ORU's Petralli, OU's Welke Collect Baseball Honors
PLAYER
Ben
Petralli, Oral Roberts
Jr.,
C/3B, Weatherford, Texas/Sacramento City HS
Petralli
captures Player of the Week honors after helping ORU to a 4-1
record last week, including a four-game sweep over North Dakota
State. He had a batting average of .600 (12-20) on the week,
including 11 RBI, seven runs, five doubles and a home run. Petralli
raised his season average from .253 to .320 and had a 1.000
slugging percentage and .667 on-base percentage.
Also
nominated: Quentin Brown, IPFW; Andrew Stafford, Oakland; Jesse
Ayala, South Dakota State; Keli'i Zablan, Southern Utah; Drew
Laidig, Western Illinois.
Previous
honorees: Feb. 25 - Teddy Saenz, CC.; March 3 - Ray Wright, SUU;
March 10 - Korby Mintken, SDSU; March 17 - Kenny Price, WIU; March
24 - Cameron Penny, CC; March 31 - Brendan Duffy, ORU & Tyson
Fisher, SDSU.
PITCHER
Greg
Welke, Oakland
Fr.,
RHP, Kalamazoo, Mich./Portage Central HS
Welke
collects Pitcher of the Week honors after pitching a complete-game
shutout in a 5-0 victory at Western Illinois last week. He
surrendered only two hits, while giving up no runs, collecting four
strikeouts and walking only one for his first win of the season.
Welke did not allow a Western player to get past second base in the
game.
Also
nominated: Tyler Baatz, IPFW; Michael Jarman, Oral Roberts; Jared
Koch, South Dakota State; Kyle Melling, Southern Utah; Ben
Percival, Western Illinois.
Previous
honorees: Feb. 25 - Mark Serrano, ORU; March 3 - Mac Nelson, SUU;
March 10 - Andrew Estes, OU; March 17 - Eric Eden, WIU; March 24 -
Shane Bushland, NDSU; March 31 - Michael Jarman,
ORU.
