March 15, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Coe College baseball player Jon Schroeder (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington HS) and Simpson College softball player Bradi Smith (Lacona, Iowa/Southeast Warren HS) were named IIAC Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sunday, March 14.

Schroeder, a senior outfielder, hit .577 (15-for-26) with nine doubles and 11 RBI in eight games during the week. He has a nine-game hitting streak and has at least one double in six straight contests. Schroeder led the Kohawks to a 7-1 record during the week as he scored 12 runs, and had five multi-hit and four multi-RBI performances. He went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBI and two doubles in Coe’s 8-5 victory over Drew. In a 12-5 victory over Monmouth (Ill.) he went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBI, two doubles and a home run. Schroeder recorded two hits in contests against Pitt-Bradford, St. Joseph’s (Maine) and Wentworth. He drove in three runs in a 9-8 victory over St. Joseph’s, scored two runs and drove in two runs in a 14-6 victory over Pitt-Bradford, and scored twice in an 8-4 victory over Wentworth.

Smith, a sophomore pitcher, posted a 5-0 record with a 0.78 earned run average in five games during the week. She surrendered 17 hits and four runs (three earned) in 27 innings while striking out 38 and walking just three. Smith pitched complete games in three of her four starts, and pitched three innings of hitless and scoreless relief in the Storm’s 12-inning victory over McKendree. In addition to the victory in relief, Smith defeated The College of New Jersey twice, striking out a combined 18 batters and allowing just two runs in 14 innings. She also picked up victories against #4 Muskingum (4-2), and Kean (8-0), striking out 11 batters in five innings against Kean.

The IIAC also announced on Monday that Coe College senior Nick Barnes (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington HS) was named IIAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the seventh time in as many weeks this year.

Barnes posted a 6-0 record during the week and once again recorded a singles and doubles victory over a Division I opponent. In singles, he defeated Drew’s J.D. Spina (7-5, 6-1), Division I Sacred Heart’s Steven George (6-1, 6-2) and Wesleyan (Conn.)’s Dan Yeoman (6-4, 6-2). In doubles with partner Adam Elliott, Barnes recorded an 8-2 victory over Drew’s Spina/Julian Fuller, an 8-3 victory over Sacred Heart’s George/Jeff Bowers and an 8-2 victory over Wesleyan’s Yeoman/Evan Rhodes.

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