Indiana, Michigan State and Ohio State Claim Baseball Weekly Accolades
Spartan’s Ando named Player of the Week; Buckeyes’ Lonsway claimed Pitcher of the Week recognition; Hoosiers’ Bierman tabbed Freshman of the Week
Player of the Week
Royce Ando, Michigan State
INF – Sr. – Mississauga, Ontario – John Fraser Secondary – Kinesiology
- Helped the Spartans to their second-straight Big Ten road series victory with a pair of wins over No. 24 Iowa, their first wins against a ranked opponent this season
- Hit .556 on the week with 10 hits, five RBI, two doubles and two runs scored
- Registered a .636 on-base percentage and .667 slugging percentage as MSU snapped Iowa’s six-series win streak, dealing the Hawkeyes their first home series loss of the season
- The two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree wins his first career Big Ten Player of the Week award
- Last Michigan State Big Ten Player of the Week: Dan Durkin (Feb. 20, 2017)
Pitcher of the Week
Seth Lonsway, Ohio State
P – Fr. – Celina, Ohio – Celina – Consumer and Family Financial Services
- Struck out a career-high 13 batters in eight scoreless innings to help the Buckeyes defeat Penn State, 2-0, in game one of the doubleheader
- Improved to 6-4 on the season and ranks second in the league with 96 strikeouts
- Records his second career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor and first since April 1, 2019
- Last Ohio State Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: Griffan Smith (April 22, 2019)
Freshman of the Week
Gabe Bierman, Indiana
P – Jeffersonville, Ind. – Jeffersonville – Sport Management and Marketing
- Made two appearances on the week, tossing 1.1 scoreless innings of relief at Kentucky, before tossing 3.0 perfect innings of relief on Friday night at Michigan to pick up the save
- Retired all nine Wolverine batters faced on Friday, striking out the final eight hitters to earn the save
- Wins his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week award
- Last Indiana Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Grant Richardson (April 1, 2019)
2019 Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 18
PL: Jaxon Hallmark, So., NEB
P: Grant Judkins, Jr., IOWA
F: Garrett Burhenn, OSU
Feb. 25
PL: Maxwell Costes, Fr., MD
P: Tommy Henry, Jr., MICH
F: Maxwell Costes, MD
March 4
PL: Matt Gorski, Jr., IND
P: Tommy Henry, Jr., MICH
F: Colby Gomes, NEB
March 11
PL: Jack Yalowitz, Sr., ILL
P: Pauly Milto, Sr., IND
P: Nate Fisher, Sr., NEB
F: Maxwell Costes, MD
March 18
PL: Ryan Fineman, Sr., IND
P: Max Meyer, So., MINN
F: Zach Dezenzo, OSU
March 25
PL: Grant Richardson, Fr., IND
P: Tanner Gordon, Jr., IND
F: Grant Richardson, IND
April 1
PL: Matt Lloyd, Sr., IND
P: Seth Lonsway, Fr., OSU
F: Grant Richardson, IND
April 8
PL: Carmen Sclafani, Sr., RU
P: Dante Biasi, So., PSU
F: Cam Chick, NEB
April 15
PL: Dominic Canzone, Jr., OSU
P: Tevin Murray, Jr., RU
F: Maxwell Costes, MD
April 22
PL: Matt Gorski, Jr., IND
P: Griffan Smith, So., OSU
F: Zach Dezenzo, OSU
April 29
PL: Zeb Adreon, Jr., IOWA
P: Karl Kauffmann, Jr., MICH
F: Brendan Sher, IOWA
May 6
PL: Jack Dunn, Sr., NU
P: Andy Fisher, Sr., ILL
F: Brendan Sher, IOWA
May 13
PL: Royce Ando, Sr., MSU
P: Seth Lonsway, Fr., OSU
F: Gabe Bierman, IND