Ronnie Bourquin Named Big Ten Player of the Week for Third Time – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 22, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State third baseman Ronnie Bourquin was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the third time this season Monday after batting .429 (6-for-14) last week in four games vs. Penn State and a non-conference game vs. Pittsburgh.
Bourquin, one of 16 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy and one of 30 semifinalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, had hit four home runs in the five games and drove in eight runs and scored five times. Bourquin drew three walks and added a sacrifice fly. He was 2-for-2 with a home run and drove in two runs in a 3-0 shutout victory over Penn State and then followed it up with a 2-for-3 day that had two home runs, including a two-run laser in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth to help Ohio State to a 12-2 win the clinched the series. The Big Ten’s leading batter with a .426 average, also had a home run in the midweek game vs. Pittsburgh and finished the week with a 1.296 slugging percentage and had an on-base percentage of .500. He now has eight home runs on the year, the third most in the Big Ten and the most by a Buckeye this year. Jedidiah Stephen also has eight. Bourquin previously was the Big Ten Player of the Week March 20 and May 1.
The Buckeyes (35-19 overall and 19-12 in the Big Ten) are the third seed in this week’s Big Ten tournament at Ray Fisher Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. Ohio State will meet No. 6 seed Purdue Wednesday at 3:35 p.m.
