Boydstun earns MWC Player of the Week Honors

Release Date: April 30, 2001

Senior shortstop Casey Boydstun (Galesburg, IL/HS) continued his record-breaking season in a four-game sweep of Knox College this past week to earn Midwest Conference Player of the Week honors.

Like the rest of the offense, Boydstun was held down during a 1-0, 2-1 Fighting Scots sweep Thursday, although he did score the game's only run in the opener. Boydstun broke through on Saturday to lead the way to an 18-3, 16-5 sweep of the Fire. In the opener, he was 5-for-6 with a homer, four runs and five RBIs. He followed that up by going 3-for-6 in the nightcap, drilling three extra base hits and scoring three times. For the four games, Boydstun was 10-for-20 (.500) with eight runs scored and six RBIs, and his slugging percentage was an even 1.000. He already held six Monmouth career records, and his outburst against Knox gave him two more – hits (165) and total bases (253). The old records belonged to Michael Blaesing (160) and Chris Wheat (249).

Boydstun, the son of Kenneth and Myra Boydstun of Galesburg is the third Fighting Scot baseball player to earn Player of the Week this year. The previous winners were former GHS teammates Taylor Thiel and Joe Larkins. 

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