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EUGENE, OR – Former Chowan University baseball standout Shane Rademacher is off to a good start in the opening month of play in the High-A Class league.

Rademacher, a native of Greenville, plays for the Eugene Emeralds and tossed a gem of a game last week to earn the Minor League Baseball Northwest League Player of the Week.

Rademacher, a 2023 graduate of Chowan, was signed as a free agent in 2023 by the San Francisco Giants. He spent last year in San Jose with the Giants in Single A before moving up to High-A this year in Eugene.

The 24-year-old Rademacher tossed a gem for the Eugene Emeralds on April 13th against the Tri-City Dust Devils. He threw 5.0 innings, giving up one hit and striking out three Dust Devil batters.

Rademacher, a 6’-3” righthander, has appeared in two games this season with nine innings pitched, five strikeouts and a 1.00 earned run average.