Indianapolis, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana’s Hunter Slade (Newburgh, Ind.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week.

Slade, a senior outfielder for the Eagles, hit .409 last week in six contests and delivered 10 RBIs. His efforts enabled his team to move 11-games over .500 for the first time since 1999 and into the top half of the GLVC standings.

He started the week with a 1-for-5 performance in USI’s 9-8 win over Missouri-Rolla. He led the Eagles comeback from a 7-0 deficit with a two-run double in the first inning.

Slade was 2-for-2 in his team’s 11-6 loss at the hands of Division I Evansville before turning it on in the Eagles weekend series with SIU Edwardsville.

Against the Cougars, Slade was 6-for-15 overall and delivered several big hits. He started the series with a game-winning single in USI’s 4-1 victory and capped the weekend with a game-winning hit in their 6-0 shutout win. For the weekend, Slade corralled seven RBIs and two doubles.

On the year, Slade is hitting .417 with 37 RBIs, nine doubles and 24 RBIs. USI is 22-11 overall and currently sits in third place in the GLVC at 12-7.

Other top performances in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Adam Chester and Nate Nevin (pitcher), Northern Kentucky’s Kory Lonergan and Josh Lueke (pitcher), Rockhurst’s Tyler Knust and J.P. McGrath (pitcher), SIU Edwardsville’s Cory Bunner and Nick Taylor (pitcher), Southern Indiana’s Casey Geiger (pitcher) and UIndy’s Jake Tranchant.