Adams, Johnson make for sweep of GPAC weekly honors

By Jacob Knabel on Mar. 9, 2021 in Baseball

GPAC Release

SEWARD, Neb. – The first GPAC weekly honors of the 2021 baseball season have been awarded to members of the Concordia University Baseball team. On Tuesday (March 9), the conference named Jayden Adams the GPAC Player of the Week and Alex Johnson the GPAC Pitcher of the Week. The recognition comes courtesy of their performances in this past weekend’s four-game series with Grand View University (Iowa).

A freshman in terms of eligibility, Adams has taken well to the leadoff spot in the Bulldog lineup. In the series versus Grand View, Adams went 9-for-16 (.563) with six runs scored, a double, two home runs and seven RBIs. The second baseman from Waverly, Neb., went 4-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs in the final game of the weekend while contributing to a seven-homer game as a team. On the season, Adams is hitting .559 with four doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs to go along with a .941 slugging percentage.

In his outing last week against Grand View, Johnson recorded 12 strikeouts in 5.1 shutout innings, during which he allowed three hits and no walks. The freshman from Olathe, Kan., is 2-0 with a 2.38 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 11.1 innings this season. Opposing batters are hitting only .150 off of Johnson, a product of Spring Hill High School.

Head Coach Ryan Dupic’s squad has jumped out to an 8-2 start. The Bulldogs are slated to play five times this week. They will be at Sterling College for one nine-inning game on Wednesday prior to a four-game weekend series with Dickinson State University (N.D.).