Oakland Sweeps Baseball Weekly Awards
Oakland Sweeps Baseball Weekly Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland's Nolan Jacoby and Tim Koons were named The Summit League's Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week for their performances March 4-10.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nolan Jacoby, Oakland
Sr., 1B
Crystal Lake, Ill. // Prairie Ridge
Jacoby earns the Player of the Week award after leading Oakland to a series win at Ohio. In the series finale, the senior first baseman went 4-for-5 with three doubles, two runs scored and a RBI. He added a double and RBI in the opening game win. For the week, Jacoby hit .385 (5-for-13) with four doubles, two RBI and two runs scored. He had a .692 slugging percentage and .429 on-base percentage.
Also nominated: Tyler Shepherd, Fort Wayne; Daniel Telford, South Dakota State.
Previous honorees: 2/18 – Markus Kalber, IPFW; 2/25 – Andrew Melton, SDSU; 3/4 – Andrew Melton, SDSU.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Tim Koons, Oakland
Jr., RHP
Castle Rock, Colo. // Fort Scott CC
Koons captures his first career Pitcher of the Week award after earning a 6-2 win in the series finale at Ohio. The right-hander went eight innings with seven strikeouts to earn the win. He surrendered just four hits over the eight innings for his first victory of the season
Also nominated: Travis Reboulet, Fort Wayne; Shane Kraemer, South Dakota State.
Previous honorees: 2/18 – John Straka, NDSU/Mason Pingel, WIU; 2/25 – John Straka, NDSU; 3/4 – David Ernst, NDSU.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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