ORU Sweeps Weekly Baseball Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. - Oral Roberts' Chris Elder and Alex Gonzalez
were named The Summit League's Baseball Player and Pitcher of the
Week for their performances March 7-13.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Chris Elder, Oral Roberts
Sr., OF (Suisun City, Calif./Sacramento City
College)
Elder earns his first career Player of the Week honor after
leading Oral Roberts to a three-game sweep of Bethune-Cookman last
week. The senior drove-in five runs, while scoring twice to account
for seven total runs. He had a hit in each game, including a pair
of hits in the first two games of the series, recording a double in
each game. Elder batted .556 on the week with three walks, an .889
slugging percentage and .692 on-base percentage to go along with no
errors in the field.
Also nominated: Laetten Galbraith, Centenary; Will Faulkner,
IPFW; Zach Wentz, North Dakota State; Aaron Wick, Oakland; Austin
Cowen, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: Feb. 21 - Taylor Shaw, SUU; Feb. 28 -
Chris Williams, ORU; March 7 - Zach Wentz, NDSU.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Alex Gonzalez, Oral Roberts
Fr., RHP (Boca Raton, Fla./Community)
Gonzalez captures his third Pitcher of the Week award of the
season after tossing his first career complete game in an 8-2 win
over Bethune-Cookman. The right-hander fanned 13 batters while
surrendering just two walks and one earned run. He improved his
season record to 2-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.67.
Also nominated: Kelby Langston, Centenary; Aaron Wick,
Oakland; Kolton Emery, South Dakota State; Dan Russell, Western
Illinois.
Previous honorees: Feb. 21 - Alex Gonzalez, ORU; Feb. 28 -
Alex Gonzalez, ORU; March 7 - Blake Treinen, SDSU.
