Baseball

UW-Platteville's Breen and UW-Oshkosh's Waco Named WIAC Kwik Trip Baseball Athletes of the Week

MADISON, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Charlie Breen and UW-Oshkosh's LJ Waco have been named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Kwik Trip Baseball Athletes of the Week for the week of Feb. 27 - March 5.

Breen (Fr., OF, Burr Ridge, Ill./Lyons Township) had an impressive debut for the Pioneers, finishing 4-for-10 across the three games. He started his career with a 3-for-3 performance against Cornell College (Iowa), which included two home runs, a triple, four RBI, and three runs scored. Breen added his third home run on March 5, against Augustana College (Ill.), while tallying two more RBI. Breen finished the week with four extra-base hits with six RBI and had a .455 on-base percentage and 1.500 slugging percentage.
 
Waco (Sr., RHP, Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove) went 8.0 innings in UW-Oshkosh’s 14-3 win over Webster University (Mo.) on March 4. He allowed six hits (one extra base hit) and two runs with eight strikeouts.

Also nominated for position:
UW-Oshkosh, Zach Taylor, Junior, Firstbase, Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson)
UW-Stevens Point, Anthony Tomczak, Sophomore, Catcher, Muskego, Wis. (Muskego)
 
Also nominated for pitcher:
UW-Stevens Point, Tyler Beyer, Junior, Righthanded Pitcher, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Lincoln)
 
# # # # #