Waggoner and Sambula named Baseball Players of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS – Butler senior Kyle Waggoner and Cleveland State senior Anthony Sambula have been named Horizon League Baseball Players of the Week for the period of Feb. 21-27.

Waggoner picked up Batter of the Week accolades for the first time after going 6-for-14 (.412) with seven RBIs in four games over the weekend. He also registered a .412 slugging percentage and .400 on-base percentage for the Bulldogs.

The outfielder, a native of Brownsburg, Ind., helped Butler pick up a 10-9 win on Sunday at USC-Upstate.

Sambula notched Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time in his career after leading CSU to a 4-3 win over UNC-Greensboro to pick up his first win of the season. He allowed just four hits while striking out five on Saturday.

The left-hander, a native of Novelty, Ohio, also assisted in two outs for the Vikings.

Butler went 1-3 last week losing to Wofford and Gardner-Webb in its opening weekend, while Cleveland State went 1-2 against UNC-Greensboro.

Other Horizon League top performers (Feb. 21-27)
Dom Silvestri, Butler, Sr, RHP -- 1 App, 1-3, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 SO
Alex Gnezda, Cleveland St, So, C -- 1-2 record, 2GP, 2-for-5, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 1 BB
Jon Ryan, UIC, Fr, OF-- 1-2, 3GP, 5-for-12, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 BB
Eric Wyman, UIC, Sr, LHP -- 1 App, 1-2, 2.0 IP, 4 SO
Chris Manning, Valparaiso, Fr, OF -- 1-2, 3 GP, 5-for-13, 2 R, 2 2B
Tyler Deetjen, Valparaiso, Jr, LHP -- 1 App, 1-2, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO
Ryan Ashe, Wright State, Jr, OF -- 2-2, 4GP, 5-for-14, 5 R, 1 RBI, 1 3B, 2 BB
Max Friedman, Wright State, Sr, RHP -- 1 App, 2-2, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO