Texas Tech University Athletics
Jamodrick McGruder Named Big 12 Player of The Week
March 28, 2011 | Baseball
March 28, 2011
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech sophomore Jamodrick McGruder has been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Player of the Week, conference officials announced Monday.
It marks the second consecutive week that a Red Raider has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week, as first baseman Stephan Hagen was honored last Monday.
It marks the first time since 1997 - the first season of the Big 12 Conference - that Texas Tech players have been awarded Big 12 Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks.
Oklahoma State right-handed pitcher Brad Propst was named Pitcher of the Week and Texas A&M's Trey Bratsen was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the week in voting by a panel of media covering the Big 12 Conference.
McGruder (Mesquite, Texas), who is among the Big 12 leaders in nearly every offensive statistical category this season, continued his stellar sophomore season last week batting .500 (7-for-14) with three extra-base hits and a .650 on-base percentage and a .786 slugging percentage.
McGruder finished the week reaching base safely in 9-of-11 plate appearances.
He went 5-for-9 in Texas Tech's series victory over Nebraska. His top performance against the Huskers came in the middle game of the series going 3-for-4 with a triple, RBI and two walks. He finished the series going 1-for-2 with a double, run scored and two walks.
He began the week going 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI against Dallas Baptist while leading Tech to a come-from-behind win at Patriot Field. McGruder tied the game at 5-5 with a two-run single against DBU and then tied the game again in the top of the ninth inning with an RBI double to center field.
McGruder leads Texas Tech batting .389 (35-for-90) with 21 runs, three doubles, four triples, 19 RBI, 17 walks, 12 hit-by-pitch, a .511 slugging percentage and a .529 on-base percentage with 17-of-21 stolen bases.
NOTES: Texas Tech has now had 24 Big 12 Player of the Week selections... Tech has had at least one Big 12 Player of the Week each season except 2009... marks the sixth year Tech has had at least two player of the week honors (2004 had the most with five)... this year is the first time Tech has had multiple player of the week honors since 2008.
Texas Tech players named Big 12 Player of the Week:
2011 - Jamodrick McGruder (March 28)
2011 - Stephen Hagen (March 21)
2010 - Barrett Barnes (April 19)
2008 - Roger Kieschnick (May 19)
2008 - Doug Thennis (March 31)
2008 - Roger Kieschnick (March 10)
2007 - Doug Thennis (February 19)
2006 - Roger Kieschnick (May 16)
2005 - Cameron Blair (May 17)
2005 - Cameron Blair (April 12)
2004 - Cameron Blair (May 4)
2004 - Josh Brady (April 13)
2004 - Madison Edwards (March 23)
2004 - Michael Mask (March 9)
2004 - Josh Brady (February 10)
2003 - Christian Colonel (May 13)
2002 - Scooter Jordan (March 18)
2001 - Austin Cranford (April 23)
2000 - Chaz Eiguren (February 28)
1999 - Jon Weber (February 8)
1998 - Josh Bard (April 20)
1998 - Josh Bard (February 16)
1997 - Joe Dillon (April 7)
1997 - Josh Bard (March 31)
