NWC Hitter of the Week: Matt Sorenson (Puget Sound, Sr., DH/P, Redmond,
Wash.) led the Loggers to a weekend sweep by going 5/12 with a double, five
runs scored and six runs batted in.
Honorable Mention: Drew Randolph (PLU, C) went 7/11 with three doubles and four
RBI in three games; Greg Roberts (Linfield, C) hit .571 (8/14) with three runs
and three RBI; Todd Shaffer (L&C) went 4/8 with a double, a home run and four
RBI; Sean Kinney (Whitman) was 5/12 with two doubles; Greg Dombeck went 3/3
with a double and a home run, driving in three runs.
Co-NWC Pitchers of the Week: Peter Young (Lewis & Clark, Jr., Livermore,
Calif.) threw a complete-game six hitter in the 4-1 win over Willamette, striking
out six and walking only one; Brant Shilliam (Linfield, So., RHP, Hillsboro,
Ore.) threw a complete-game seven hitter in the 4-1 win over Pacific, striking
out seven and walking two.
Honorable Mention: Matt Sorenson (UPS) went eight innings of the Loggers’ 11-1
win over Whitman, giving up one run on four hits while striking out 11; Matt
Serr (PLU) went 7.2 innings today vs. Whitworth, allowing three runs on eight
hits and two walks while striking out two batters.
NWC Hitter of the Week: Eric Bell (George Fox, Sr., 1B, Spokane, Wash.)
helped the Bruins clinch the NWC title by batting .600 (6/10) with three home
runs, a double, nine runs batted in and five runs scored.
Honorable Mention: John Gebbers (Whitworth, OF) went 6/15 with two home runs,
a double, seven RBI and five runs; Drew Randolph (PLU, C) went 7/17 with three
home runs, 10 RBI and six runs in five games; Andy Bartels (Willamette, 3B)
batted .450 (9/20) with four doubles, a home run, five RBI and six runs in four
games; Sean Kinney (Whitman, OF) batted .500 with a home run, three doubles,
four RBI and four runs; Greg Roberts (Linfield, C) was 6/21 with three home
runs and six RBI in six games; Jim Zachor (Pacific, C) went 3/10 with a home
run, three RBI and two runs.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Cory Dixon (George Fox, Jr., LHP, Springfield,
Ore.) threw a complete-game, four-hit shutout in the 14-0, NWC title-clinching
win over L&C, striking out five and walking none.
Honorable Mention: Dan Lundeberg (Whitworth, LHP) allowed no runs on six hits
in seven innings of the 7-0 win over Pacific, striking out five and walking
three.
Co-NWC Hitters of the Week: Ryan Joy (Pacific, Sr., 1B, Olympia, Wash.)
led the Boxers to a 4-1 week, going 10/23 with four home runs, 11 runs batted
in and eight runs scored; Joshua Sargent (George Fox, Jr., DH, Oak Harbor, Wash.)
hit .643 (9/14) with three home runs, two doubles, nine RBI and six runs scored
in a 3-1 week.
Honorable Mention: Chuck Banta (Linfield, OF) hit .438 (7/16) with four RBI
and four runs scored; Drew Ecklund (Willamette, CF) went 9/14 with four doubles
and four RBI vs. PLU; Jason Miller (PLU) went 5/12 with a double and a run scored
vs. Willamette.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Jeff Jensen (Willamette, So., Salem, Ore.)
threw a complete-game, two-hit shutout vs. PLU, allowing one walk and striking
out nine.
Honorable Mention: Scott Hyde (George Fox, RHP) struck out 10, walked four and
allowed three hits in seven innings of an 18-0 win over UPS; Derek Akimoto (Pacific)
threw a complete game in a 12-2 win over Whitman, allowing one earned run on
five hits and two walks, striking out six; Jordan Rasmussen (Linfield, RHP)
threw a complete game in an 8-2 win over Whitworth, on six hits and a walk,
striking out 10; Matt Serr (PLU) threw a complete game in a 4-2 win over Willamette,
allowing one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four batters.
NWC Hitter of the Week: Sam Bunnett (Puget Sound, Jr., 1B, Minneapolis,
Minn.) led the Loggers to a sweep at L&C by hitting .429 (6/14) with two home
runs, seven runs batted in and four runs scored.
