Western Baptist’s Shane Emmert of Sweet Home has been named the Cascade Collegiate Conference and NAIA Region I Pitcher of the Week for March 17-23.
The senior right-hander threw seven shutout innings at Central Washington before being relieved to start the eighth. Emmert allowed six hits while striking out five and walking just one.
Emmert was denied his third win of the season as Central Washington rallied for three runs in the ninth to take a 3-2 victory.
In 19 innings pitched this season, Emmert (2-0) tops the Warriors with a 1.86 earned run average. He is tied for the club lead with 17 strikeouts and has walked five.
Western Baptist is at the top of the NAIA Region I standings in the early going. The Warriors are 9-6 overall and have won their first three Region I encounters.
Regional opponents include Albertson, British Columbia, Concordia, Eastern Oregon, Lewis and Clark State and Oregon Tech.