GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its weekly awards following the 11th week of the 2025 baseball season. Davenport swept the honors, with redshirt senior outfielder Michael Tchvdarov receiving GLIAC Player of the Week recognition and redshirt senior hurler Keegan Batka earning GLIAC Pitcher of the Week honors.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michael Tchavdarov, Davenport
Davenport redshirt senior outfielder Michael Tchavdarov drove in seven runs during the Wayne State series and all five of his hits were from extra bases. He had four doubles and also homered in Sunday's game two win. It was his first long ball since Mar. 17 at Quincy and his fourth of the season. He went 5-for-19 at the plate this weekend.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Keegan Batka, Davenport
Davenport redshirt senior Keegan Batka has had a remarkable season and turned in one of his top performances on Saturday in a 9-0 win at Wayne State. He took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and gave a single to the second batter of the inning. He finished the game with his first nine-inning complete game of the season and allowed two walks with nine strikeouts. Batka has won his last three starts to improve to 8-1 this season. In those starts, he has 29 strikeouts in 21.1 innings of work. He is now fifth on the single-season strikeout list (81) at Davenport.
HONORABLE MENTION
Player: Ryan Dykstra (Grand Valley State), Mason McGuire (Wayne State), Ethan Scheib (Saginaw Valley State)
Pitcher: TJ McAllister (Wayne State), Jake Shelagowski (Saginaw Valley State),
Ayden VanEnkevort (Grand Valley State)
