INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has named Mike Purcell (P) and Tyler Tichenor (UTL) of Trevecca Nazarene the Conference Pitcher and Offensive Athlete of the Week, respectively.

Baseball Offensive Athlete of the Week

Tyler Tichenor
Trevecca Nazarene University (@TNUsports)
Sophomore - Utility
Centertown, Ky. - Ohio County High School

Tyler Tichenor has been named the G-MAC’s Baseball Offensive Athlete of the Week for the first time this season after an impressive week at the plate for the Trojans, who went 4-0 last week in conference action and 4-1 overall.
 
Tichenor led the way for TNU going 12-23 for the week (.522) with three doubles, seven runs scored and a league-high 13 RBI. He totaled 15 bases, had a .652 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .522. Tichenor was also perfect in stolen base attempts (6-6).
 
His best performance of the week came March 29 when he went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and six RBI in TNU's win over Salem International.
 
This season Tichenor is second on the team in batting average (.408) hits (49), and triples (5) and he leads in RBI (32). In the conference, he ranks in the top three in hits, runs scored (33), triples, runs batted in, stolen bases (25) and total bases (65).
 
View Tyler Tichenor’s bio (from TNUTrojans.com)

Baseball Pitcher of the Week

Mike Purcell
Trevecca Nazarene University (@TNUsports)
Junior - Pitcher
New Johnsonville, TN - Jackson State CC
 
Mike Purcell has been named G-MAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week after throwing the conference’s second no-hitter, one week after Kaleb Moore of Kentucky Wesleyan threw the first no-hitter in league history. Purcell’s no-hitter does hold the honor of the first G-MAC contest no-hitter.
 
In his lone appearance last week, Purcell tossed a seven-inning no-hitter in Trevecca's 3-0 win over Salem International. Similar to Moore, who missed a perfect game by hitting a batter with a pitch in the last inning, Purcell’s only blemish from being perfect was a two-out walk issued in the top of the first inning. He set down the next 19 batters after the walk.
 
Purcell struck out nine batters in the contest, a league best last week. This season he leads the Trojans' staff with a 6-1 record, tossing the most innings (44) while striking out 55 batters and issuing just 13 walks. He is limiting his opponents to a .204 batting average as well.
 
In the G-MAC, Purcell leads in strikeouts, innings pitched and wins. He is also in the top five in opponent batting average.
 
View Mike Purcell’s bio (from TNUTrojans.com)