MONMOUTH, Ill. – The awards just keep rolling in for Monmouth College’s Brian Schutzbach. The freshman lefty, who has already been honored as the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division III and the Louisville Slugger College Baseball News National Player of the Week, can now add Midwest Conference Co-Performer of the Week to his résumé.

Schutzbach (New Lenox, Ill./Providence) pitched what is believed to be only the fourth no-hitter in the 137-year history of Fighting Scots baseball when he blanked Augustana (Ill.) College 2-0 on St. Patrick’s Day at Monmouth’s Glasgow Field. He recorded strikeouts on eight of the final nine outs on his way to 12 strikeouts in the seven-inning game. The only other loss for Augustana had come in Florida on March 11 when Schutzbach and the Fighting Scots beat them 5-2 in a nine-inning game. His current season stats are 2-1, 2.74 ERA, 23 innings, 29 strikeouts and 10 walks, Opponents are hitting .190.

Schutzbach shares the MWC Performer of the Week honor with junior infielder Sean Callaway of Illinois College.

A biology major, Schutzbach is the son of John and Doris Schutzbach of New Lenox.

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