Josh Weaver from Wheaton College and Jason Pankau both earn player of the week honors from the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.Weaver, a senior from Franklin Park, Ill., and East Leyden High School, helped lead Wheaton to a 3-1 record last week as he hit .417 (five-of-12), with a .565 on-base percentage, six RBI, three runs scored and four walks. Among Weaver's five base hits was four extra base hits (two doubles, a triple and a home run), recording a team-best 1.000 slugging percentage. In a 12-7 victory over Aurora on March 8, Weaver hit a home run, drove in a pair of runs, scored twice and drew two walks. In a 13-4 victory over Mount St. Mary (N.Y.) on March 9, Weaver belted a double and a triple with two RBI.
Pankau, a junior pitcher from Elmhurst, Ill., and York High School, pitched seven innings of shutout baseball in a 5-0 win over Rhodes on March 14, the Titans' first victory of the season. Pankau scattered seven hits and struck out nine while walking only three in seven innings against a team that came into the game with a 12-3 record.