BUIES CREEK — Redshirt senior Joey Morton was tabbed CAA Player of the Week and freshman Carlos Lugo was named CAA Rookie of the Week as announced by the league on Monday afternoon. 

Morton earns his first weekly award of the season while Lugo secures the weekly honor for the fourth time this season. Lugo's fourth weekly honor marks the most in a single season since Thomas Harrington in 2022 after he collected five Big South weekly honors. It is also ties Zach Neto and Matthew Barefoot for the most weekly awards in a rookie season in program history. 

Morton batted .467 (7-15) with a double, four homers, five runs and nine RBI's in Campbell's 4-0 week. In the Camels' three-game sweep of North Carolina A&T, the senior was 6-for-11, homered in all three games and drove in nine, including multiple hits and multiple RBI's in each contest. Morton tops the CAA with 15 homers and 55 RBI's.

Lugo batted .471 (8-17) with three doubles, a triple, five runs and four RBI's on the week. The freshman had multiple hits in three games and scored in all four. In the series sweep of the Aggies, he hit .500 with three extra-base hits while driving in three. Lugo, who is riding a 12-game hitting streak, also threw a scoreless inning of relief.

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