GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its fourth weekly baseball awards of the 2024 baseball season. Saginaw Valley State junior outfielder Reed Raymond received GLIAC Baseball Player of the Week honors, while Wayne Sate senior right hander Ashton Potts was awarded pitcher of the week.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Reed Raymond, Saginaw Valley State
Saginaw Valley’s Reed Raymond went 5-for-9 over two games last week in Arizona. The two-way player tallied eight total bases with one home run over the two wins against Walsh. The Standish, Michigan native totaled five RBI and three runs helping the Cardinals as they outscored Walsh 25-5 in the two games against Walsh.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Ashton Potts, Wayne State
Ashton Potts was named GLIAC Pitcher of the Week for the first time in his career on Monday. Thursday against Minnesota Duluth in Florida, Potts went the distance (seven innings) with just one earned run allowed on four hits, no walks and nine strikeouts. In his 11 appearances as a Warrior prior to that, he'd never completed more than five frames in a single game. The 6-3 right-hander's nine punchouts were his most since a career-high 13 as a sophomore at Kellogg Community College on May 12, 2022, against Mid Michigan College.
HONORABLE MENTION
PLAYER: Jonas Gulbrandsen (GVSU), Tony Hatzigeorgiou (WSU), Joe Hoeks (Parkside), Luke Montgomery (PNW)
PITCHER: Noah Gerritson (Parkside), Blake Newell (PNW), Christopher Schmees (SVSU), Al Thorington (GVSU)
