Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan State Earn Baseball Weekly Honors

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Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan State Earn Baseball Weekly Honors

Hawkeyes’ Adreon named Player of the Week; Illini’s Gowens and Spartans’ Benschoter split Pitcher of the Week; Hoosiers’ Colopy captured Freshman of the Week

 

 

Player of the Week
Zeb Adreon, Iowa

OF – Sr. – Pleasantville, Iowa – Pleasantville

 

  • Hit .714 (10-of-14) with five RBI and seven runs scored to lead the Hawkeyes to a 3-1 weekend against Maryland and Northwestern for their fifth straight series win
  • Finished with a 1.071 slugging percentage and .765 on-base percentage on the weekend and reached base safely in each of his final 10 plate appearances
  • Recorded a triple in both outings against Northwestern, becoming the first Hawkeye since 2018 to triple in consecutive games
  • The Academic All-Big Ten honoree wins his second career Big Ten Player of the Week award and first of the season
  • Last Iowa Big Ten Player of the Week: Ben Norman (April 20, 2021)

 

Co-Pitchers of the Week

Riley Gowens, Illinois

P – Jr. – Libertyville, Ill. – Libertyville

 

  • Pitched seven shutout innings against Purdue on April 25, combining with Ryan O’Hara and Cole Kirschsieper to throw the 11th no-hitter in Illinois’ 142-year program history and first ever on the road
  • Faced 27 batters and struck out six in his seventh career start
  • Helped the Illini complete their first sweep of the season at Purdue and Illinois’ first Big Ten series sweep on the road since March 23-25, 2018, at Northwestern
  • Wins his first career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award
  • Last Illinois Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: Andy Fisher (May 6, 2019)

 

Sam Benschoter, Michigan State

P – Sr. – Tecumseh, Mich. – Tecumseh

 

  • Fired a career-high 17 strikeouts in 9.1 innings of relief on Sunday vs. conference-leader Nebraska
  • Entered the game in the third inning and struck out the side in the third and fifth innings, holding the Huskers without a hit until the eighth
  • The 17 strikeouts are the most in the program’s modern day history, besting former MLB All-Star Mark Mulder’s 16 Ks against Campbell on March 7, 1998
  • The three-time Academic-All Big Ten honoree wins his first career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award
  • Last Michigan State Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: Mason Erla (March 10, 2020)

 

 

Freshman of the Week

Morgan Colopy, Indiana

OF – Centerville, Ohio – Centerville

 

  • Helped the Hoosiers to a series sweep against Minnesota last weekend
  • Registered a .444 batting average on the week with eight hits, seven runs, 10 RBI, two doubles and a home run
  • Recorded a .474 on-base percentage and .722 slugging percentage
  • Wins his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week award
  • Last Indiana Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Gabe Bierman (May 13, 2019)

 

 

 

2021 Baseball Players of the Week

 

March 10

PL: Zaid Walker, So., MSU

P: Tommy Sommer, Jr., IND

F: Jason Savacool, Fr., MD

 

March 16

PL: Benjamin Cowles, Jr., MD

P: McCade Brown, So., IND

F: Josh Rodriguez, Fr., RU

 

March 24

PL: Cam Chick, Jr., NEB

P: Trenton Wallace, Jr., IOWA

F: Jason Savacool, Fr., MD

 

March 30

PL: Shawn Goosenberg, Jr., NU

P: Cade Povich, Jr., NEB

F: Nick Powers, Fr., MSU

F: Ryan Lasko, Fr., RU

 

April 7

PL: Zach Dezenzo, Jr., OSU

P: Seth Lonsway, Jr., OSU

F: Jordan Sweeney, Fr., RU

 

April 13

PL: Shawn Goosenberg, Jr., NU

P: Braydon Tucker, So., IND

F: Ryan Lasko, Fr., RU

 

April 20

PL: Ben Norman, Sr., IOWA

P: Jack Liffrig, So., MINN

F: Ryan Lasko, Fr., RU

 

April 27

PL: Zeb Adreon, Sr., IOWA

P: Riley Gowens, Jr., ILL

P: Sam Benschoter, Sr., MSU

F: Morgan Colopy, Fr., IND