April 25, 2012
CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Players of the Week
National
Player
Alex Blandino (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Stanford freshman infielder
Blandino went 9 for 16 (.563) with four home runs and 11 RBI in
four games. He had one double, eight runs, on-base percentage of .611 and
slugging percentage of 1.375. Blandino homered twice on Friday with four runs
and four RBI in a 19-5 win over Arizona State and drove in the game-winner in
Sunday’s finale.
National Pitcher
Jordan Spencer (Beaverton, Ore.)
Oregon freshman left-hander
Spencer pitched a no-hitter in a 3-0 win over Portland on
Wednesday at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer. He faced just two batters over the
minimum in logging a career-best nine innings. He hit a batter in the fifth and
a hitter reached on an error in the seventh. Spencer did not walk a batter and
fanned five.
Regional Players of the Week
Northeast
Player
Greg Dupell (Tampa, Fla.)
Navy junior infielder
Dupell went 11 for 21 (.524) in six games with nine runs and 11
RBI. Dupell had three doubles, two home runs and eight walks as the Midshipmen
went 5-1. He went 3 for 3 with three RBI in a win over Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Dupell doubled twice and homered with a career-high five RBI in a 21-3 victory
over Lafayette.
Northeast
Pitcher
Logan Lee (Laguna Niguel, Calif.)
Army senior left-hander
Lee pitched the first no-hitter for Army since 1957 in an 8-0 win
over Bucknell in the opener of Saturday’s doubleheader. Lee struck out seven in
seven innings. He took a perfect game into the seventh for the second straight
start. Lee surrendered a leadoff walk in the seventh for the lone Mountain
Hawks' base-runner.
Southeast Player
Tyler Tewell (Charlotte, N.C.)
Appalachian State junior outfielder
Tewell batted .500 (6 for 12) in a three-game sweep of Furman
with six runs and six RBI. Tewell had a double, a triple and a home run for a
slugging percentage of 1.000. He walked once and was hit by a pitch for an
on-base percentage of .571. Tewell had five hits, five runs and six RBI in a DH
sweep on Saturday.
Southeast Pitcher
Kyle McGowin (Sag Harbor, N.Y.)
Savannah State sophomore right-hander
McGowin struck out 15 in a 6-0 complete-game victory over Florida
A&M in the opener of Saturday’s doubleheader. He allowed four hits, all singles,
and one walk in nine innings. McGowin fanned six straight in the fourth and
fifth while working out of a bases-loaded jam with a punchout to end the
eighth.
Central Player
Ty Wiesenmeyer (Troy, Ill.)
Illinois State senior outfielder
Wiesenmeyer batted .471 in four games while driving in 10 for the
Redbirds. He had a double, a triple and a grand slam in posting a slugging
percentage of .824. Wiesenmeyer scored four and walked twice for an on-base
percentage of .526. He belted a grand slam in Saturday’s 12-3 win over Bradley.
Central
Pitcher
Steven Hill (Colleyville, Texas)
Penn State junior right-hander
Hill tossed a no-hitter against Iowa on Saturday in a 2-0 Big Ten
victory. He allowed one walk in nine innings and faced just two over the
minimum. Hill struck out three in becoming the first Nittany Lion to register a
no-hitter since Nate Bump held Duquesne hitless in 1995.
West Player
Goose Kallunki (Orem, Utah)
Utah Valley senior first baseman
Kallunki went 9 for 17 (.529) with five doubles, three homers,
six runs and 11 RBI in a four-game Great West sweep of Texas-Pan American.
Kallunki posted a slugging percentage of 1.353 for the Wolverines. Kallunki had
his second multi-homer game in the series opener on Thursday.
West
Pitcher
Andrew Thurman (Orange, Calif.)
UC Irvine sophomore right-hander
Thurman pitched a no-hitter in Friday’s Big West series opener
against Long Beach State. Thurman walked one and struck out five. He faced just
two over the minimum in a 4-0 victory over the Dirtbags. Thurman retired 23
straight at one point in becoming the fifth Anteater to record a no-hitter.
Note -
regional players of the week are chosen based on their conference affiliation.
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(Blandino photo by Dani Vernon, StanfordPhoto.com, other photos courtesy of Media Relations Offices) |