Splichal, Bougher, Michel Earn Weekly Baseball Awards
Splichal, Bougher, Michel Earn Weekly Baseball Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Omaha's Tyler Splichal was named The Summit League's Baseball Player of the Week while South Dakota State's Stephen Bougher and Western Illinois' Aaron Michel were selected as the Pitchers of the Week for their performances April 22-28.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tyler Splichal, Omaha
Sr., IF
Bellevue, Neb. // Bellevue East
Splichal collects his first career Player of the Week award after helping Omaha to a four-game split with North Dakota State. The senior had three multi-hit games including a 5-for-6 performance in the series finale win. In that game, Splichal finished a home run shy of the cycle with four RBI and four runs scored. He added a pair of hits in the first two games of the series and did not strikeout in 18 plate appearances. For the week, Splichal batted .625 (10-for-16) with eight RBI, six runs, two walks, two doubles and a triple. He had a .667 on-base percentage and .875 slugging percentage in the four games.
Also nominated: Kevin Wirth, Fort Wayne; Kyle Kleinendorst, North Dakota State; Mike Brosseau, Oakland; Daniel Telford, South Dakota State; Jameson Henning, 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 Telford, SDSU; 4/22 – Clay Hathaway, IPFW.
PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Stephen Bougher, South Dakota State
Sr., RHP
Papillion, Neb. // Papillion La Vista South
Bougher records his fifth career Pitcher of the Week award and second this season after his complete game victory over Oakland on Saturday. The senior allowed just one run on two hits with three strikeouts. He took a shutout into the seventh inning and retired 15 consecutive Golden Grizzly hitters at one point in the game. The win was the 19th of his career, placing him in a tie for seventh on the Jackrabbit career wins list.
Aaron Michel, Western Illinois
Fr., LHP
Decatur, Ill. // St. Teresa
Michel earns his first career Pitcher of the Week award after collecting the win in game one over Fort Wayne. In his first career league start, the freshman allowed just one earned run over seven innings with seven strikeouts and just one walk for his third win of the season. The seven innings pitched set a new career-high while he tied his career-best with seven punchouts.
Also nominated: Steve Danielak, Fort Wayne; Adam Lambrecht, North Dakota State; Tim Koons, 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; 3/25 – Brian Loconsole, WIU; 4/1 – John Straka, NDSU; 4/8 – Matt Tew, UNO; 4/15 – Jason Kalber, IPFW/Stephen Bougher, SDSU; 4/22 – Tim Koons, OU.
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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