Whitman, Miller, Sequeira Earn #SummitBSB Awards
Whitman, Miller, Sequeira Earn #SummitBSB Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne first baseman Kendall Whitman was named The Summit League Baseball Player of the Week while teammate Evan Miller and Oral Roberts' Anthony Sequeira were selected as the league's Pitchers of the Week for their performances April 20-26.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kendall Whitman, Fort Wayne
Jr. // 1B
Roanoke, Ind. // Huntington North
Whitman collects his first career Player of the Week honor after leading Fort Wayne to a perfect 4-0 record last week. The junior first baseman had a hit in all four contests, including a pair of four-hit games. In the series opener at Omaha, he went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI. He followed that performance with a 4-for-6 outing and four RBI in game two. Earlier in the week, the Roanoke, Ind., native went 2-for-3 with a home run and four runs scored against Holy Cross (Ind.). For the week, Whitman hit .611 (11-for-18) with a .667 on-base percentage and .889 slugging percentage. He had eight RBI with six runs scored, two doubles, two walks and a homer.
Also nominated: Drew Fearing, North Dakota State; Matt Whatley, Oral Roberts; Zach Coppola, South Dakota State.
Previous honorees: Feb. 16 – Shane Trevino, IPFW; Feb. 23 – Brandon Soat, IPFW/Anthony Sequeira, ORU; March 2 – Reid Clary, SDSU; March 9 – Zach Coppola, SDSU; March 16 – Cole Gruber, UNO; March 23 – Alex Mortensen, UNO/Chris Tschida, WIU; March 30 – Anthony Sequeira, ORU; April 6 – Derrian James, ORU/Colton Pogue, WIU; April 13 – Derrian James, ORU; April 20 – Reid Clary, SDSU.
PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Evan Miller, Fort Wayne
Fr., RHP
LaPorte, Ind. // LaPorte
Miller earns his first career Pitcher of the Week accolade after posting a career-high 13 strikeouts in eight innings of work at Omaha. The freshman allowed just four hits and one earned run against two walks for the win in Sunday's series finale. In his last three games, Miller has a 0.90 ERA in 20 innings pitched with 31 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .138. He also leads The Summit League with 71 strikeouts on the year.
Anthony Sequeira, Oral Roberts
Sr., RHP
Petaluma, Calif. // Santa Rosa JC
Sequeira records his first career Pitcher of the Week award of the season after collecting a win over South Dakota State and a save vs. UALR. In Tuesday's game against the Trojans, the senior right hander had three strikeouts in his lone inning of work on just 11 pitches for the save. In Sunday's extra inning win over the Jackrabbits, he tossed the final four innings with six strikeouts and a walk to earn his first win of the year. For the week, Sequeira pitched five innings in relief with nine strikeouts, one walk and no hits allowed. On the year, he has a 1.17 ERA with 30 strikeouts, six saves and just four walks. Sequeira has also earned two Player of the Week awards this season.
Also nominated: Tyler Fox, Omaha; Adam Bray, South Dakota State.
Previous honorees: Feb. 16 – Kyler Stout, ORU; Feb. 23 – Zach Williamsen, UNO; March 2 – Tyler Hamer, UNO; March 9 – Preston Church, WIU; March 16 – Xavier Altamirano, ORU; March 23 – Talon Jumper, SDSU; March 30 – Guillermo Trujillo, ORU; April 6 – Ryan Wells, IPFW; April 13 – Adam Bray, SDSU; April 20 – Adam Bray, 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 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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