CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Cody Sedlock was named the National Pitcher of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America, becoming the first pitcher in Illinois history to earn a national pitcher of the week award. Sedlock struck out 14 Ohio State batters Friday night in 10.2 innings, the longest outing in Division I this season, in one of the most dominant performances in Fighting Illini history.
Sedlock, who also took home Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors, helped the Illini win 1-0 in 15 innings.
"That's what all the hours in the weight room and conditioning in the offseason in the winter, waking up at 6 a.m. three times a week, that's what that's for," said Sedlock. "I'm in the best shape of my life and built to go like that."
Sedlock was also among Collegiate Baseball's seven National Players of the Week.
» Longest outing in Division I baseball this season
» Tied for seventh-most strikeouts in a Division I game this season
» Most strikeouts in a Big Ten game this season
» Faced 36 batters and none reached second base between the third and ninth innings
» Six 1-2-3 innings, including a stretch of 13-straight batters retired through the middle frames
» Illinois struck out 23 batters in the game, tying the most by a team in Division I this season. Northeastern struck out 23 against James Madison on March 25.
» It was the Fighting Illini's second longest game in the last 68 years.
» Sedlock leads the Big Ten with 84 strikeouts.
» Sedlock's first Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor
