BTN.com staff, April 2, 2012
The Big Ten Conference released its Big Ten Baseball Players of the Week for March 26-April1 action Monday. See all the winners and check out what they did to earn the distinctions in this post.
Player and Freshman of the Week: Sam Travis, Indiana, 1B - Fr. - Orland Park, Ill. - Providence Catholic
- Hit .625 (5-for-8) in Indiana?s series win against Iowa, extending his hitting streak to 15 games
- Slugged 1.375 and reached base at a .727 clip, combining for an OPS of 2.102 over the three-game set
- Recorded two home runs, recorded seven RBI and scored four runs over the weekend
- Earns his second straight weekly honor and second of his career
- Last Indiana Player of the Week: Sam Travis (March 26, 2012)
- Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Sam Travis (March 26, 2012)
Pitcher of the Week: Lance Breedlove, Purdue, RHP - Sr. - Long Beach, Calif. - Los Alamitos
- Went the distance in a complete-game shutout against Penn State on Saturday, carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning
- Retired the first 19 batters he faced, striking out five while scattering only two hits for the game
- Became the first Boiler since 2009 to register back-to-back complete game efforts
- Collects his second straight award and third of the season and his career
- Last Purdue Pitcher of the Week: Lance Breedlove (March 26, 2012)