SUU's Shaw, IPFW's Opitz Selected For Weekly Baseball Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. -Southern Utah's Taylor Shaw was named as The
Summit League's Baseball Player of the Week and IPFW's Nick Opitz
was selected as Pitcher of the Week for their performances May
9-15.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Taylor Shaw, Southern Utah
So., DH (Pleasant View, Utah/Weber)
Shaw earns his second Player of the Week award of the
season after becoming just the second player in school history to
hit for the cycle in the first game of a four-game set vs. Oakland.
The redshirt sophomore also went 2-for-3 with three RBI in game
three's 8-7 win, while recording another two-hit performance in the
second game of the series. For the week, Shaw batted .529
(9-for-17) with six runs scored and six RBI. He also had three
walks, two doubles, one triple and one home run with a .941
slugging percentage and .600 on-base percentage.
Also nominated: Pete Rajkovich, Centenary; Will Faulkner,
IPFW; Mike Carson, Oakland; Chris Elder, Oral Roberts; Anthony
Kaskadden, 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; April 18 - Bo Cuthbertson, SUU; April 25 - Cam Schiller, ORU;
May 2 - Zach Briggs, SDSU/Mike Carson, OU; May 9 - Brandon King,
ORU.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Nick Opitz, IPFW
Sr., LHP (Kennewick, Wash./Mount Hood CC)
Opitz records his first career Pitcher of the Week
honor after tossing a complete-game shutout to lead IPFW to a 3-0
win in the first game of a four-game series at North Dakota State.
It was his third straight complete game and sixth this season. The
senior southpaw allowed just six hits in nine innings of work with
six strikeouts and no walks against the Bison and picked up his
fourth win of the year, while lowering his season ERA to
4.96.
Also nominated: Seth Lugo, Centenary; Russell Luxton,
Oakland; Jesse Hartle, Southern Utah; Ryan Wachholder, 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 - Aaron Wick, OU; April 11 - James Crockett,
SUU; April 18, Trever Vermeulen, SDSU; April 25 - James Crockett,
SUU; May 2 - Drew Bowen, ORU; May 9 - Trever Vermeulen,
SDSU.
