DENVER – North Dakota’s Jeff Campbell and Sacramento State’s Sam Long have been named Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Mar. 23 – Mar. 29.
Campbell, a senior first baseman from Clearwater, Fla. (Central Catholic), went deep in all three wins at Northern Colorado to give him 25 home runs for his career. He hit .417 on the week, slugging at a 1.167 clip, with six RBIs and four runs scored. He also took the mound for the final 3.1 innings on Friday, earning his fourth save of the year.
Long, a sophomore left-handed pitcher from Rancho Cordova, Calif. (Del Campo HS), took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and pitched around three Hornet errors to not allow a run in Saturday’s 1-0 win over New Mexico State. Long tied his career-high in strikeouts with seven as he earned his fifth win of the season. Sacramento State is 6-0 in games started by Long this season.
Other Hitter of the Week nominees: Sacramento State’s Nathan Lukes hit .429 on the week as the Hornets swept New Mexico State after falling earlier in the week at Nevada…Seattle U’s Landon Cray led Seattle U to a sweep at Texas-Pan American, hitting .455 with five RBIs and six runs scored…Utah Valley’s Greyson Bogden hit .556 as the Wolverines took two out of three at Bakersfield…Texas-Pan American’s Logan Landon drove in a career-high four RBIs in a win on Monday at Pacific…Bakersfield’s Ryan Grotjohn hit .500 in four games last week, including his first career home run at CSUN on Tuesday...Northern Colorado’s Reyn Sugai went 9-for-17 on the week as the Bears went 0-4 at home.
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees: North Dakota’s Andrew Thome picked up his first win of the season, going the distance and striking out 11 in Friday’s 6-3 win at Northern Colorado...Texas-Pan American’s Andrew Padron earned his seventh save of the season on Monday at Pacific before also throwing 1.1 no-hit innings against Seattle U on Sunday...Utah Valley’s Danny Beddes struck out six and nearly earned the complete game, going 8.2 innings in Friday’s 3-2 win at Bakersfield…Seattle U’s Tarik Skubal pitched 7.1 innings of shutout baseball to help Seattle U secure the sweep on Sunday...Bakersfield’s James Barragan struck out seven Utah Valley hitters as he tossed a complete game in the Roadrunners’ 5-2 win on Saturday…Grand Canyon’s Coley Bruns struck out 10 Chicago State batters, earning the complete game in Saturday’s 4-1 win over the Cougars.