RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the league’s Players of the Week for the fifth week of the 2016 baseball season. Southern Arkansas' Jake Tisevich earned the Player of the Week honor and Ouachita's earned the Pitcher of the Week award.
 
GAC BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Jake Tisevich, Southern Arkansas OF, So., North Canton, Ohio
Tisevich hit .538 (7-for-13) with one double, two homeruns and three RBIs from the leadoff spot in the order over SAU's three games this past week. In each game of the weekend series against Southern Nazarene, Tisevich would have multiple hits. Additionally, Tisevich would rack up 14 total bases as he also had a week-long slugging percentage of 1.077.
 
GAC BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK – Connor Eller, Ouachita, RHP, Sr., Sherwood, Arkansas
Eller tossed a complete game four-hitter vs. Harding last week in Arkadelphia. Eller ended up striking out a career-high 13 batters in Ouachita's 4-1 conference win. The 13 strikeouts by Eller are the most strikeouts in a baseball game since David Ward struck out 14 batters against Southern Arkansas. The Sherwood, Ark. native also recorded his 100th career strikeout in his outing against Harding as well.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
- Hunter Heath, Jr., OF, Oklahoma Baptist (Finished the week with two doubles, four RBI and one homer)
- AJ Kruzel, Sr., 3B/2B, Henderson State (Batted 6-for-11 (.545); had two hits in all three games; helped Henderson State sweep Arkansas Tech for first time in 20+ years)
- Jacob Long, Jr., DH, Northwestern Oklahoma State (Batted in seven runs, while maintaining 1.154 slugging %)
- Kyle Love, Fr. 1B, Arkansas Tech (Batted .364 with five RBI and three home runs)
- Jake McKeel, Jr., UT, East Central (Finished with 10 RBI, including a first-inning grand slam vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State; also batted 6-for-11 (.545))
- Jacob Spring, Sr., OF, Southwestern Oklahoma State (Hit his conference-best 5th and 6th triples of the season vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State)

PITCHER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE
- Brody Ausfahl, Sr., LHP, Northwestern Oklahoma State (Pitched 1.2 innings in relief; maintained a 0.00 ERA with one save)
- Mike Gould, Sr., P, Oklahoma Baptist (Threw 3.0 innings of three-hit ball in 7-5 win vs. Arkansas-Monticello)
- Zach McKnight, Sr., RHP, Arkansas-Monticello (Struck out seven batters while throwing 7.0 innings in Oklahoma Baptist's win; had perfect game in the fifth inning)
- Hunter Payne, Sr., SP, Harding (Pitched a complete game, seven-hit, four-strikeout game in 1-0 win at Ouachita)
 - Landon Simpson, Sr., P, Southern Arkansas (Struck out 11 batters while pitching complete game vs. Southern Nazarene)
 
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