MIAA BASEBALL HITTER OF THE WEEK
JC Ochoa, 1B/DH, Fort Hays State
Ochoa batted .667 in a week that saw the Tigers knock off the nation’s top ranked team, Central Missouri, three out of four times. Against Central Missouri alone, Ochoa batted .643, going 9-of-14 in the series with 6 RBI and 7 runs scored. For the week, Ochoa recorded a .714 on-base percentage. The senior from Littleton, Colo., reached base safely in 18 of his 21 plate appearances throughout the week. In the series opener on Saturday with UCM, Ochoa had a2-RBI single in the fifth that gave FHSU extra insurance in a 6-1 win. In the second game Saturday, he drew a walk in the ninth inning and he came around to score the winning run from second on a walk-off single by Jay Sanders for an 8-7 win. Ochoa produced his most RBIs in a game for the series in the first game Sunday, driving in three of the team’s five runs. He reached base safely in each one of his plate appearances on Sunday. He scored four of the five times he reached base in the 14-6 win against the Mules in the series finale. Ochoa scored a team-high 10 runs and 7 RBI for the week with 10 singles and two doubles. He was also a perfect 2-of-2 on stolen base attempts.
MIAA BASEBALL CO-PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Shawn Lewick, LHP, Fort Hays State
Lewick threw a complete game against top-ranked Central Missouri in the series opener in Hays, allowing just one run in a 6-1 victory. The senior from Pretty Prairie, Kan., struck out seven, while scattering seven hits and walking five. He pitched six shutout innings before allowing the lone run in the seventh. Lewick worked around runners in scoring position in the first and second innings and got out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth with just one out, getting a strikeout and an infield line out. He improved to 2-1 on the season with the win and continues to lead FHSU in ERA at 2.43.
Kerry Schachenmeyer, RHP, Washburn
Schachenmeyer pitched a com–plete-game shutout Saturday as Washburn won 11-0 against Southwest Baptist as part of a four-game sweep. The senior from Raymond, Neb., allowed just three hits and struck out four. In the fourth inning, he allowed a single and then walked two to load the bases. He got the next batter to fly out to end the inning and leave all three on base. He allowed just one batter the final three innings with a hit-by-pitch.
2012 MIAA Baseball Student-Athletes of the Week
2/21 – Hitter: Ashton McCoy, SS, ESU; Pitcher: Cody Griebling, RHP, MSSU
2/28 – Hitter: Ryan Abernathy, OF, NWMSU; Pitcher: Ryan Wheat, RHP, MSSU
3/6 – Hitter: Dane Kolkmeyer, CF, MSSU; Pitcher: Matt Stalcup, LHP, PSU
3/13 – Hitter: Drew Miller, C, SBU; Pitcher: Cody Griebling, RHP, MSSU
3/20 – Hitter: Tyler Christophel, OF, SBU; Brett Ash, RHP, WU
3/27 – Hitter: JC Ochoa, 1B/DH, FHSU; Pitcher: Shawn Lewick, LHP, FHSU, Kerry Schachenmeyer, RHP, WU
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