Taft's Zach Hankins Voted Oregon Baseball Player of the Week

Congratulations to Taft’s Zack Hankins for being voted High School On SI Oregon High School Baseball Player of the Week for the week of May 26-June 1.
Hankins, a junior left-handed pitcher on the Taft team, had another big game on the mound for the Tigers, throwing five shutout innings, giving up just one hit while striking out 13 and walking two in a 7-0 home win over Sisters in a Class 3A state playoffs quarterfinal tilt.
Hankins received 69.65% of the vote, beating out Max Green, a senior on the Sandy team, who finished second with 23.99%. Mark Carpenter, a senior on the Henley team, was third with 2.89% and Sawyer Nelson, a junior on the South Salem team, was fourth with 1.73%.

Dan Brood, who might be the very last of the straight-on place-kickers, has been covering high school sports in Oregon for more than 30 years, winning multiple awards for writing and photography. He started working with SBLive Sports in 2021.