Grand Valley State's Brugnoni and Ohio Dominican's Blackburn Chosen As GLIAC Baseball "Player of the Week" and "Pitcher of the Week", respectively

Grand Valley State's Brugnoni and Ohio Dominican's Blackburn Chosen As GLIAC Baseball "Player of the Week" and  "Pitcher of the Week", respectively

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BAY CITY, Mich. - Grand Valley State University senior infielder Giancarlo Brugnoni (Grosse Pointe, Mich./De La Salle) and Ohio Dominican University senior pitcher Sean Blackburn (Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth) have been chosen as the GLIAC Baseball  "Player of the Week" and  "Pitcher of the Week", respectively.

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GLIAC Baseball Player of the Week:
Giancarlo Brugnoni
Grand Valley State University
Senior, INF, R/R
Grosse Pointe, Mich./De La Salle

Grand Valley State Univeristy senior Giancarlo Brugnoni is off to a scorching start for the 2014 season, pounding out a GLIAC-leading five home runs and 23 RBI in the first 14 games of the year. Brugnoni is batting .415 with four doubles, an .878 slugging percentage, 13 walks and a .534 on-base percentage. His .878 slugging percentage leads the GLIAC by 225 points and his .534 on-base percentage is third in the league. Brugnoni has five multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games, and has reached base safely in all 14 games so far.

Baseball Player Weekly Honor Roll:  Austin Walts - AU, Joe Sickler - UF, Chris McDonald - HC, Zach DeCamp - LE, Logan Gray - MU, Larsen Cronkright - NU, Anthony Raschilla - OD, Brad Schalk - SV, Andrew Stalnaker - WU, Eric Cunningham - WS.

2013 "Players of the Week": (3/17) G. Brugnoni - GV.

 

GLIAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week:
Sean Blackburn
Ohio Dominican University
Senior, Pitcher, R/R
Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth

Ohio Dominican University senior Sean Blackburn went 2-0 with an 0.73 ERA in four appearances. Blackburn has allowed just seven hits and limited opponents to .163 batting average against. The senior tossed a nine inning complete game shutout against No. 2 Minnesota State last week, allowing five hits and striking out five without a walk, throwing 72 of his 106 pitches for strikes. The Mavericks had entered the game averaging seven runs per game Blackburn also grabbed a win with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief against Gannon in first day of spring break trip.

Baseball Pitcher Weekly Honor Roll:  Vince Frate - AU, Evan Neitfeldt - GV, A.J. Cecil - UF, Brad Raley - LE, Gary Lawrence - MU, Brandon Whitslar - WU, Clayton Ruch - WS.

2013 "Pitchers of the Week":  (3/17) S. Blackburn - OD.