Honorable Mention: Stephen Donohue (George Fox, OF) went 5/10 with a double,
two RBI and six runs scored, while stealing three bases in three wins; David
Moore (Linfield, 3B) batted .384 (5/13) with six RBI and six runs scored in
a sweep at Whitman; Matt Drahn (Willamette, OF) went 7/16 with two home runs,
eight RBI and three runs scored; Ryan Joy (Pacific, 1B) went 4/12 with three
doubles, four RBI and two runs in three games; Jake Krummel (Whitworth, 2B)
went 5/8 with a home run, triple, double, two RBI and two runs scored in two
games; Blake Fisher (Whitman, SS) went 4/13 with two doubles, six RBI and three
runs scored in three games.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Scott Hyde (George Fox, So., RHP, Grants Pass,
Ore.) struck out 17 batters in eight innings, setting a new Bruin single-game
record in the 18-0 win over PLU. He allowed only two hits and no walks.
Honorable Mention: Josh Mills (Whitworth, RHP) threw a complete-game six-hitter
vs. Hayward, allowing three runs while striking out four and walking none; Mike
Allen (Willamette, LHP) went 1-0 in two eight-inning appearances, allowing 21
hits, six runs (one earned) and one walk while striking out ten batters; Alex
Justus (Linfield) struck out 10 batters in 5.2 innings of relief, allowing three
runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk.
NWC Hitter of the Week: Eric Bell (George Fox, Sr., 1B, Spokane, Wash.)
led the Bruins to a doubleheader sweep at Pacific by hitting .571 (4/7) with
three home runs, six runs batted in, four runs scored and three walks.
Honorable Mention: Jake Krummel (Whitworth, 2B) went 8/11 with seven RBI and
six runs scored in a sweep of Whitman; Matt Lengwenus (Pacific, OF) went 5/8
with two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored in two losses; Jared Moody
(PLU, OF) went 5/12 with three doubles, six RBI and four runs scored in four
games.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Cole Young (Whitworth, Jr., RHP, Mead, Wash.)
allowed no runs, one hit and one walk while striking out four in six innings
of Sunday’s 16-2 win over Whitman.
Honorable Mention: Cory Dixon (George Fox, LHP) allowed one run on seven hits
and four walks, while striking out five, in eight innings of a 9-3 win over
Pacific; Matt Serr (PLU, RHP) picked up two saves and a loss in 8.1 innings
of relief against L&C, allowing three runs on nine hits.
NWC Hitter of the Week: Joshua Sargent (George Fox, Jr., DH/OF, Oak
Harbor, Wash.) led the Bruins to a 3-1 week by hitting .727 (8/11) with three
doubles and a home run, while driving in 10 runners and scoring six times.
Honorable Mention: Jon Ball (Lewis & Clark) went 8/12 with seven RBI and four
runs scored vs. Pacific; Kyle Shimizu (Pacific, 3B) went 6/16 in four games
with a double, three RBI and four runs; Drew Ecklund (Willamette, OF) was 6/11
with two doubles, two RBI and three runs; Jason Anglin (PLU, CF) was 11/20 with
a double, home run, three RBI and three runs in six games; Sean Kinney (Whitman,
OF) went 5/13 with four runs scored in three exhibition games against Prairie
Baseball Academy.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Zach Van Griend (Willamette, So., RHP, Salem,
Ore.) helped the Brearcats sweep Whitworth with a complete game 4-3 win, striking
out 14 and walking none while allowing seven hits. He also earned a save by
getting two outs Sunday.
Honorable Mention: Peter Young (L&C) went the distance in a 5-2 win over Pacific,
allowing eight hits while striking out seven; Cory Dixon (George Fox, LHP) allowed
three runs on nine hits in an 18-6 win over Linfield; Steve Pergin (Pacific)
went 1-1 in 6.2 innings of relief; Adam Maldonado shut out PBA 1-0 in a seven
inning complete game.
NWC Hitter of the Week: Eric Bell (George Fox, Sr., 1B, Spokane, Wash.)
led the Bruins to a pair of wins in three games at Whitworth by batting .583
(7/12) with a home run, a double, six runs batted in and three runs scored.
