A four-home run week, a no-hitter, and an 11-RBI week took home the week five NCAA Div. III National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association honors. This week’s honorees were recognized for performances spanning March 22-28.
HITTER OF WEEK
Wittenberg University senior designated hitter Jack Hollinshead powered the Tigers to a 2-1 week with wins over NCAA Div. II Cedarville University and Case Western Reserve University. The senior collected multiple hits in each of Wittenberg’s three contests, including a 4-for-6 game against the Spartans, which was highlighted by a three-homer performance. On the week, Hollinshead batted at a .615 clip (8-for-13) with four home runs, seven runs scored, and six RBI. Hollinshead is currently tops in Div. III with 10 round-trippers.
Honorable Mention Hitter: Garrett Callaghan, Sr., OF, Ithaca College – Went 7-for-13 (.538) over three games last week with three home runs, nine RBI, four runs scored, two doubles, one triple, and two walks. Callaghan began the week with a 1-for-4 afternoon against Alfred State College, with his one hit coming as a game-winning solo home run. Callaghan opened a weekend doubleheader against the University of Rochester with a 2-for-5 afternoon with five RBI, a double, and home run. Callaghan concluded the week by hitting for the cycle against Rochester and added three more RBI.
PITCHER OF WEEK
St. Olaf College’s Sam Westermeyer threw the program’s first no-hitter in nearly 22 years in the Oles’ 6-0 win over Augsburg University in the opener of a doubleheader sweep on Monday evening. The junior struck out seven in the seven-inning no-hitter while allowing just one walk and a pair of hit batters. The no-hitter was the first by an Ole since Charlie Brookins no-hit Macalester College on April 17, 1999. Westermeyer’s no-hitter was the fifth in Div. III this spring.
Honorable Mention Pitcher: Matt O’Sullivan, Sr., University of Wisconsin-Whitewater - Tallied 17 strikeouts, tied for the second-most in one game in UW-Whitewater history, and retired the first 13 hitters of the game via strikeout during the Warhawks’ 10-0 seven-inning victory over Finlandia University on Friday at Prucha Field at Miller Stadium. O’Sullivan allowed only one hit in the contest, was perfect through 6 1/3 innings, and faced the minimum number of batters after UW-Whitewater turned a double play to end the seventh. He did not allow a ball in play until there was one out in the top of the fifth inning.
ROOKIE OF WEEK
University of Southern Maine freshman designated hitter Cam Seymour was named Little East Conference Rookie of the Week after batting .588 (10-for-17) and slugging 1.235 in a 3-1 week for the eighth-ranked Huskies, during which he totaled five extra-base hits, 11 RBI, and six runs scored. He was 4-for-5 with three homers, one double, eight RBI, and three runs scored in Southern Maine’s 13-8 game-one win at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Thursday. He went 4-for-8 with a double, three runs scored, and one driven in as the Huskies swept a non-conference twin bill from the Corsairs Saturday. The rookie’s 14 total bases in the UMass Dartmouth opener set a program record. He is the fifth player to homer three times in a game in program history.
2021 WINNERS
• Month of February: Ty Morgan, Louisiana College (Hitter); Brett Sanchez, Belhaven (Pitcher); Levi Cloud, Berry (Rookie)
• Week ending March 7: Caleb Durbin, Washington-St. Louis (Hitter); Patrick O’Rourke, Berry (Pitcher); Amani Jones, Stevenson (Rookie)
• Week ending March 14: Philip Mahlik, Kean (Hitter); Ryan Behling, North Central (Pitcher); Jacob Cyrus, Illinois Wesleyan (Rookie)
• Week ending March 21: Dane Pedersen, Louisiana College (Hitter); Thomas Gallant, Mount Union (Pitcher); Nolan Sparks, Rochester (Rookie)
• Week ending March 28: Jack Hollinshead, Wittenberg (Hitter); Sam Westermeyer, St. Olaf (Pitcher); Cam Seymour, Southern Maine (Rookie)
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