Ohio State, Purdue and Rutgers Earn Baseball Weekly Honors
Scarlet Knights’ Lasko named Player of the Week; Boilermakers’ Smeltz earned Pitcher of the Week; Buckeyes’ Lipsey tabbed Freshman of the Week
Player of the Week
Ryan Lasko, Rutgers
OF – So. – Jackson, N.J. – Jackson Memorial
• Hit .444 with three home runs, seven RBI and eight runs scored to lead Rutgers to a 4-0 week, including a series sweep at Nebraska, and its 10th straight win
• Was 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs, three RBI and three runs scored for his first career multi-home run game on April 8, leading the Scarlet Knights to a 7-5 win in the series opener vs. the Cornhuskers
• Went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and a career-high four runs scored in a 19-1 series-finale win in Lincoln
• Wins his first career Big Ten Player of the Week award
• Last Rutgers Big Ten Player of the Week: Carmen Sclafani (April 8, 2019)
Pitcher of the Week
Jackson Smeltz, Purdue
LHP – Jr. – Lafayette, Ind. – McCutcheon
• Struck out 13 of 27 batters faced to lead Purdue to its first shutout win since 2019
• Posted his fourth double-figure strikeout total of the season and the most strikeouts by a Boilermaker pitcher since 2010
• Improved to 6-2 on the season with an ERA of 2.66 and 64 strikeouts in 44.0 innings pitched
• The two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree wins his first career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award
• Last Purdue Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: Ross Learnard (April 23, 2018)
Freshman of the Week
Trey Lipsey, Ohio State
OF – Southfield, Mich. – Birmingham Grove
• Hit .600 (9-of-15) with two doubles, a triple and five RBI to help the Buckeyes go 3-1 on the week
• Opened the series against Michigan State by reaching base in his first seven at-bats, while recording a double, a triple and four RBI
• Posted a .667 on-base percentage, a .867 slugging percentage and has not committed an error in 39 chances in the outfield
• Wins his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week award
• Last Ohio State Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Seth Lonsway (May 20, 2019)
2022 Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 23
PL: Matt Shaw, So., MD
P: Adam Mazur, So., IOWA
F: Keaton Anthony, IOWA
March 2
PL: Matt Wood, Jr., PSU
P: Adam Mazur, So., IOWA
F: Sean Sullivan, NU
March 9
PL: Kyle Hannon, So., PSU
P: Shay Schanaman, Sr., NEB
F: Ryan Szczepaniak, MSU
March 16
PL: Mitch Jebb, So., MSU
P: Ryan Ramsey, Jr., MD
P: Sean Sullivan, Fr., NU
F: Keaton Anthony, IOWA
F: Sean Sullivan, NU
March 23
PL: Troy Schreffler, Jr., MD
PL: Griffin Everitt, Sr., NEB
P: Connor O’Halloran, So., MICH
F: Troy Wansing, PUR
March 29
PL: Ethan O’Donnell, So., NU
P: Bradley Brehmer, Sr., IND
F: Garrett Anglim, NEB
April 5
PL: Nick Lorusso, Jr., MD
P: Cole Kirschsieper, So., ILL
F: Keaton Anthony, IOWA
April 14
PL: Ryan Lasko, So., RU
P: Jackson Smeltz, Jr., PUR
F: Trey Lipsey, OSU