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K-State Duo and OSU Pitcher Collect Weekly Honors

Kansas State’s Jake Scudder and Will Brennan along with Carson Teel of Oklahoma State have been selected for the 10th set of Big 12 baseball weekly awards. This is the second career honor for Scudder and first of the season. This is the second honor of the season for Teel and Brennan.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jake Scudder, Kansas State, Sr., 1B, Rock Island, Ill.

  • Continued his hot streak by belting two home runs and driving in a conference-high nine runs in a 4-1 week for the Wildcats.
  • In a doubleheader sweep of New Mexico Tuesday and a series win vs. No. 21 WVU over the weekend, Scudder hit .381 (8-for-21), slugged .714 and posted a .435 OBP while only striking out once and scoring four times.
  • Scudder’s 11 homers are the most by a K-State batter in a season since 2010 (13).

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Carson Teel, Oklahoma State, So., LHP, Stillwater, Okla.

  • Appeared in three games for Oklahoma State last week, and the Cowboys were victorious in each. Teel worked 5 1/3 scoreless innings and recorded seven strikeouts while also picking up a pair of wins at No. 4 Texas Tech.
  • In Lubbock, Teel made two relief appearances and was the winning pitcher both times. In the opener, he came into the game in the bottom of the sixth and recorded a strikeout to strand runners andd then pitched around two errors in the seventh to keep TTU off the scoreboard.
  • In Sunday’s rubber game, Teel worked out of a bases-loaded jam and then worked a perfect 11th inning to seal OSU’s 3-1 victory.

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
Will Brennan, Kansas State, Fr., OF, Stilwell, Kan.

  • Led K-State in hitting in a 4-1 week, batting .412 (7-for-17) and posting an OBP of .565 (6 walks, 1 strikeout) with seven runs scored.
  • Drove in five runs and recorded two doubles and is riding a six-game hitting streak.
  • The freshman remains in second place in the Big 12 in overall hitting with a season average of .364 and continues to be the toughest hitter to strike out in conference, going 17.3 at-bats per strikeout.

Big 12 BASEBALL Weekly Awards

Date Player Pitcher Newcomer
Feb. 21 Hunter Hargrove, TTU, Sr., 1B Jake Irvin, OU, So., RHP Josh Jung, TTU, Fr., 3B
Feb. 27 Garrett Benge, OSU, Jr., 3B Steven Gingery, TTU, So., LHP Travis Wacker, OSU, Jr., C
March 6 Luken Baker, TCU, So., 1B/DH Parker Rigler, KSU, Sr., LHP*^ Tucker Cascadden, BU, Jr., IF
March 13 Tanner Gardner, TTU, Jr., OF Carson Teel, OSU, So., LHP* Brylie Ware, OU, So., DH
March 20 Garrett Benge, OSU, Jr., 3B* Jared Janczak, TCU, So., RHP* Jonathan Heasley, OSU, Fr., RHP
March 27 Austen Wade, TCU, Jr., OF Nolan Kingham, UT, So., RHP Grant Little, TTU, Fr., OF
April 3 Renae Martinez, OU, Sr., C Jared Janczak, TCU, So., RHP Nick Lodolo, TCU, Fr., LHP
April 10 Orlando Garcia, TTU, Jr., INF* Michael Grove, WVU, So., RHP*^ Will Brennan, KSU, Fr., OF
April 17 Michael Davis, TTU, Jr., INF BJ Myers, WVU, Jr., RHP James Cosentino, KU, Fr., 2B
Brandon White, WVU, Fr., CF
April 24 Jake Scudder, KSU, Sr., 1B Carson Teel, OSU, So., LHP Will Brennan, KSU, Fr., OF


*Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week; ^NCBWA National Player of the Week