Bennett Player of the Year

Sophomore outfielder Jake Bennett became the first Western Nevada College baseball player to win the Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Year honor outright when coaches selected their postseason honorees this week.Bennett joined former Wildcat Brian Barnett, who shared the conference’s top player award in 2008. The statistics Bennett compiled in his final season with the Wildcats correspond to MVP numbers: .397 batting average, 44 runs scored, 36 RBI, 544 slugging average, 11 strik