DENVER – Texas-Pan American’s Logan Landon and Seattle U’s Will Dennis have been named Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Feb. 16-22.
Landon, a senior outfielder from Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln HS), recorded two hits in each of the Broncs games this weekend as UTPA earned a three-game sweep over visiting Abilene Christian. Moving to outfield for his senior season after pitching, Landon was involved in all the scoring in a 3-1 win on Friday, tripling and scoring the game-tying run in the third before hitting a go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth. He followed that up by going 2-for-3 on Saturday and 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored on Sunday.
Dennis, a junior left-hander from Saratoga, Calif. (Saratoga HS), pitched a gem on Friday night, allowing just one run on four hits with seven strikeouts in a complete game. Unfortunately for Dennis, the Redhawks couldn’t manage any runs as he was the hard-luck loser in a 1-0 loss to CSUN. He never allowed more than one baserunner in an inning and threw 77.5-percent of his 98 pitches for strikes.
Other Hitter of the Week nominees: New Mexico State’s Quinton Mack hit. .429 with two doubles and a home run in a four-game series at Oregon…Bakersfield’s Mylz Jones hit safely in all four games with Northern Kentucky, posting a double, a triple and five walks…Utah Valley’s Seth Rhineer hit .444 in a three-game series at Long Beach State, including a double and two RBIs…Sacramento State’s Nathan Lukes hit safely in all five games played, including a 4-for-5 outing in the nightcap of a doubleheader with Portland on Saturday.
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees: Texas-Pan American’s Blake English allowed one run on five hits with nine strikeouts and two walks over eight innings in a 3-1 win over Abilene Christian…Sacramento State’s Brennan Leitao earned the win in a 3-2 decision over Portland, allowing one run on seven hits with five strikeouts in seven innings pitched...Utah Valley’s Patrick Wolfe went five innings in an 8-3 win at Long Beach State, allowing just one earned run on one hit to get the win…Northern Colorado’s Nick Tanner led the Bears to their first win of 2015, allowing one run on two hits with five strikeouts in eight innings pitched...Grand Canyon’s Cameron Brendel picked up his second win of the season in an 8-1 win at Cal Poly, allowing two runs on four hits over eight innings…Bakersfield’s James Barragan went six innings against Northern Kentucky, allowing one run on four hits with six strikeouts…New Mexico State’s Riley Barr pitched six strong innings at Oregon, allowing just one run on three hits with two strikeouts in a 3-1 loss to the Ducks.