The Big Ten awarded its weekly baseball honors on Monday, selecting Nebraska’s Jake Meyers as the conference’s ‘Pitcher of the Week.’ Meyers, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska, tossed a complete-game shutout in the Huskers’ 10-0 win over Western Carolina on Sunday.
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Meyers’ pitched a career-high 9.0 innings, striking out four batters and only allowing five hits and one walk. He only needed 104 pitches for the complete game, including 10 pitches or less in an inning four times.
The last Husker to be named Big Ten ‘Pitcher of the Week’ was Matt Waldron on May 16, 2016. Meyers is also the first Husker since Waldron to record a complete-game shutout.
This is Meyers’ first career ‘Pitcher of the Week’ honor.
For more on Meyers, check out the latest issue of Hail Varsity magazine.
Erin is the Deputy Editor and Digital Marketing Strategist for Hail Varsity. She has covered Nebraska athletics since 2012, which has included stops at Bleacher Report, Cox Media Group’s Land of 10, and even Hail Varsity (previously from 2012-2017). She has also been featured on the Big Ten Network, NET’s Big Red Wrap-Up, and a varsity of radio shows nationwide. When not covering the Huskers, Erin is probably at Chipotle.
