NDSU’s Petersen, ORU’s Whatley and McGregor earn #SummitBSB Weekly Awards

3/6/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State outfielder Ben Petersen and Oral Roberts' catcher Matt Whatley were named Summit League Baseball Players of the Week, while Oral Roberts' Justin McGregor garnered the Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of Feb. 27 – March 5.

BEN PETERSEN, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // OF // Lino Lakes, Minn.

Garnered his second career Player of the Week accolade
For the week, he accounted for 14 runs (7 runs, 7 RBI) with four hits, five walks, and three extra base hits (3HR)
Currently leads the League with five home runs
Batted .286 (4-for-14) with a .429 on-base percentage and .929 slugging percentage

MATT WHATLEY ORAL ROBERTS
Jr. // C // Claremore, Okla.

Earned his third career Player of the Week award
Posted a hit in all four-games he played in this week, including the game-tying home run in the ninth inning against Minnesota
For the week, he tallied four RBI on six hits including three extra base hits (2B, 2HR)
Batted .333 (6-for-18) with a .333 on-base percentage and .722 slugging percentage

Previous honorees: Feb. 20 – Mason Pierzchalski, NDSU; Feb. 27 – Noah Cummings, ORU

JUSTIN MCGREGOR, ORAL ROBERTS
Jr. // RHP // Midwest City, Okla.

Received his first career Pitcher of the Week honor
Improved to 2-0 on the season after throwing three scoreless innings against Kansas
For the week, allowed just one run on seven hits, and struck out four batters in 7.1 innings pitched

Previous honorees: Feb. 20 – Ryam Froom, SDSU; Feb. 27 – Miguel Ausua, ORU

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Celebrating its 35^th season 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 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, 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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