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BAY CITY, Mich. - Wayne State University senior infielder Brad Guenther (Ann Arbor, Mich./Saline) and senior pitcher Anthony Campanella (Carol Stream, Ill./Elgin C.C.) have been chosen as the GLIAC Baseball "Player of the Week" and "Pitcher of the Week", respectively.
GLIAC Baseball Player of the Week:
Brad Guenther
Wayne State University
5-10, Senior, INF
Ann Arbor, Mich./Saline
Wayne State University senior Brad Guenther took the GLIAC lead in batting average (.391) with a monster week of games. The senior catcher hit .429 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBI. On Saturday, Guenther won game one against Ohio Dominican with a walkoff home run and gave the Warriors a 2-1 lead in game two with his sixth inning two-run home run. Following this past week, Guenther is now 10th in program history with 180 hits.
Baseball Player Weekly
Honor Roll: Wade Kaido - AU, Blake Schmenk- UF,
Giancarlo Brugnoni - GV, Mike Vanchieri - HC, Jon Crank - MU,
Dustin Lee - NU, Kyle Tisdale - OD, Dylin Eschenburg - SV.
2013 "Players of the Week": (3/12) G. Brugnoni -
GV, (3/19) C. Rudenga - GV, (3/25) A. Erb - AU, (4/1) A. Sortwell -
AU, (4/8) C. LaFave - SV, (4/15) Kyle Zimmerman - WS, (4/22) Brad
Guenther - WS.
GLIAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week:
Anthony Campanella
Grand Valley State University
6-2, Senior, RHP
Carol Stream, Ill./Elgin C.C.
Grand Valley State senior pitcher Anthony Campanella threw a pair of gems this past week, going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA, striking out 13 in 16 innings of work with a .125 batting average against. Against Northwood, Campanella pitched eight innings, allowed only two hits and struck out six with no walks and no runs in a 6-0 victory. Against Lake Erie, he threw eight innings, allowing five hits with seven strikeouts, again not allowing an earned run in an 8-1 victory.
Baseball Pitcher Weekly Honor Roll: Jake Baldwin- AU, Preston Zachrich - UF, Kris Morris - HC, Brad Raley - LE, Jesse Coblentz - MU, Jordan Schwellenbach - NU, Nick Venditti - OD, Mike Schaaf - SV, Alex Pierse - WS.
2013 "Pitchers of the Week": (3/12) C. Ward- GV, (3/19) A. Campanella- GV, (3/25) J. Winicki - NU, (4/1) B. Zambron- GV, (4/8) C. Beauchaine - SV, (4/15) Jordan Snider - NU, (4/22) Kyle Teague - GV.