SEWARD, Neb. – After rising to the top of the program’s all-time wins list, Concordia University, Nebraska Baseball senior pitcher Christian Gutierrez earned recognition on Tuesday (April 22). The league office announced Gutierrez as the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Pitcher of the Week. All four Bulldogs in the starting rotation have now earned a conference weekly award in 2025 as Gutierrez joins Alex Johnson (Feb. 12), Micah Sweeton (March 4) and Braxton Greenburg (March 25) with accolades.
As part of this past weekend’s four-game sweep of Dordt that clinched the GPAC regular season title, Gutierrez started game two of the series. The La Mirada, Calif., native covered seven innings and surrendered only three unearned runs on five hits and one walk while notching eight strikeouts. The victory marked Gutierrez’s 28th of his Concordia career and set a new program standard for career pitching wins (passing the 27 by Nick Little). On the season, Gutierrez owns a 7-2 record and 3.86 ERA in 10 starts (60.2 innings).
In four seasons at Concordia, the future teacher has compiled a 28-7 record with a 4.12 ERA and 232 strikeouts in 268.2 innings (50 appearances). Gutierrez has logged more innings than any pitcher in Bulldog Baseball history.
The GPAC champion Bulldogs are scheduled to finish the regular season this week by playing at Dakota Wesleyan in doubleheaders on both Friday and Saturday. The games were moved away from Plum Creek Park due to rain in the forecast.