SEWARD, Neb. – For the third week in a row, a member of the Concordia University Baseball team has been recognized as the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Player of the Week. As announced on Tuesday (March 29), Alec Blakestad is the winner this week after a strong four-game series that included a walk-off RBI single. Joey Grabanski had been honored with the two previous GPAC Player of the Week awards.
An Omaha native, Blakestad went 6-for-14 (.429) at the plate in last week’s four-game series as the Bulldogs took three out of four from Northwestern. Blakestad’s stat line included three runs, two doubles, five RBIs, two walks and a stolen base. In game two of the series, Blakestad produced a walk-off RBI single to lift Concordia to a 4-3 win. Currently in his first season as a full-time starter in center field, Blakestad is hitting .410 with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs and 25 RBIs on the season. He sports an on-base percentage of .495 and a slugging percentage of .603.
Blakestad and the Bulldogs (18-7-1, 7-1 GPAC) are gearing up for this weekend’s four-game series with Midland. The two sides will be in Fremont, Neb., on Saturday before play shifts to Seward on Sunday. Both doubleheaders are slated for a 1 p.m. CT first pitch.