BIG TEN BASEBALL

Indiana and Purdue Earn Weekly Baseball Awards



Player and Freshman of the Week

Sam Travis, Indiana

1B - Fr. - Orland Park, Ill. - Providence Catholic



*         Hit .625 (5-for-8) in Indiana's series win against Iowa, extending his
hitting streak to 15 games

*         Slugged 1.375 and reached base at a .727 clip, combining for an OPS of
2.102 over the three-game set

*         Recorded two home runs, recorded seven RBI and scored four runs over the
weekend

*         Earns his second straight weekly honor and second of his career

*         Last Indiana Player of the Week: Sam Travis (March 26, 2012)

*         Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Sam Travis (March 26, 2012)



Pitcher of the Week

Lance Breedlove, Purdue

RHP - Sr. - Long Beach, Calif. - Los Alamitos



*         Went the distance in a complete-game shutout against Penn State on
Saturday, carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning

*         Retired the first 19 batters he faced, striking out five while scattering
only two hits for the game

*         Became the first Boiler since 2009 to register back-to-back complete game
efforts

*         Collects his second straight award and third of the season and his career

*         Last Purdue Pitcher of the Week: Lance Breedlove (March 26, 2012)





2012 Big Ten Baseball Players of the Week

Feb. 20

Pl:                   Josh Dezse, So., OSU

Pi:                   Tony Bucciferro, Sr., MSU

Pi:                   Lance Breedlove, Sr., PUR

F:                    John Kravetz, ILL

F:                    Luke Dauch, NU

Feb. 27

Pl:                   Michael O'Neill, So., MICH

Pl:                   Eric Charles, Sr., PUR

Pi:                   TJ Oakes, Jr., MINN

F:                    Chris Sujka, IND

F:                    Sasha Kuebel, IOWA

March 5

Pl:                   Michael O'Neill, So., MICH

Pi:                   Nick Wittgren, Jr., PUR

F:                    Kyle Schwarber, IND

March 12

Pl:                   Stephen Talbott, Jr., PUR

Pi:                   Kevin Johnson, Jr., ILL

F:                    John Kravetz, ILL

March 19

Pl:                   Josh Scheffert, Jr., NEB

Pi:                   Joey DeNato, So., IND

F:                    Pat Kelly, NEB

March 26

Pl:                   Sam Travis, Fr., IND

Pi:                   Brandon Magallones, Fr., NU

Pi:                   Lance Breedlove, Sr., PUR

F:                    Sam Travis, IND

F:                    Brandon Magallones, NU

April 3

Pl:                   Sam Travis, Fr., IND

Pi:                   Lance Breedlove, Sr., PUR

F:                    Sam Travis, IND