IPFW’s Soat, UNO’s Fox Capture #SummitBSB Weekly Awards

5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne outfielder Brandon Soat was named Summit League Baseball Player of the Week while Omaha starter Tyler Fox garnered the league's Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of May 2-8.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
BRANDON SOAT, FORT WAYNE
Sr. // OF // Fort Wayne, Ind.

Captured his second career Player of the Week honor and first this season
Batted .867 (13-of-15) in the series at South Dakota State with a 1.533 slugging percentage and .882 on-base percentage (2.415 OPS)
Went a perfect 6-for-6 in game one's one-run loss at SDSU with a pair of doubles and six RBI
In game two's win, recorded two hits (double, home run) with three RBI and two runs scored
Also was perfect at the plate (5-for-5) in game three's victory with two triples and four runs scored
On the week, registered 11 RBI, seven runs, three doubles, two triples and a home run in three games
Added a pair of walks with no strikeouts

Also nominated: Ben Petersen, North Dakota State; Cole Gruber, Omaha; Noah Cummings, Oral Roberts

Previous honorees: Feb. 22 – Clayton Taylor, UNO; Feb. 29 – Nick Roark, ORU; March 7 – Matt Whatley, ORU; March 14 – Luke Ringhofer, SDSU/Clayton Taylor, UNO; March 21 – Rolando Martinez, ORU; March 28 – Cole Gruber, UNO; April 4 – Brent Williams, ORU; April 11 – Ben Petersen, NDSU/Matt Whatley, ORU; April 18 – Greg Kaiser, IPFW; April 25 – Paul Jacobson, SDSU; May 2 – Logan Busch, NDSU

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
TYLER FOX, OMAHA
Sr. // RHP // Thornton, Colo.

Earned his fifth career Summit League Pitcher of the Week award and third this season
Tossed a complete game five-hit shutout in Friday's 6-0 win at North Dakota State
Recorded three strikeouts in the game and did not allow a baserunner via walk or extra-base hit
Registered his league-leading ninth win (9-2) on the year
Collected his 29^th career victory, which ties him for most all-time in Omaha history and puts him third in Summit League lore

Also nominated: Brandon Pease, Fort Wayne; Cale Tims, Oral Roberts

Previous honorees: Feb. 22 – Luke Lind, NDSU; Feb. 29 – Tyler Fox, UNO/Brady Womacks, ORU; March 7 – Nick Wood, ORU; March 14 – Corey Binger, UNO; March 21 – Landon Busch, SDSU; March 28 – Joe Mortillaro, WIU; April 4 – Josh McMinn, ORU/Sam Murphy, UNO; April 11 – Nick Wood, ORU; April 18 – Josh McMinn, ORU; April 25 – Jordan Harms, NDSU/Tyler Fox, UNO; May 2 – Trevor Storie, IPFW/Ian Koch, WIU

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 the 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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