Saint Joseph’s College senior first baseman Riley Benner and University of Missouri-St. Louis senior pitcher Kevin Smith have been respectively named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week in baseball, it was announced by the Conference office on Monday.
BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Kevin Smith, Missouri-St. Louis
Sr., P, Brentwood, Missouri
Team Result: L 3-5 (Tuesday) vs. Southern Indiana; L, 9-10, W 9-6 (Friday); W 9-8, W 5-0 (Saturday) at Rockhurst
- Tossed a nine-inning complete game, four-hit shutout at Rockhurst for 5-0 win in Saturday’s finale
- Struck out eight batters, walked four, and allowed the 34 hitters he faced a .138 batting average
- Earns first career Player of the Week award
- Last Missouri-St. Louis Pitcher of the Week: Austin Simokaitis (3/7/16)