Cunningham, Ruffie Named CCIW Baseball Players of the Week

Cunningham	Ruffie

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Illinois Wesleyan’s Mike Cunningham and Carthage’s Trace Ruffie were named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Players of the Week Tuesday after their performances during the previous week of competition.

Cunningham, a sophomore shortstop from River Forest, Ill., and Oak Park-River Forest High School, batted .550 (11-for-20) in five games with five RBI, two walks, a sacrifice and a double. Cunningham had four hits and two RBI and scored twice in a 21-16 loss at Millsaps. He had three hits in a win over Benedictine and two hits each against Mississippi College and Union University. He had a perfect fielding percentage with 19 assists and six put-outs and was one-for-one in stolen base attempts.

Ruffie, a sophomore pitcher from Mount Prospect, Ill., and Hersey High School, went 2-0 during the Red Men’s 10-0 trip to the RussMat Tampa Bay Invitational. Ruffie gave up no earned runs, one walk and had 16 strikeouts in 15.0 innings pitched. Ruffie allowed two un-earned runs in seven innings in an 11-2 win over Mount St Joseph on March 16. He also blanked McDaniel College on six hits over eight innings on March 20.

2008 CCIW Baseball Players of the Week

Hitter of the Week
Mike Cunningham - Illinois Wesleyan (3/25/08)
Brady Josephson - North Park (3/18/08)
Aaron Hopson - Augustana (3/11/08)

Pitcher of the Week
Trace Ruffie - Carthage (3/25/08)
Josh Weaver - Wheaton (3/18/08)
Brandon Engle - Augustana (3/11/08)