NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan’s Ryan Hopp and Joe Sweeney, along with North Park’s Travis Boyer, were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Players of the Week Tuesday.
Hopp, a senior centerfielder from Darien, Ill. and Hinsdale South High School (History major), went 10-for-20 (.500) in five games last week to help the Titans clinch their 23rd CCIW baseball title. Hopp had three doubles, a triple, five RBI, five runs scored during the week. In game one of a doubleheader sweep against North Central on May 7, Hopp was three-for-four with a double, RBI and scored four times.
Sweeney, a junior from Chicago, Ill. and Fenwick High School (Business Administration major), pitched a no-hitter as Illinois Wesleyan beat North Central, 8-0, in game two of a doubleheader sweep at Horenberger Field on Saturday. Sweeney (6-3) struck out eight and walked only three in tossing the first no-hitter for Illinois Wesleyan since Erik Zier pitched a seven-inning no-hitter against Wheaton on March 30, 2002. It was the fifth recorded no-hitter in IWU history.
Boyer, a junior from Freeport, Ill., and Freeport High School (Biology major), pitched a complete-game shutout and improved his overall record to a team second-best 4-1 in a 5-0 win over Augustana, which clinched a share of the CCIW title for the Vikings for the first time since the 1990 season, Monday. In the effort, Boyer gave up no runs on three hits, while striking out a season-high 13 batters.
2011 CCIW Baseball Players of the Week
Hitter of the Week
Ryan Hopp – Illinois Wesleyan (5/10/11)
Will Hodges – Carthage (5/3/11)
Trey Martin – Wheaton (4/25/11)
Kevin Callahan – Illinois Wesleyan (4/19/11)
Kevin Callahan – Illinois Wesleyan (4/12/11)
Will Hodges – Carthage (4/5/11)
Andy Athans – North Park (3/29/11)
Justin Zeller – Wheaton (3/22/11)
Dave Wolak – Elmhurst (3/15/11)
Trey Martin – Wheaton (3/8/11)
Pitcher of the Week
Joe Sweeney – Illinois Wesleyan (5/10/11)
Travis Boyer – North Park (5/10/11)
Nate Arenson – North Central (5/3/11)
Jason Pankau – Illinois Wesleyan (4/25/11)
Jason Pankau – Illinois Wesleyan (4/19/11)
Steve Kuligowski – North Park (4/12/11)
Josiah Martin – Augustana (4/5/11)
Merrick McGrady – North Park (3/29/11)
Steve Kuligowski – North Park (3/22/11)
Jon Rashid – North Central (3/15/11)
Drew Golz – Wheaton (3/8/11)