PNW Top 15 Moments of 2017-18, #15: Flessner earns NCBWA Pitcher of the Week

PNW-Top-15-Moments-of-2017-18-15-Flessner-earns-NCBWA-Pitcher-of-the-Week The Purdue University Northwest athletics department was highlighted by many firsts, school records and other academic and athletic success during the 2017-18 season.

Each weekday for the next 15 days we will add a new moment to our top 15 countdown to showcase some of the greatest moments throughout the past year.

#15: Flessner Named NCBWA Division II National Pitcher of the Week Just three days after earning the program’s first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Baseball Pitcher of the Week honor, Purdue Northwest junior Kyle Flessner (Thomasboro, Ill./Kankakee CC/Rantoul Township) made history again. Flessner was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II National Pitcher of the Week award winner

Flessner struck out a program record 16 batters to fuel a one-hit shutout for PNW in a 5-0 win over Wayne State (Mich.) in game one of a doubleheader at Dowling Park in Hammond, Ind.