Iowa baseball infielder named Big Ten Player of the Week
Iowa baseball infielder named Big Ten Player of the Week
KOOOOP!!!!
Nelson plates a run on an error + Schulte with a double and the Hawks are back on top!!! #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/yYo1l6rKY7 — Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) April 5, 2025
With Iowa baseball (20-10, 12-3 Big Ten) returning home following a weekend conference series victory over Northwestern (14-15, 6-6), Hawkeyes' junior shortstop Kooper Schulte was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday.
Schulte slashed a 0.600 batting average, 0.692 on-base, and a 1.200 slugging percentage while leading all Big Ten hitters with a 1.892 OPS on the week. He tallied seven RBIs and five runs scored as Iowa went 3-1 on the week, defeating Bradley and winning its fifth straight Big Ten series at Northwestern.
The New London, Iowa, native hit 0.571 with runners on and successfully advanced runners in 7 of 9 chances. He also went 4-for-4 with runners on third base with less than two outs during the four-game span.
In his most impressive game of the week, Schulte went 3-for-3 with two doubles as the second-baseman in Iowa's 7-1 win on Saturday after being a late addition to the lineup following a scratch to Ben Swails an hour before the first pitch.
The honor is Schulte's first of his career and the Hawkeyes' second Player of the Week this season, joining Reese Moore's March 24th distinction.
Schulte joins junior starting pitcher Cade Obermueller, who was also named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week in the conference's honors on Monday.
Iowa's next game will be later today vs. UW-Milwaukee (9-20, 7-4 Horizon League) with the first pitch from Duane Banks Field coming at 4:02 p.m. CT.
The game against the Panthers will still be streamed on Big Ten Plus (Subscription required), alongside the radio call on the Hawkeyes Radio Network with play-by-play voice John Leo and color analyst John Evans.
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