IPFW’s Hathaway, OU’s Koons Earn Weekly Honors
IPFW’s Hathaway, OU’s Koons Earn Weekly Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Clay Hathaway was named The Summit League's Baseball Player of the Week and Oakland's Tim Koons was selected as the Pitcher of the Week for their performances April 15-21.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Clay Hathaway, Fort Wayne
Sr., SS
Show Low, Ariz. // Mesa CC
Hathaway earns his first Player of the Week award after batting .636 with three multi-hit games in four league contests during the week. In the 5-4 series opening win vs. Oakland, Hathaway went 3-for-3 with a triple, three RBI, a stolen base and a run scored. In the second game of the series, also a 5-4 victory, he was 2-for-2 with a triple and two runs scored. Hathaway had a pair of hits and stole a base in the series finale against the Golden Grizzlies. For the week, he collected seven hits, three RBI, three runs, two triples and a pair of stolen bases. Hathaway posted a .667 on-base percentage and slugged 1.000 in the four game series.
Also nominated: Jared Theisen, Oakland; Dan Dispensa, 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; 3/25 – Caleb Fenimore, IPFW; 4/1 – Daniel Telford, SDSU; 4/8 – Brett Bass, UNO; 4/15 – Daniel Talford, SDSU.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Tim Koons, Oakland
Jr., RHP
Castle Rock, Colo. // Fort Scott CC
Koons collected his second career Pitcher of the Week award, both this season, after shutting out Fort Wayne. In his first complete game effort of the season, Koons worked 7.0 innings and yielded just three hits and two walks while fanning seven.
Also nominated: Chuck Weaver, Fort Wayne; Aaron Michel, Western Illinois.
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; 3/25 – Brian Loconsole, WIU; 4/1 – John Straka, NDSU; 4/8 – Matt Tew, UNO; 4/15 – Jason Kalber, IPFW/Stephen Bougher, 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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