UNO's Keele, OU's Hager Earn Weekly Baseball Awards
UNO's Keele, OU's Hager Earn Weekly Baseball Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Omaha's Ryan Keele and Oakland's Jason Hager were named The Summit League's Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week for their performances May 6-12.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ryan Keele, Omaha
Sr., OF
Bellevue, Neb. // Northwestern State Univ.
Keele captures his second-straight Player of the Week award and third this season after leading Omaha to a 4-1 record. In a 6-5 win over Iowa, the senior had two hits, a walk and stolen base. In the game two win at Oakland, he went 3-for-6 with a double, home run and a pair of RBI. He added a hit in game one of the series along with two hits each in games three and four. For the week, Keele batted .500 (10-for-20) with five RBI, four runs scored, three walks, two homers, a double and stolen base. He had an .850 slugging percentage and .565 on-base percentage for the week.
Also nominated: Steve Lowden, Fort Wayne; Wes Satzinger, North Dakota State; Mike Brosseau, Oakland; Nick Andrews, South Dakota State; Steve Kedroski, 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; 4/29 – Tyler Splichal, UNO; 5/6 – Ryan Keele, UNO.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Jason Hager, Oakland
Jr., LHP
Swartz Creek, Mich. // Grand Blanc
Hager earns his first career Pitcher of the Week award after tossing a seven-inning complete game shutout over league-leading Omaha. The outing was his first complete game shutout of the season. In the win, the junior southpaw surrendered four hits against five strikeouts and no walks.
Also nominated: Chuck Weaver, Fort Wayne; John Straka, North Dakota State; Layne Somsen, South Dakota State; Tom Constand, 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; 4/22 – Tim Koons, OU; 4/29 – Stephen Bougher, SDSU/Aaron Michel, WIU; 5/6 – Steven Schoonover, UNO.
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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