ATLANTA -- After leading the Panthers to a series win over Little Rock to end the regular season, pitcher Ryan Watson is this week's GSU Student-Athlete of the Week.

Watson saved back-to-back games to give Georgia State a series win over Little Rock and a .500 record in Sun Belt Conference play for the first time since 2015.
 
The sophomore right-hander from Sugar Hill, Ga. (North Gwinnett High School) pitched two innings in each game and allowed just one run on two hits with four strikeouts.
 
On Friday, he entered a 3-0 game in the eighth inning and retired six straight, including three strikeouts, helping the GSU staff complete a three-hit shutout.
 
In Saturday's series clincher, he allowed one run in the eighth and then shut down the Trojans in the ninth.

Watson and the Panthers will open the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday facing ULM at 5 p.m. ET.