Indiana and Ohio State Earn Baseball Weekly Honors
Hoosiers’ Lloyd named Player of the Week; Buckeyes’ Lonsway claimed Pitcher of the Week recognition; Hoosiers’ Richardson tabbed Freshman of the Week
Player of the Week
Matt Lloyd, Indiana
UTIL – Sr. – Okotoks, Alberta – Foothills Composite – Sport Management and Marketing
- Helped the Hoosiers to a Big Ten road series win at Maryland
- Tallied 11 RBI on seven hits and scored eight runs while batting .412
- Hit five home runs and two doubles as he registered a .545 on-base percentage and 1.412 slugging percentage, extending his on-base streak to 21 games
- Wins his second career Big Ten Player of the Week award and first since March 27, 2017
- Last Indiana Big Ten Player of the Week: Grant Richardson (March 25, 2019)
Pitcher of the Week
Seth Lonsway, Ohio State
P – Fr. – Celina, Ohio – Celina – Consumer and Family Financial Services
- Pitched a complete game shutout with a season-high 12 strikeouts in his Big Ten debut at Rutgers on Saturday, improving to 4-2 on the season
- Scattered three hits in nine innings of work and struck out every Scarlet Knight in the starting lineup
- Became the first Buckeye to throw a complete game shutout since 2015 and the first Buckeye to strike out at least 12 batters in a game since Alex Wimmers fanned 14 vs. Indiana on April 9, 2010
- Records his first career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor
- Last Ohio State Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: Yianni Pavlopoulos (Feb. 27, 2017)
Freshman of the Week
Grant Richardson, Indiana
OF – Fr. – Fishers, Ind. – Fishers – Sport Marketing and Management
- Hit .316 on the week with three home runs, six RBI and six runs scored, helping the Hoosiers to a pair of wins against Big Ten foe Maryland
- Set new career-highs in hits (5), home runs (3), RBI (6) and runs (4) in Saturday’s win over Maryland
- Set a freshman program record with his trio of home runs, becoming the first Hoosier to get three home runs in a game since Logan Sowers on June 3, 2017 in the Lexington, Ky., NCAA Regional
- Wins his second Big Ten Freshman of the Week award in as many weeks
- Last Indiana Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Grant Richardson (March 25, 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
