DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released its NCAA Division II National Players of the Week awards for the week ending on March 21, 2021.  Lee University redshirt junior Logan Workman is the National Pitcher of the Week and Shippensburg junior catcher/infielder Ben Werkheiser is the National Hitter of the Week.
 
Workman (Soddy Daisy, Tenn./Soddy Daisy HS) picked up the win in the first game of the series with Montevallo. He struck out 15 of the 23 batters he faced in 7.0 innings of work, only giving up one hit and allowing no walks. On the season the 6-foot-4 flame thrower from Soddy Daisy is 3-0 with a 1.14 ERA. He has struck out 43 in just 23.2 innings of work.

Werkheiser (Doylestown, Pa./Germantown Academy) was 8-for-12 (.667) with five home runs, seven RBI's, three walks and six runs in four games against Shepherd. In a Saturday Game one victory, Werkheiser homered in each of his first two at-bats. Shipp scored five runs in the first two innings and rode that early momentum to a 5-3 win. At Shepherd on Sunday, Werkheiser homered three times, going 5-for-6 with five RBI's, two walks and four runs scored. He reached base in his first seven plate appearances of the doubleheader, including home runs in back-to-back at bats in game two. For the week, he reached base in 11-of-15 plate appearances (.733 OBP) and averaged just short of a double per at bat (1.917 slugging percentage).

Division II Regional Players of the Week:
- Atlantic: Ben Werkheiser, Shippensburg (Hitter); Chad Cooperman, Bloomsburg (Pitcher)
- Central: Josh Schumacher, Central Missouri (Hitter); Brock Gilliam, Washburn (Pitcher)
- East: Randy Flores, Franklin Pierce (Hitter); Eric Sandusky, Dominican College (Pitcher)
- Midwest: Brendan Spaulding, Walsh (Hitter); Chad Patrick, Purdue Northwest (Pitcher)
- South: Dan Oberst, West Georgia (Hitter); Logan Workman, Lee University (Pitcher)
- South Central: Bill Ralston, Metro State (Hitter); Trent Baker, Angelo State (Pitcher)
- Southeast: Brian Forbes, Limestone (Hitter); Cade Heil, North Georgia (Pitcher)
- West: Daniel Cipriano, Montana State Billings (Hitter); Robert Hernandez, Jr., Holy Names (Pitcher)

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2021 NCBWA Division II Players of the Week:
- Feb. 17: Brady Eeles, North Georgia (Hitter, Southeast); Parker Morrison, North Georgia (Pitcher, Southeast)
- Feb. 24: Tucker Greer, Young Harris (Hitter, Southeast); Andrew Patrick, Lenoir-Rhyne (Pitcher, Southeast)
- Mar. 3: Ethan Baucom, UNC Pembroke (Hitter, Southeast); Taylor Boisclair, Shorter (Pitcher, South)
- Mar. 10: Haydn McGeary, Colorado Mesa (Hitter, South Central); Dylan Heid, Pitt-Johnstown (Pitcher, Atlantic)
- Mar. 17: Connor Hamilton, Slippery Rock (Hitter, Atlantic); Tucker Smith, Georgia Southwestern (Pitcher, Southeast)
- Mar. 24: Ben Werkheiser, Shippensburg (Hitter, Atlantic); Logan Workman, Lee University (Pitcher, South)