INDIANAPOLIS – Ohio Valley and Cedarville were each selected for respective honors in the new Great Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball Players of the Week for the South Division as announced on Tuesday.
 
Very little margin separates Kentucky Wesleyan’s 8-9 record at the top of the South Division standings with Trevecca right on its heels at 7-9. Ohio Valley has won five straight to sit on the third playoff spot allocated to the South Division if the regular season ended today.
 
Alderson Broaddus, Cedarville and Davis & Elkins, just need a little bit of a hot streak and all three could get right back into the playoff picture.
 
South Division Player of the Week
Spencer Miller
Ohio Valley
Outfield
Senior
Neenah, WI (Neenah HS)
 
As a senior starter, Miller has been a part of some very memorable postseason runs by the Fighting Scots in recent memory. The lefty-hitting outfielder certainly caught the attention of league observers over the past week with his work at the plate to help OVU rolling in the conference schedule.
 
Miller slugged three extra-base hits as part of a 7-for-13 week that included five runs and five RBI in three games against Davis & Elkins.
 
In a 13-9 final favor of OVU to start Friday’s doubleheader, Miller parked his second home run of the season and doubled as part of a 2-for-4 effort with four RBI.
 
Miller reached in all three plate appearances in game two of the twinbill, scoring twice and walking while going 2-for-2. The Fighting Scots needed both of his runs crossing the plate in a 6-5 win.
 
He contributed to the series sweep the following day with two more hits and another run driven in to help the Fighting Scots’ offensive cause.
 
Miller has started 25 of the 27 games he has appeared in this year, primarily in right field. He is batting .253 with 19 hits and 13 runs scored in 75 at-bats.
 
 
 
 
 
South Division Pitcher of the Week
Josh Kneeland
Cedarville
RHP
Senior
Newfane, NY (Newfane HS)
 
Kneeland flirted with some historical single-game superlatives as the senior right went into shutdown mode against Alderson Broaddus to close a three-game series.
 
The right hander earned his first winning decision of the season in dominating fashion, striking out 15 Battlers while getting 26 of the 27 outs in the final box score.
 
Kneeland was relieved after going 8.2 IP and giving up just one run on two hits. He walked four as Nate Robinson recorded the final out for the save.
 
Kneeland’s 15 strikeouts represent the second-highest single-game total in conference history behind New York Mets minor league and former Kentucky Wesleyan Matt Pobereyko (18 K).
 
Pobereyko also had 15 strikeouts during his career as Kneeland matched the impressive punchout total for one of the best nine-inning efforts in league history.
 
Kneeland has started nine games for the Yellow Jackets this season while toeing the rubber for 49.1 innings. Opposing hitters are hitting just .251 off of him and he averages more than one strikeout per frame.