SLU’s Will Warren earns second Southland Pitcher of the Week honor

HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana right-hander Will Warren was voted the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season, the league office announced Sunday. The conference’s weekly awards are presented by Hercules Tires.

Warren held Houston Baptist to a pair of singles over eight innings Thursday, tossing the first shutout of his career as Southeastern picked up a 10-0, run-rule victory over the Huskies. He picked off the second batter to reach, ultimately facing just one over the minimum in the game.

The junior from Brandon, Mississippi retired the first 11 batters and final 11 batters of the game, tying a career-high with 11 strikeouts. It marked the fourth time Warren has recorded double-digit strikeouts this season.

He was previously named the conference’s pitcher of the week back on April 19 for his performance at Stephen F. Austin in which he initially set his career-best in strikeouts. In that outing, he allowed one run in 6.1 innings pitched while fanning 11 batters.

Warren combines with Brennan Stuprich (April 12) and Will Kinzeler (March 9, March 29) to give the Southeastern pitching staff five weekly Southland awards, the most in the conference this season.

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted.

RADIO SHOW
The next episode of Inside Southeastern Baseball with Matt Riser, presented by Blackened Brew, will be broadcast Monday at 12 p.m. from the restaurant in downtown Hammond. Fans can listen to every show on KSLU 90.9 FM, online at www.LionSports.net/ListenLive and via either the Lions Gameday Experience or TuneIn Radio apps. The one-hour show airs every Monday during the baseball season.

UP NEXT
The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, presented by GeoSurfaces, is scheduled for May 26-29 at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field. The double-elimination tournament will feature the league’s top eight teams and concludes with a winner-take-all championship game May 29 at 6 p.m.

No. 3-seeded Southeastern will face No. 6-seeded Northwestern State at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the first round.