INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Cory Bunner (Jacksonville, Ill.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week.

Bunner, a junior shortstop, hit .500 in the six contests and delivered seven RBIs, five runs, two doubles, a triple and two stolen bases.

He was 3-for-3 in SIUE’s 3-0 win over UW-Parkside on Mar. 28 and returned for a four-game series with Kentucky Wesleyan to post 10 hits in 20 at-bats.

In the non-conference opener against the Panthers, Bunner was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a double. He capped the weekend with a 4-for-6 performance in the Cougars’ 22-11 win on Apr. 2.

The 22 runs were the most SIUE has ever posted in a GLVC contest.

Bunner is now hitting .326 with 11 runs and 15 RBIs on the year.

SIUE will return to action on Apr. 7 at Southern Indiana. The Cougars have won seven of their last eight games and sit in fourth place in the GLVC.

Other top performances in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Rusty Farris, Drury's Tony Lewis, Lewis’ Tim Harmatys, Northern Kentucky’s Jon Back, Quincy’s Joe Palumbo, Rockhurst’s Ryan Morgan, UIndy’s Daren Johnson, Missouri-Rolla’s Brandon Cogan and Southern Indiana’s Alex Thieroff.