UNO’s Ditto, IUPUI’s Boetjer Earn #SummitSB Weekly Awards

4/18/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Omaha catcher Campbell Ditto was named Summit League Player of the Week while IUPUI pitcher Brooke Boetjer earned the league's Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of April 11-17.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
CAMPBELL DITTO, OMAHA
Sr. // C // Wamego, Kan.

Named Summit League Player of the Week for the second time in her career and for the first time since 2013
Hit .500 (7-for-14) in Omaha's 3-1 week, including a series win at Western Illinois and a mid-week victory at Iowa State
Recorded base hits in all four of the Mavs' games during the week, including a pair of home runs in game one of Saturday's doubleheader
For the week, hit two home runs, driving in four runs and scoring three times with an on-base percentage of .563 and slugged 1.000
Behind the plate, she had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage while throwing out both base runners attempting to steal on her

Also nominated: Jenna Balthazor, IPFW; Ali Mosier, IUPUI; Logan Moreland, North Dakota State; Yvon Minogue, South Dakota; Nina Maggio, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Feb. 15 – Sydney Hames, Omaha; Feb. 22 – Payton Abbott, Western Illinois; Feb 29 – Jackie Stifter, North Dakota State; March 7 – Tierney Bottino, Western Illinois; March 14 – Kourtney Pock, Omaha; March 21 – Kourtney Pock, Omaha; March 28 – Sydney Hancock, South Dakota; April 4 – Sydney Hames, Omaha/Logan Moreland, North Dakota State; April 11 – Logan Moreland, North Dakota State

PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
BROOKE BOETJER, IUPUI
Sr. // RHP // Fillmore, Ind.

Earned her fourth career Summit League Pitcher of the Week award and first of the 2016 season
Made four appearances during the week, helping the Jaguars to their first league-series win of the season and a mid-week win over Wright State
Picked up the win in game two of the series against in-state rival Fort Wayne, going five innings and allowing only three hits and no earned runs
In the series, she allowed only four hits in 8.2 innings pitched without allowing a run
In total, the senior struck out eight in 13.2 innings with a 1.02 ERA

Also nominated: Sarah Lazarowich, IPFW; Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Kacyee Hart, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Feb. 15 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; Feb. 22 – Brooke Boetjer, IUPUI / Kacyee Hart, Western Illinois; Feb. 29 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; March 7 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State / Emily Ira, Western Illinois; March 14 – Laura Roecker, Omaha; March 21 – Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; March 28 – Laura Roecker, Omaha; April 4 – Abbie Clanton, Omaha/Jacquelyn Sertic, North Dakota State; April 11 – Madison Frain, South Dakota

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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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