Fenimore, Loconsole Earn Weekly Baseball Honors
Fenimore, Loconsole Earn Weekly Baseball Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Caleb Fenimore and Western Illinois' Brian Loconsole were named The Summit League's Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week for their performances March 18-24.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Caleb Fenimore, Fort Wayne
Jr., C
Rushville, Ind. // Rushville Consolidated
Fenimore earns his first career Player of the Week award after helping Fort Wayne to a series win at Alabama State. In the series finale, the junior catcher went 3-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI. He added the game-winning home run in the top of the ninth to break a 3-3 tie for the win in game two along with two runs scored. For the week, Fenimore batted .400 (4-for-10) with six RBI, two runs, two doubles a home run and a walk. He had a .900 slugging percentage with a .455 on-base percentage against the 14-8 Hornets.
Also nominated: Kyle Kleinendorst, North Dakota State; Jared Theisen, Oakland; Zach Burling, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 2/18 – Markus Kalber, IPFW; 2/25 – Andrew Melton, SDSU; 3/4 – Andrew Melton, SDSU; 3/11 – Nolan Jacoby, OU; 3/18 – Ryan Keele, UNO.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Brian Loconsole, Western Illinois
Sr., RHP
Carol Stream, Ill. // Moraine Valley CC
Loconsole collects his first career Pitcher of the Week award after notching a pair of saves in both of Western Illinois' victories over Michigan. In game one's 5-3 win, the senior pitched 1.1 innings with one strikeout while tossing 1.2 innings in game three's victory for his fifth save of the season. The five saves tie a Leatherneck single-season record. For the week Loconsole had two saves in three innings of work with two strikeouts while allowing two hits.
Also nominated: Chuck Weaver, Fort Wayne; John Straka, North Dakota State; Jake Paulson, Oakland.
Previous honorees: 2/18 – John Straka, NDSU/Mason Pingel, WIU; 2/25 – John Straka, NDSU; 3/4 – David Ernst, NDSU; 3/11 – Tim Koons, OU; 3/18 – Layne Somsen, SDSU.
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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