Maryland, Ohio State Claim Baseball Weekly Awards

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Terrapins’ Lee named Player of the Week; Buckeyes’ Lonsway tabbed Pitcher and Freshman of the Week

Player of the Week

AJ Lee, Maryland

SS – Sr. – Millersville, Md. – St. John’s College High School – Kinesiology

Led the Terrapins to a 4-0 mark for the week with four multi-hit games, three multi-run contests and two multi-RBI outings

Hit .588 on the week with 10 hits, six RBI, six runs scored, three home runs and two doubles

Became the first Terp since 2017 to hit home runs in three consecutive games, including a walk-off two-run homer against Iowa

Wins his first career Big Ten Player of the Week award

Last Maryland Big Ten Player of the Week: Maxwell Costes (Feb. 25, 2019)

Pitcher and Freshman of the Week

Seth Lonsway, Ohio State

P – Fr. – Celina, Ohio – Celina – Consumer and Family Financial Services

Struck out a career-high 14 batters in 8.0 innings to help the Buckeyes record a series sweep of Purdue

Allowed just two hits and one unearned run while claiming the conference lead with 110 strikeouts this season

Becomes the first Buckeye to strike out at least 100 batters in a season since 2009 and the seventh player in school history to reach 110 strikeouts in a single season

Records his third career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor and first Freshman of the Week award

Last Ohio State Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: Seth Lonsway (May 13, 2019)

Last Ohio State Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Zach Dezenzo (April 22, 2019)

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