His OB% was .667 (10/15).
Honorable Mention: Travis Shull (Willamette, C) went 9/19 in four games (all
wins) with a pair of doubles, a home run, seven RBI and five runs scored; Tommy
Orlinski (Pacific, 2B) went 4/9 with a double and two RBI.
Co-NWC Pitchers of the Week: Zach Van Griend (Willamette, So., RHP,
Salem, Ore.) helped the Brearcats win two of their four games last week, by
allowing two earned runs in 13 innings, on eight hits and 1 walk, while striking
out 14 batters; Derek Akimoto (Pacific, Sr., Aiea, Hawaii) threw a complete
game shutout in a 2-0 win over UPS, allowing eight hits and striking out eight
batters.
Honorable Mention: Scott Hyde (George Fox, RHP) went seven innings to pick up
the win in the Bruins’ 15-0 rout of Whitworth, allowing no runs on one hit and
six walks, striking out four.
NWC Hitter of the Week: Josh Taylor (Whitworth, Jr., 1B, Suncrest, Wash.)
led the Pirates to a pair of wins in three games by hitting .462 (6/13) with
three home runs, a double, seven runs batted in and five runs scored.
Honorable Mention: Ryan Joy (Pacific, 1B) went 5/13 with two home runs, two
doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored; Stephen Donohue (George Fox, OF) went
12/22 in five games with two doubles, eight runs scored and four RBIs; Todd
Shaffer (L&C) went 5/9 with a home run, a double, and three RBIs; Greg Rainka
(Linfield, OF) went 5/12 with a home run and three RBIs; Mike Allen (Willamette,
OF) went 5/13 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Mike Beck (George Fox, Jr., RHP, Livermore,
Calif.) went 2-0 last week, with a 0.60 ERA, allowing five hits and one run
in 15 innings with 11 strikeouts and four walks.
Honorable Mention: Matt Serr (PLU) went the distance in a 5-2 win over Pacific,
allowing seven hits, no walks and striking out three; Derek Akimoto (Pacific)
went seven in the 18-2 win at PLU, allowing two runs on five hits while striking
out six; Brant Shilliam (Linfield) went seven innings in the opener vs. UPS,
allowing four hits, two runs and two walks while striking out six; Kurt Reese
(Whitworth) went 8.2 innings, allowing three earned runs and six hits, while
striking out six, in the opener vs. L&C.
NWC Hitter of the Week: Jeremy McMillen (Whitworth, Jr., C, Rathdrum,
Idaho) led Whitworth to a pair of wins by going 3/7 with two home runs, a double,
eight runs batted in, two runs scored and a walk.
Honorable Mention: Sam Bunnett (UPS, 1B) went 6/11 with six RBIs and three runs
in three games; Chuck Banta (Linfield, OF) hit .500 (6/12) with three doubles
and two RBIs in three games; Blake Fisher (Whitman) went 6/11 with two doubles,
two RBIs and three runs scored in three games; David Petterson (George Fox,
SS) went 3/4, including a double and a run scored in the Bruins’ only game.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Scott Hyde (George Fox, So., RHP, Grants Pass, Ore.)
went nine innings, allowing two runs on five hits, striking out 11, and walking
three in his no-decision against Willamette.
Honorable Mention: Jake Jensen (Whitman) went eight innings vs. L&C to pick
up his first win, allowing seven hits, striking out four and walking two.
NWC Hitter of the Week: J.J. Stolsing (Linfield, So., Lebanon, Ore.)
went 6 for 9 at the plate with two home runs (including a grand slam), seven
runs batted in and 12 total bases in four games.
Honorable Mention: Kevin Tucker (George Fox, 3B) went 4/12 with a double, home
run, four runs scored and two rbi’s in the first three games of the Juggs Classic.
NWC Pitcher of the Week: Brant Shilliam (Linfield, So., Hillsboro, Ore.)
threw a complete-game shutout vs. Concordia, striking out nine, walking two
and allowing only one hit.
Honorable Mention: Scott Hyde (George Fox) allowed only one run in eight innings
of a 3-1, 10-inning win over Western Baptist, striking out 11, walking two and
allowing four hits. He did not get a decision.