Shawn Hickey Named MWC Player of the Week

Release Date: April 6, 2000

In compiling a 15-game hitting streak this season, Shawn Hickey, a Monmouth College senior from Galesburg, Ill., has delivered many key blows in the Fighting Scots’ attack. None, however, was bigger than his last one, a two-out single to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning that knocked in the go-ahead run in MC’s 8-7 victory Sunday over Wisconsin Lutheran. The win completed a three-game sweep at Monmouth’s brand new Glasgow Field in Peacock Memorial Athletic Park.

Not only did the single allow Hickey to extend his streak, but it also clinched his honor as the Midwest Conference’s South Division Player of the Week, the league announced Wednesday.

Voters for the initial POW honor of the year took into account all games played by MWC squads this spring, and Hickey’s numbers rate high on the charts. The infielder is hitting .460 and has an on-base percentage of .481. Both are team-highs and have helped the Scots to an 11-6 record. Only St. Norbert (9-4) has a better mark so far this year.

Hickey was also honored on campus recently, as he was chosen to be the student speaker at one of two dedications later this month at Peacock Park and Glasgow Field. Hickey, along with President Richard Giese, athletic director Terry Glasgow and friend of the college Don Fike, will speak at the 11 a.m. dedication of Glasgow Field on April 29 prior to a 1 p.m. doubleheader with Knox.

On April 14, Peacock Park will be dedicated at a ceremony at 5 p.m. Speakers will again include President Giese and Glasgow, as well as Safford Peacock and Monmouth College women’s soccer player Heather McDonald.