SUU's Cuthbertson and SDSU's Vermeulen Earn League's Weekly Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - Southern Utah's Bo Cuthbertson and South Dakota
State's Trever Vermeulen were named as The Summit League's Baseball
Player and Pitcher of the Week for their performances April
11-17.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Bo Cuthbertson, Southern Utah
Jr., SS (Glendale, Ariz./Cactus HS)
Cuthbertson earns his first career Player of the Week
award after hitting .550 during the weekend series at IPFW. In the
second game of the series, Cuthbertson collected six hits,
including a double and home run, drove in six runs and scored four
runs in the Thunderbirds' 30-run outburst. The following game,
Cuthbertson doubled twice, stole two bases and scored a pair of
runs with one RBI. For the week, Cuthbertson had three multi-hit
games and hit safely in all four games to extend his team-best
hitting streak to 15. He totaled 11 hits, eight runs scored, seven
RBI, three doubles and one home run with a slugging percentage of
.850.
Also nominated: Jeff Schaffert, Centenary; A.J. Christensen,
IPFW; Tim Colwell, North Dakota State; Ryan Waldhart, Oakland;
Zach Rhodes, South Dakota State; Matt Igara, Western
Illinois.
Previous honorees: Feb. 21 - Taylor Shaw, SUU; Feb. 28 -
Chris Williams, ORU; March 7 - Zach Wentz, NDSU; March 14 - Chris
Elder, ORU; March 21 - Andrew Phelan, SDSU; March 28 - Bryan
Jordan, WIU; April 4 - Eric Cain, SDSU; April 11 - Nick Baligod,
ORU.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Trever Vermeulen
Sr., RHP (Mitchell, S.D./Dakota State)
Vermeulen garners his first Pitcher of the Week honor this
season and the sixth of his career after notching three saves in a
sweep of Centenary. Of his three saves, Vermeulen threw at least
1.2 innings in each appearance while holding hitters to a .105
batting average. Vermeulen did not allow a hit in either of his
first two outings, fanning three over 2.0 innings and striking out
three more in 1.2 innings to preserve a one-run victory. Vermeulen
went 2.0 scoreless innings with one strikeout in his third
appearance in as many days. For the week, Vermeulen totaled 5.2
innings without issuing a walk, yielding just two hits and striking
out seven.
Also nominated: Derek Dalzell, Centenary; Nick Opitz, IPFW;
Colby Tognetti, North Dakota State; Brady Adamek, Oakland; Bryson
Kenolio, Southern Utah; Dan Russell, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: Feb. 21 - Alex Gonzalez, ORU; Feb. 28 -
Alex Gonzalez, ORU; March 7 - Blake Treinen, SDSU; March 14 - Alex
Gonzalez, ORU; March 21 - Stephen Bougher, SDSU; March 28 - Samuel
Walker, IPFW; April 4 - Samuel Walker, IPFW; April 11 - James
Crockett, SUU.
