NCAA.com Player of the Week
CB Newspaper Players of the Week

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois first baseman Bren Spillane was named NCAA.com Big Ten Player of the Week, it was announced Monday. Spillane was also one of eight players named Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Players of the Week after going 9-for-14 with three homers, three doubles and 10 RBIs.

Spillane led Illinois, winners of 14 of its last 16 games, to a perfect 4-0 record on the week. He reached base at least three times in every game and was retired only five times in four games.

Illinois is up to No. 12 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll. The Illini are No. 22 by Baseball America and No. 25 by D1Baseball.com.

Spillane is one of four Illini hitters since 2005 to receive a national weekly award, joining Dusty Bensko and J.R. Kyes in 2005 and Casey Fletcher in 2014.

Spillane Weekly Notes
• Led Illinois in average (.643), on-base percentage (.737), slugging (1.500), doubles (3), homers (3), RBIs (10), runs (7), total bases (21), walks (5) and steals (3) during the perfect week
• Reached base at least three times in every game of the week
• Two HR against CSUN on Tuesday
• Eight RBIs against CSUN is the most by a Big Ten player this season
• Homered against Northwestern on Friday
• Scored the winning run in extra innings against Northwestern on Saturday
• 3-for-4 in the extra-inning win against Northwestern on Sunday
• At least one extra-base hit in all four games of the week
• 3-for-4 on steals during the weekend against Northwestern.