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Purdue and Rutgers Receive Baseball Weekly Awards
Player of the Week
Paul Toetz, Purdue
Jr. – INF – Greendale, Wis. – Indiana
Kyle Iwinski, Purdue
Jr. – RHP – Griffith, Ind. – Kankakee JC
Trevor Cohen, Rutgers
OF – Brigantine, N.J. – Holy Spirit
2023 Big Ten Baseball Weekly Awards
Feb. 21
Player: Brock Vradenburg, Jr., INF, MSU
Pitcher: Brody Brecht, So., RHP, IOWA
Pitcher: Dominic Pianto, So., RHP, MSU
Freshman: Trevor Cohen, Fr., OF, RU
Feb. 27
Player: Keaton Anthony, So., DH, IOWA
Pitcher: Jason Savacool, Jr., RHP, MD
Freshman: Greg Pace Jr., Fr. OF, MICH
March 7
Player: Paul Toetz, Jr., INF, PUR
Pitcher: Kyle Iwinski, Jr., RHP, PUR
Freshman: Trevor Cohen, Fr., OF, RU
Paul Toetz, Purdue
Jr. – INF – Greendale, Wis. – Indiana
- Went 9-for-15 at the plate with four home runs and 11 RBI as Purdue took three of four games from Akron in Holly Springs, N.C.
- Homered twice on two separate occasions against the Zips while compiling a slash line of .600/.647/1.533
- Defensively, threw out runners at home and third base on relay throws from the outfield
- First-time recipient of the Big Ten Player of the Week Award
- Last Purdue Player of the Week selection: Nick Dalesandro (April 30, 2018)
Kyle Iwinski, Purdue
Jr. – RHP – Griffith, Ind. – Kankakee JC
- Retired 21 of 22 batters against Akron on March to record Purdue’s first complete-game shutout since March 2017
- Allowed just one hit with no walks and eight strikeouts in seven innings of work
- Threw just 78 pitches to complete his gem, which was cut short by the 10-run rule as Purdue rolled to a 13-0 victory
- Collects his first Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor
- Last Purdue Pitcher of the Week: Jackson Smeltz (April 14, 2022)
Trevor Cohen, Rutgers
OF – Brigantine, N.J. – Holy Spirit
- Recorded three multiple-hit games and either scored or drove in 10 of the 16 runs produced by Rutgers in its series against UNC Greensboro
- Finished with a .471 batting average (8-for-17) while slugging .647 and having zero strikeouts in 17 at-bats
- Raised his Big Ten-leading batting average to .500 on the season
- Earns his second weekly freshman award of the year
- Last Rutgers Freshman of the Week honoree: Trevor Cohen (Feb. 21, 2023)
2023 Big Ten Baseball Weekly Awards
Feb. 21
Player: Brock Vradenburg, Jr., INF, MSU
Pitcher: Brody Brecht, So., RHP, IOWA
Pitcher: Dominic Pianto, So., RHP, MSU
Freshman: Trevor Cohen, Fr., OF, RU
Feb. 27
Player: Keaton Anthony, So., DH, IOWA
Pitcher: Jason Savacool, Jr., RHP, MD
Freshman: Greg Pace Jr., Fr. OF, MICH
March 7
Player: Paul Toetz, Jr., INF, PUR
Pitcher: Kyle Iwinski, Jr., RHP, PUR
Freshman: Trevor Cohen, Fr., OF, RU