-for-4 with a run scored in Thursday’s 11-8 loss to Nashville.

Keep up the hard work, Wes!

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.