GREENVILLE, N.C.- East Carolina second baseman Trevor Lawhorn has been named Conference USA Hitter of the Week announced by league officials Monday. It is Lawhorn's first C-USA weekly honor of his career.

Lawhorn hit a home run in each game of the Pirates three-game sweep at Charlotte, batting .500 (8-for-16) with a three-hit game and a four-hit game. He closed out the series with three home runs, one double and seven RBI, while scoring six times. Lawhorn has now homered in four straight games to take over the team lead with 12. He and his twin brother, Darryl have homered in the same game four times this season and in the same inning twice. In the last two C-USA series, the twins have combined for nine homers.

On the season, Trevor Lawhorn is hitting .342 with 39 hits in 114 at-bats. He has 22 runs scored, a team-high 31 RBI, nine doubles and the 12 home runs in helping ECU a 24-6 overall record and 6-3 mark in Conference USA play.

The Pirates head to Durham Wednesday to take on Duke before returning home for a three-game series with USF.