Shively Garners Third-Career Player-of-the-Week Nod

Crossroads League Release | TU Honors Page

JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League announced its latest collection of weekly awards, in which Trojan pitcher, Luke Shively, was honored as the league's Pitcher of the Week.

Shively's award came in the wake of a near-perfect performance in Taylor's 6-0 win against Huntington on Thursday, an outing in which Shively navigated nine innings of work while facing 28 batters, a mere one above the minimum.

Meanwhile, the senior right-handed hurler retired 12 Foresters via the strikeout, a career-high for the Mishawaka, Indiana, native, while surrendering just one hit and one walk in his second-career complete-game shutout.

After allowing his sole walk in the first inning, Shively subsequently sat down 17-consecutive Huntington batters, holding the Forester offense at bay as the game remained locked at zero.

The Trojans eventually unloaded for six runs in the eighth, uplifting Shively toward his league-leading fifth win of the 2022 campaign, a season so far in which he also leads the league with 46 strikeouts in 35.0 innings of work.

With his first award of the 2022 season, Shively now owns three Crossroads League Pitcher-of-the-Week awards in his career. The honor also marks Taylor baseball's third award of the season, as Shively joins Kaleb Kolpien and TJ Bass as weekly award-winners.

Taylor athletes now boast a total of 28 CL or MSFA Player-of-the-Week awards during the 2021-2022 year.

Shively and the Trojans (14-8, 4-2) return to action on Monday afternoon, March 14th, when they host Huntington (5-9, 3-3) at 3:00 pm for a day-two doubleheader with the Foresters.