Aurora University freshman Eric Palmer captured the Pitcher of the Week honors went 2-0 last week with a 0.60 ERA in 15 innings last week. Palmer struck out 12 and allowed only one earned run last week and improved his record to 4-0 this season. Eric attended East Leyden and lives in Melrose Park Illinois.
Senior shortstop Jimmy Dercks from Rockford College earned the Hitter of the Week by batting .586 with 17 hits last week. Dercks had eight doubles, a homer and 13 rbi's on the week. Jimmy also earned the D3Baseball.com Team of the Week earning a spot as the shortstop. Dercks is from Kaukauna Wisconsin.