NEW YORK - Graduate student Joe Gellenbeck was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on Monday after leading Xavier baseball to a 3-1 week, including an extra innings win over No. 8 Kentucky last Tuesday. Junior reliever Trey Schramm joined him on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after two big-time relief appearances.
Gellenbeck, a St. Xavier graduate, hit .625 (10-for-16) and helped XU to wins over UK, Presbyterian and USC Upstate last week. The lefty slugger led the team with four runs scored, three doubles, two triples and 17 total bases for a 1.