GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its eighth weekly baseball awards of the 2024 baseball season. Wayne State redshirt senior catcher Kyle Ray was named GLIAC Baseball Player of the Week, while Grand Valley State sophomore southpaw Mike Morawski was honored GLIAC Pitcher of the Week for the second consecutive week.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kyle Ray, Wayne State
Redshirt senior Kyle Ray (Woodhaven, Mich.) was named GLIAC Player of the Week for the first time in his career on Monday. Ray hit .583 (7-for-12) in three games against lead-leading Saginaw Valley State last week with a .643 on-base percentage and 1.167 slugging percentage. All seven of those hits came in the final two games of the series. In game two on Saturday and in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career, Ray earned the first four-hit game of his career (4-for-5, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 5 RBI), a double shy of the cycle. Trailing 7-0 at one point, the Warriors were down 8-7 in the seventh before Ray hit the go-ahead three-run home run to right field. Then on Sunday, hitting leadoff for WSU again, Ray went 3-for-4 in the Warriors' win with two runs scored, a pair of doubles, one walk and a stolen base.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Mike Morawski, Grand Valley State
Grand Valley State sophomore LHP Mike Morawski tossed a complete-game shutout with a career-high 13 strikeouts in the Lakers' 3-0 win over Parkside. The lone hit was an infield single and Morawski allowed just three base runners. The 13 strikeouts rank second all-time in a GVSU single-game, while his 1-hitter is the 15th all-time in Laker annals. In his last two outings Morawski is 2-0 with one run allowed on six hits with 18 strikeouts in 16.1 IP.
HONORABLE MENTION
PLAYER: Andrew Harris (Parkside), Josh Robinson (DU), Austin Schweiger (SVSU), Ayden Vanenkevort (GVSU)
PITCHER: Leo Berger (Parkside), Tyler McLaren (SVSU), Ashton Potts (WSU), Austin VanderMarkt (DU)
