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Reinke Named NCAA Division III Baseball Pitcher of the Week
For the second
time this season, UW-Stevens Point has had a baseball player selected as a
National Player of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of
America as J.C. Reinke was selected as the Division III Pitcher of the Week.
Reinke, a
senior from Bonduel, pitched a two-hit complete game shutout with seven
strikeouts in Friday�s 10-0 triumph over top-ranked UW-Whitewater. He
carried a no-hitter until two outs in the fifth and allowed one runner to
reach third base against a squad that entered the game with a national-best
.394 batting average. It was Reinke�s second straight shutout and his fourth
complete game in his last five outings.
Reinke joins
leftfielder Chuck Brehm as the second UW-Stevens Point player to earn the
national honor this season. Brehm was the National Hitter of the Week for
the week of April 4-10. Reinke is expected to pitch the Pointers� opening
game in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament on
Friday against UW-Oshkosh at 1 p.m. in
Wisconsin Rapids.
Outfielder Dan
Wentzell of George Fox (Ore.) earned this week�s Hitter of the Week award.
Brehm Named to First-team Academic All-District Squad
UW-Stevens
Point junior outfielder Chuck Brehm has been named to the first-team
Academic All-District squad by the College Sports Information Directors of
America and ESPN The Magazine.
A Spencer
native, Brehm was one of three outfielders on the squad which includes all
Division II, Division III and NAIA players from
Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota. With the All-District selection, he is now
eligible for Academic All-American honors.
Brehm carries a
3.84 grade point average in Physical Education and is one of the top
sluggers in Division III baseball. He currently ranks 12th in the country in
home runs per game with 13 homers in 39 games played. He also ranks 30th
nationally with 51 runs batted in and 20th with a .750 slugging percentage.
Overall, Brehm
is hitting .403 with 11 doubles and 50 runs scored. He was named the
Division III Hitter of the Week earlier this season and has hit four grand
slams already this year.
In addition to
his on-field success, Brehm has twice been honored as UW-Stevens Point�s
Physical Education major of the year and is currently president of the
school�s SHAPER Club for Physical Education majors. He has also volunteered
as a math tutor for local high school students.
UW-Stout
catcher Greg Meinertz was the only other WIAC athlete named to the 11-member
squad. |
