Minnesota and Nebraska Earn Baseball Weekly Honors
Nebraska’s Schreiber named Player of the Week; Minnesota’s Fredrickson claims Pitcher and Freshman of the Week recognition
Player of the Week
Scott Schreiber, Nebraska
OF – Sr. – Menasha, Wis. – Kimberly
- Posted two multi-run games and went 6-for-8 in both contests against Michigan State last weekend
- Tallied two RBI on six hits and scored four runs while batting .750 on the week
- Hit two home runs and a double as he registered a .800 on-base percentage and 1.625 slugging percentage
- Homered in his fifth consecutive game on Sunday
- The two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree wins his second career Big Ten Player of the Week and first of the season
- Last Nebraska Big Ten Player of the Week: Ben Miller (April 10, 2017)
Pitcher and Freshman of the Week
Patrick Fredrickson, Minnesota
P – Fr. – Gig Harbor, Wash. – Gig Harbor
- Took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in Saturday’s win over Penn State
- Struck out a career-high seven batters on the day
- Records his first career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor
- Last Minnesota Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: Toby Anderson (May 16, 2016)
- Wins his second Big Ten Freshman of the Week award
- Last Minnesota Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Patrick Fredrickson (March 26, 2018)
2018 Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 19
PL: Jacson McGowan, Jr., PUR
P: Taylor Bloom, Sr., MD
F: Eric Heatter, RU
Feb. 26
PL: Terrin Vavra, Jr., MINN
P: Pauly Milto, Jr., IND
F: Bo Hofstra, PUR
March 6
PL: Michael Massey, So., ILL
PL: Matt Gorski, So., IND
P: Karl Kauffmann, So., MICH
F: Elijah Dunham, IND
March 12
PL: Doran Turchin, Jr., ILL
P: Luis Alvarado, Sr., NEB
F: Mason Erla, MSU
March 19
PL: Bren Spillane, Jr., ILL
P: Jonathan Stiever, Jr., IND
F: Jordan Nwogu, MICH
March 26
PL: Bren Spillane, Jr., ILL
PL: Jonathan Engelmann, Jr., MICH
P: Brady Schanuel, Jr., IOWA
P: Hunter Parsons, Jr., MD
F: Patrick Fredrickson, MINN
F: Harry Rutkowski, RU
April 2
PL: Bren Spillane, Jr., ILL
P: Quinn Lavelle, Fr., NU
F: Jesse Franklin, MICH
April 9
PL: Scott Schreiber, Sr., NEB
P: Patrick Fredrickson, Fr., MINN
F: Patrick Fredrickson, Fr., MINN