Lake Erie's Raley and Grand Valley State's Clancy Chosen As GLIAC Baseball "Player of the Week" and "Pitcher of the Week", respectively

Lake Erie's Raley and Grand Valley State's Clancy Chosen As GLIAC Baseball "Player of the Week" and  "Pitcher of the Week", respectively

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BAY CITY, Mich. - Lake Erie College freshman outfielder Lucas Raley (Hinckley, Ohio/Medina Highland) and Grand Valley State University senior pitcher Sean Clancy (Sturgis, Mich./Sturgis) 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:
Lucas Raley
Lake Erie College
Freshman, OF, L/R
Hinckley, Ohio/Medina Highland

Lake Erie freshman Lucas Raley batted .529 (9-of-17) with two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBIs in a week that saw the Storm sew up the No. 3 seed in the upcoming GLIAC tournament. The freshman had multiple hits in all four of his games on the week; he now has garnered multiple hits in seven of his last 10 games and in 17 games on the year.  For the season, he is batting .365 (58-of-159) with 10 doubles, nine home runs and 38 RBIs. Since April 12 he is batting .441 (26-of-59) with a .763 slugging percentage.

Baseball Player Weekly Honor Roll: Kyle Brooks - AU, Reid Rothenbuhler - UF, Aaron Overbeck - GV, Ethan Wiskur - HC, Matt Davis - MU, Travis Smith - NU,  Dylin Eschenburg - SV, Kyle Zimmerman - WS.

2014 "Players of the Week": (3/17) G. Brugnoni - GV, (3/24) L. Raley - LE, (3/31) A. Aracena-Sanchez - GV,  (4/7) M. Lee - WU, (4/14) G.. Brugnoni - GV, (4/21) G. Brugnoni - GV, (4/28) K.Zak - GV, (5/5) L.Raley - LE.

GLIAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week:
Sean Clancy
Grand Valley State
Senior Pitcher, R/R
Sturgis, Mich. /Sturgis  

Grand Valley State senior Sean Clancy went 2-0 with a 1.50 in two starts last week, throwing 12 innings, allowing only seven hits and two earned runs with six strikeouts, holding hitters to a .167 batting average. Clancy kept his season record perfect at 7-0 and upped his GLIAC record to 6-0. Clancy went seven innings, allowing only six hits and striking out two against Northwood, then came back with a stellar performance against Malone on Sunday, allowing only one hit with four strikeouts in five innings to earn the victory.

Baseball Pitcher Weekly Honor Roll: Alex Smith - AU, Alex Williams - UF, Matthew Reck - HC, Brandon Grunda - LE, Tyalore Baker - MU, Alex Lewandowski - NU, Alex Borgan - OD, Pete Baumgartner - SV, Jimmy Jackson - WS.

2014 "Pitchers of the Week": (3/17) S. Blackburn - OD, (3/24) P. Kelly - GV, (3/31) D. Hargrove - UF, (4/7) E. Neitfeldt - GV, (4/14) A. Geese - SV, (4/21) B. Raley - LE, (4/28) D. Reetz - SV, (5/5) S. Clancy - GV.