ORU's King, SDSU's Vermeulen Earn Weekly Baseball Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. -Oral Roberts' Brandon King was named as The Summit
League's Baseball Player of the Week, while South Dakota State's
Trever Vermeulen was selected as Pitcher of the Week for their
performances May 2-8.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Brandon King, Oral Roberts
Jr., OF/DH (Hanford, Calif./Fresno City College)
King records his first career Player of the Week honor
after leading ORU to a series win at Oakland. The junior transfer
had at least two hits in three of the four games, including two
three-hit performances. In game two of the series, King was 3-for-5
with four RBI and three runs scored and went 3-for-4 with two
doubles and two runs scored in game one. For the week, King was
9-for-17 (.529) with seven RBI, six runs scored, three doubles and
two home runs. He also drew a walk and hit a sacrifice fly with a
.526 on-baes percentage and 1.059 slugging percentage. King raised
his season batting average from .313 to .335 following the
four-game set.
Also nominated: Pete Rajkovich, Centenary; Will Faulkner,
IPFW; Tyler Steen, North Dakota State; D.J. Jarrad, Oakland; Joel
Blake, South Dakota State; Tyson Weber, Southern Utah; Bryan
Jordan, 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.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Trever Vermeulen, South Dakota State
Sr., RHP (Mitchell, S.D./Dakota State Univ.)
Vermeulen collects his second Pitcher of the Week
award this season and seventh of his career following three relief
appearances in the series win over rival North Dakota State. In
Sunday's 15-inning marathon game, the senior tossed 6.1 innings,
recording a career-high eight strikeouts. He was the winning
pitcher in game one of the series, while earning his eighth save of
the season and 21st of his career in game two. For the
week, Vermeulen was 1-0 with a save while striking out 13 batters
in just 10.0 innings of work. He surrendered just one walk and
three hits over that span and held batters to a .097 average. In
league games this season he is 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA, six saves and
36 strikeouts in 27.2 innings.
Also nominated: Cole Thompson, Centenary; Ryan August, IPFW;
Jason Mattila, North Dakota State; Aaron Wick, Oakland; Alex
Gonzalez, Oral Roberts; James Crockett, 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 - Samuel Walker, IPFW; April 11 - James
Crockett, SUU; April 18, Trever Vermeulen, SDSU; April 25 - James
Crockett, SUU; May 2 - Drew Bowen, ORU.
