WIU's Glore, SDSU's Clemen Earn Weekly Baseball Honors
WIU's Glore, SDSU's Clemen Earn Weekly Baseball Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois infielder Tanner
Glore was named The Summit League's Player of the Week
while South Dakota State starting pitcher Andrew
Clemen was selected as the Pitcher of the Week for their
performances May 5-11.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tanner Glore, Western Illinois
Sr., 3B
Potosi, Mo. // Mineral Area CC
Glore collects his first career Player of the Week award after
leading Western Illinois in a series split at South Dakota State.
In the game one win Friday, the senior third baseman went 3-for-4
with a pair of doubles and two RBI. He reached base in all six
plate appearances in game three with a hit, three walks, a hit by
pitch and sacrifice bunt. He added a pair of hits with a walk and
stolen base in the series finale on Sunday. For the week, Glore
batted .545 (6-for-11) with a .818 slugging percentage and .688
on-base percentage. He had four walks, three doubles, three RBI,
two runs scored and two stolen bases.
Also nominated: Kevin Wirth, Fort Wayne; Michael Leach,
North Dakota State; Caleb Palensky, Omaha; Zach Coppola, South
Dakota State.
Previous honorees: Feb. 17 – Kevin Wirth, IPFW; Feb.
24 – Al Robbins, SDSU; March 3 – Wes Satzinger,
NDSU/Alex Schultz, UNO, March 10 – Scott Splett, SDSU/Kyle
Kleinendorst, NDSU; March 17 – Greg Kaiser, IPFW; March 24
– Greg Kaiser, IPFW; March 31 – Caleb Palensky, UNO;
April 7 – Daniel Jewett, UNO; April 14 – Neil DeCook,
WIU; April 21 – Clayton Taylor, UNO/Tim Colwell, NDSU; April
28 – Caleb Palensky, UNO; May 5 – Kyle Kleinendorst,
NDSU.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Andrew Clemen, South Dakota State
So., RHP
Des Moines, Iowa // Dowling Catholic
Clemen earns the Pitcher of the Week award, the first of his
career, after tossing five scoreless innings in his first career
start. The sophomore right-hander allowed just three hits with
three strikeouts and a walk in South Dakota State's game two win
over Western Illinois.
Also nominated: Ryan Wells, Fort Wayne; Trent Keefer, North
Dakota State.
Previous honorees: Feb. 17 – Adam Bray, SDSU; Feb. 24
– Chad Hodges; March 3 – David Ernst, NDSU; March 10
– Tyler Fox, UNO/Adam Bray, SDSU; March 17 – Parker
Trewin, NDSU; March 24 – Chad Hodges, SDSU; March 31 –
Aaron Michel, WIU; April 7 – Tyler Willman, WIU; April 14
– Steven Schoonover, UNO/Aaron Michael, WIU; April 21 –
Chad Hodges, SDSU; April 28 – Zach Williamsen, UNO/John
White, WIU; May 5 – Parker Trewin, NDSU/Chad Hodges,
SDSU.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League
offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over
120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60
U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member
institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne
(Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana
University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State
University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), 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 eight NCAA
Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America
selections.
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