INDIANAPOLIS - Oakland baseball student-athlete Beau Keathley was named Nike® Horizon League Pitcher of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday. Keathley was also selected as one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week.
 
Keathley, a sophomore from Taylor, Mich., was dominant on the mound going the distance tossing a complete game shutout allowing only three scattered hits while posting a career-high 13 strikeouts to lead Oakland to an 8-0 series clinching win over Youngstown State on Sunday. Keathley allowed just one hit in the first, second and ninth innings and retired 14 straight batters between the third and seventh innings.
 
Oakland will play Northern Kentucky in the home opener on Friday, March 29 at 3 p.m., weather permitted.
 
2019 Nike® Horizon League Baseball Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 18 – Zane Collins, Wright State
Feb. 25 – Joey Fredrickson, UIC
Mar. 4 – Zane Collins, Wright State
Mar. 11 – Jacob Key, UIC
Mar. 18 – Joe Martin, Northern Kentucky
Mar. 25 – Beau Keathley, Oakland
 
Collegiate Baseball National Players of The Week
RHP - Noah Song, Navy
1B - Tristan Peterson, New Mexico St.
CF - Aaron Simpson, Ball St.
LHP - Asa Lacy, Texas A&M
OF/1B - Ubaldo Lopez, Dartmouth
RHP - Beau Keathley, Oakland
SS - Jimmy Titus, Bryant
RHP - Seth Shuman, Georgia Southern
 
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