Drake, Donovan

Donovan Drake

  • Award
    Baseball Pitcher of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/30/2012
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    Indianapolis
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Pitcher
  • Hometown
    Whiteland, Ind.
  • High School
    Whiteland

UIndy’s Drake took to the mound just once this past week, but turned in arguably one of the most impressive performances in the GLVC this year. In an 8-0 blanking of Southern Indiana on Friday, Drake tossed a two-hit gem and struck out 18 hitters in nine innings of work. The strikeout mark is the highest total in the GLVC this season and the most by a Greyhound since 1999 – the earliest year in which single-game pitching records are available. USI hitters finished the game just 2-for-29 at the plate, as a bloop single in the second inning and a seeing-eye grounder in the seventh accounted for the entirety of their offensive production. The win improved Drake's record to 7-1 on the year, while his league-leading ERA dropped to 1.02. He now has six complete games and five shutouts on the season.