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20 GNAC Baseball Players-of-the-Week

Week of Feb. 1-7: Player - Jon Keller, Northwest Nazarene (1B-P, 6-1, 200, Sr., Eugene, OR - Treasure Valley CC) had seven hits including three doubles and a home run in 15 at bats as the Crusaders divided the first four games of a six-game series with Hawaii Hilo. Keller scored five runs and drove in three. On the mound, he left with the lead but had a no-decision, giving up six hits and three runs (two earned) in 5 1/3 innings in NNU's 8-4 win on Thursday. Pitcher – None was selected.

Week of Feb. 8-14: Player - Aaron Johnson, Saint Martin's (OF, 6-2, 205, Jr., Seabeck, WA – Central Kitsap & GRCC) had six hits including three home runs and a double and also drew four walks in a four-game series at Cal Poly Pomona. Johnson, who hit .462 in the series, had a pair of home runs in SMU's 4-3 win in Saturday. He led the Saints in the series with six RBI. Pitcher – Jacob Pettit, Western Oregon (P, 6-2, 190, Sr., Orting, WA – Green River) allowed just two hits in five innings in a 5-0 shutout of Sonoma State Sunday as the Wolves ended a seven-game losing streak with a pair of victories.

Week of Feb. 15-21: Player - Kyle Boe, Western Oregon (3B, 6-0, 205, Sr., Burlington, WA – Burlington-Edison & SVCC) batted .400 (6 of 15) to lead the Wolves to a 3-1 record in a tournament at Lewiston. Boe, who also had a team-high nine assists from the hot corner, drove in five runs, including four in Sunday's 12-11 win against Saint Martin's. Pitcher – Thomas DeBoer, Saint Martin's (5-7, 150, So., Olympia, WA – Capital) pitched the Saints to a 10-3 win over Central Washington. DeBoer didn't walk a batter in eight innings. He allowed eight hits and a pair of runs, while fanning three.

Week of Feb. 22-28: Player - Aaron Johnson, Saint Martin's (OF, 6-2, 205, Jr., Seabeck, WA – Central Kitsap & GRCC) had four hits and drove in eight runs in a 21-7 win over Seattle University. Among his hits were two doubles and a home run. His RBI total was one shy of the GNAC single-game record. Pitcher – Archie Smith, MSU Billings (6-4, 175, Sr., Palmyra, NE) had a pair of solid outings as the Yellowjackets opened their season with a eight-game road trip to Arizona and Utah. On Wednesday against Grand Canyon he allowed just one run and six hits in five innings leaving the game with a 2-1 lead, but eventually getting a no-decision. On Monday he one-hit Dixie, walking four and fanning five in a 2-1 victory. In 12 innings he gave up seven hits, while walking five and striking out eight.

Kody Kennedy Cesar Lopez

Week of Mar. 1-7: Player - Cesar Lopez, Western Oregon (SS, 5-11, 185, Sr., Walla Walla, WA – DeSales & WWCC) had seven hits, including a double and two home runs, to lead the eight-time defending conference champions to three wins in four games in their conference opening series at Northwest Nazarene. Lopez hit for a .389 average and posted .450 and .778 on-base and slugging percentages in the series. He scored six runs, drove in five and posted a perfect fielding percentage handling 14 chances without an error. Pitcher – Kody Kennedy, Montana State Billings (5-10, 175, Jr., Butte, MT – Miles CC) had a dominating performance in a 1-0 win over Saint Martin's, striking out 13 batters in six innings and allowing just two hits before the game was suspended Saturday because of darkness. Archie Smith finished up the 1-0 win for the lefthander Sunday morning adding a 14 th strikeout to the MSUB game total.

All-Time Baseball Players-of-the-Week (2002-09)

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