Pitcher of the Week
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Kyle Jones is Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the fifth time this season after he broke the NCAA record for complete-game shutouts with his sixth of the season in a one-hitter against the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Jones, who has a no-hitter and two one-hitters this season, has been involved in nine of SIUE’s NCAA-record 19 shutouts this season. On Saturday against UMSL, took a no-hitter into the seventh inning only to lose it with one out in the seventh. He struck out 11 batters. Jones finished the regular season with a 9-1 record and a 0.74 earned run average in 73 innings pitched.
SIU Edwardsville is the number four seed entering the 2006 GLVC Baseball Tournament. They face number three seed Rockhurst University Thursday at 7 p.m.
Previous Winners
Week 10 - Kyle Jones, SIU Edwardsville
Week 9 - David Patterson, Northern Kentucky
Week 8 - Cameron Cheek, SIU Edwardsville
Week 7 - Adam Vetter, Southern Indiana
Week 6 - Kyle Jones, SIU Edwardsville
Week 5 - Ryan Morrison, Bellarmine
Week 4 - Kyle Jones, SIU Edwardsville
Week 3 - Brandon Brooks, Kentucky Wesleyan
Week 2 - Brent Zarney, Indianapolis
Week 2 - Kyle Jones, SIU Edwardsville
Week 1 - Kyle Jones, SIU Edwardsville