Bourquin Named Big Ten Baseball Player of the Week – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/5/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 5, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State designated hitter Ronnie Bourquin has been named the Big Ten Baseball Player of the Week for leading the Buckeyes to a 3-1 series win over Illinois the opening weekend of conference play, the league office announced April 5.
Bourquin, a freshman from Canton, Ohio (Canton South), hit .529 in the Buckeyes’ five games last week and hit .643 against Illinois. He was 9-for-17 (including two doubles and a home run) with five RBI and scored four runs. Bourquin was a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday against the Illini and in game two hit a walk-off, two-run home run, which clinched the 5-3 victory. He posted a 1.000 slugging percentage against Illinois while adding a .667 on-base percentage. He shared the honor with Michigan State’s Travis Gulick. Northwestern’s J.A. Happ won pitcher of the week honors.
The Buckeyes will close out a six-game homestand Wednesday against Oakland at 6:35 p.m. at Bill Davis Stadium before traveling to West Lafayette, Ind. this weekend for a four-game conference series at Purdue. The teams will play a single game at 4 p.m. Friday, a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Saturday and a single game at 2 p.m. Sunday.
