For Immediate Release
Monday, March 9, 2020
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Week
#20 Brock  Reller (OF, 6-3, 230, Jr., L/L. Grand Forks, N.D. / Grand Forks Central HS) - Minnesota Crookston
- Was 11-of-19 for a .579 batting average as UMC went 3-1 last week in Florida
- Hit three home runs, had nine RBI, eight runs scored along with a pair of triples
- Was 4-of-5 with a home run, four RBI and three runs scored in a win over USciences
- Had a .600 on base percentage while slugging 1.316

NSIC Pitcher of the Week
#26 Jack Zigan (RHP, 6-0, 190, R-So., L/R, Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie HS) - Minnesota State
- Pitched a complete game in 7-1 win against St. Cloud State throwing 113 pitches
- Allowed one unearned run on two hits (.067 BAA) and no walks, while working around three errors
- Struck out a career high 12 hitters and induced five flyouts and eight groundouts against 30 batters faced
- Faced the minimum batters (18) in the last six innings

Other Top Performances - Player
#28 Jack  Young (CSP) slashed .545/.583/.818 in seven games, picking up 12 hits in 22 at-bats -Added three doubles and his first career home run -Scored nine times and drove in six runs -Has a nine-game hitting streak, including six multi-hit games
#1 Joey  Werner (MSU) hit .350 with a .458 on base percentage in five games from Florida. - Collected seven hits with three RBI and two runs scored, while also being hit by a pitch four times. - Stole two bases on the base paths and had 11 putouts with an assist in the field. - Had three consecutive games recording multi-hit performances.
#37 Ben  Heichel (SMSU), in four games last week, helped SMSU to a 3-1 record in Tucson; batted .462 (6 for 13) with two home runs, a double, seven RBIs and 13 total bases; He also walked three times and finished with a 1.000 slugging percentage; He had a base hit in three of the four games and in SMSU's win over Mount Marty, he was 3 for 5 with two home runs, a double and seven RBIs; His two-run double in the bottom of the eighth snapped a 9-9 tie; He had two walks in a win over Dakota Wesleyan and also collected two hits in a loss on Sunday to Concordia-St. Paul.
#33 Sam  Kohnle (WSU) went 4-for-11 with four RBI's and a run scored over three games in Florida; went 2-for-5 with two RBI's and a run scored in a win against Tiffin;  only struck out once in 12 plate appearances; season batting average of .412.
 
Other Top Performances - Pitcher
#3 Blake Stelzer (CSP) went 2-0 in two starts, throwing 13.0 shutout innings; Held opponents to just a .125 average, allowing five hits on the week; Had a 24/3 K/BB ratio, including a career-best 14 strikeouts against Presentation; Has thrown 14.2 consecutive scoreless innings to lower his season ERA to 0.52.
#28 Matt  Nelson (UMC) went 1-0 for the Golden Eagles with just one run allowed in six innings in a win over West Virginia Wesleyan; Nelson struck out eight and walked just one, while allowing six hits.
Jake  Hilmer (UIU) struck out 11 Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers in 7.1 innings of work on Saturday. Hilmer then got the start in left field on Sunday where he registered two RBI, scored twice and went 2-4 with a home run and a double.
#24 Aaron  Mutter (WSU) picked up his fourth win of the year against Tiffin; allowed just four hits and one earned run in eight innings of work; struck out four and walked one; only allowed one extra-base hit.
 

NSIC Baseball Players of the Week
2/10/20
Player: #9 Andrew Hanson - Wayne State
Pitcher: #20 Tanner Brown- Augustana
2/18/20
Player: #5 CJ Neumann - Wayne State
Pitcher: #26 Riley Ahern - St. Cloud State
2/25/20
Player: #9 Andrew Hanson - Wayne State (2)
Pitcher: #21 Noah Myhre - Minot State
3/2/20
Player: #1 Jordan  Barth  - Augustana
Pitcher: #22 John  Bezdicek - SMSU
3/9/20
Player: #20 Brock  Reller  - Minnesota Crookston
Pitcher: #26 Jack  Zigan - Minnesota State