For Immediate Release
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Week
#3 Carter Howell (OF, 5-11, 185, So., R/R, Moorhead, Minn. / Moorhead HS) - Augustana
- Went 8-for-18 (.444) as Augustana went 4-1 last week
- Scored four runs, with a double, a triple, two home runs and six RBI
- Had a .944 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base percentage
- Added two walks and two steals
- Leads the NSIC in batting average (.475), hits (48), runs scored (37), total bases (78) and OBP% (.550)

NSIC Pitcher of the Week
#16 Seth Brewer (RHP, 6-2, 195, Sr., R/R, Rapid City, S.D. / Stevens HS) - Northern State
- Threw a seven inning no-hitter versus Minot State on Sunday
- Struck out nine Beavers in his fifth win of the season
- Dropped his season ERA below 2.00
- Added one scoreless inning versus Augustana with two strikeouts
- Named NSIC Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season (4/5/21)

Other Top Performances - Player
#3 Jarod Wandersee (CSP) slashed .625/.684/1.250 over five games, collecting 10 hits in 16 at-bats. He homered in three straight games to double his season total to six. He hit safely in the last four games of the week, registering three multi-hit games. He scored six times and drove in five runs. He is tied for seventh in the NSIC in home runs and 15th in total bases.

#31 Jack Waletich (MSU) went 5-for-14 in the series at Upper Iowa to lead the Mavericks to a four-game series sweep. Waletich scored three runs, had three RBI and walked one time in the series. He had one extra-base hit in the series, a solo home run in game three.

#18 Kellen Peat (MINOT) recorded a season-high four hits at Northern State including a season-high three doubles and five RBI helping the Beavers to a game two victory, 13-3. Peat went 6-for-9 (.667) during the Northern State Series with six RBI and two runs scored. Defensively, he had six assists in the final two games at Northern State. He helped turn one double play during that series and two in the last four games.

#19 Spencer Sarringar (NSU) led Northern State hitting .353 versus Augustana and Minot State. He tallied six total hits, including two doubles and one homerun. He notched a .647 slugging percentage and stole one base. He added two RBI and two runs scored. He recorded 38 putouts and six assists defensively without committing an error.

#2 Connor King (USF) hit .500 with eight hits, eight runs scored, three RBI and his first career- home run against SMSU. He had a .750 slugging mark and .636 OBP. King led USF to four wins in five games. During the five game stretch he had three multi-hit games and scored at least two runs in a game three times. Along with eight hits he had five walks and reached base 13 times in 21 plate appearances.

#7 Derek Smith (SMSU) batted .667 (10-for-15) in five games, with two doubles, one home run, five RBI and five runs scored. He also walked four times and finished the week with a .737 on-base pct and a 1.000 slugging percentage. Smith had seven straight hits during games 2 and 3 of the BSU series. Smith finished the three games versus BSU 7 for 10 with two doubles and four RBI.

#23 Jake Hilmer (UIU) went 5-14 (.358) with a double and an HBP in UIU’s home series versus Minnesota State. He scored on three occasions over the weekend.

Other Top Performances - Pitcher  
#13 Koby Bishop (AUGIE) tossed a complete game seven-inning shutout against Northern State on April 14 in a 2-0 Viking win. Bishop struck out 14 in the game while allowing just four hits. He is now 4-1 with a 2.83 ERA and 43 strikeouts on the season.

#15 Collin Denk (MSU) pitched the second game of last weekend’s series at Upper Iowa where the Mavericks came out on top 8-0. Denk pitched a complete game, going seven innings and allowing three hits. Denk shutout the Peacocks in the seven-inning game and never gave up a walk. He struck out six batters.

#32 Dominick Parkhurst (MINOT) threw a season-high 7.0-inning complete-game during a 13-3 victory in Game 2 at Northern State. He struck out a season-high eight batters to help the Beavers take the series on the road. It marked is his longest start of the season and gave him his third win of the year.

#34 Duncan Snider (UIU) struck out seven and allowed just one earned run in six innings in a narrow extra-innings loss against NSIC leading Minnesota State. The right-hander allowed just seven on via four free passes and a trio of base hits in a no-decision.
 

NSIC Baseball Players of the Week
3/8/21
Player:  #20 Brock Reller - Minnesota Crookston
Pitcher:  #29 Jon Ludwig - Minnesota State
3/15/21
Player:  #20 Brock Reller - Minnesota Crookston (2)
Pitcher:  #22 John Bezdicek - SMSU
3/22/21
Player: #1 Joey Werner - Minnesota State
Pitcher: #10 Griffin Lapp - Concordia-St. Paul
3/30/21
Player: #1 Joey Werner - Minnesota State (2)
Pitcher: #20 Tanner Brown - Augustana
4/5/21
Player: #7 Sam Baier - Augustana
Pitcher: #16 Seth Brewer - Northern State
4/13/21
Player: #42 Christian Kuzemka - Augustana
Pitcher: #37 Jonathan Draheim - University of Mary
4/20/21
Player: #3 Carter Howell - Augustana
Pitcher: #16 Seth Brewer  - Northern State (2)

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 23 team national championships and crowned 77 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.