Soat, Sequeira and Williamsen Earn #SummitBSB Honors
Soat, Sequeira and Williamsen Earn #SummitBSB Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne outfielder Brandon Soat and Oral Roberts first baseman Anthony Sequeira were named The Summit League Baseball Players of the Week while Omaha starting pitcher Zach Williamsen was selected as the league's Pitcher of the Week for their performances Feb. 16-22.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Brandon Soat, Fort Wayne
Jr., OF
Fort Wayne, Ind. // Homestead
Soat earns his first career Player of the Week honor after leading Fort Wayne to a series win over Murray State. He had a pair of four-hit games in Sunday's doubleheader, including a grand slam. In the series finale, Soat went 4-for-6 with eight RBI and six runs scored. He had two home runs, a grand slam in the seventh inning and a solo shot in the eighth. He added four hits in Sunday first game including a double and triple. For the week, Soat was 9-for-15 (.600) with 10 RBI, eight runs, two homers with a double and triple. He also had a .625 on-base percentage, 1.200 slugging percentage and has a five-game hitting streak.
Anthony Sequeira, Oral Roberts
Sr., 1B
Petaluma, Calif. // Santa Rosa JC
Sequeira records his first career Player of the Week award after leading Oral Roberts offensively to a series sweep of SIU Edwardsville. In game two, the senior first baseman went 4-for-4 with five RBI, a double and home run. He added two hits, three runs and two RBI in the series finale on Saturday. For the week, Sequeira batted .700 (7-for-10) with a 1.200 slugging percentage and .714 on-base percentage. He had seven RBI and six runs scored with a pair of doubles, a home run and three walks.
Also nominated: Cole Gruber, Omaha; JJ Reimer, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: Feb. 16 – Shane Trevino, IPFW.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Zach Williamsen, Omaha
Sr., RHP
Omaha, Neb. // Millard West
Williamsen collects his first Pitcher of the Week honor this season and second of his career after earning his first win of the season in a combined no-hitter over Chicago State. The senior right-hander threw five hitless innings in the start, allowing just one walk with a season-high five strikeouts. The combined no-hitter was the first by a Maverick pitching staff since 2004 and the third under head coach Bob Herold.
Also nominated: Trevor Storie, Fort Wayne; Nathan Garza, Oral Roberts; J.T. Baksha, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: Feb. 16 – Kyler Stout, ORU.
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 nine institutions, including four 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), Oral Roberts 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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