NWC Student-Athlete of the Week - Position Player (Feb. 25 - Mar. 3)

Josh Rapacz
George Fox, Junior
West Richland, Wash./Richland
Rapacz sizzled as the Bruins opened Northwest Conference play with a 21-3, 12-3, 9-8 sweep of Lewis & Clark. In the opener, he was 3-4 with a double, a grand slam home run, 3 runs scored and a career-high 7 RBIs. In the second game, he was 4-5 with 2 doubles, 3 runs scored and 2 RBIs. In the finale, he was 2-4 with a walk, 2 runs scored, and was the winning run in the Bruins' six-run bottom-of-the-9th rally that pulled out the win. For the week, he batted .692 (9-13) with 3 doubles, a home run, 8 runs scored, 9 RBIs, a .714 on base pct. and 1.154 slugging pct. He also handled 13 chances (10 putouts, 3 assists) without an error behind the plate.

Honorable Mention:
Jake Wylie (Linfield, Jr. – Eagle, Idaho/Bishop Kelly)
Connor Savage (Puget Sound, So. – Bothell, Wash./Ingelmoor)
Brad Breier (Willamette, So. – Torrance, Calif./South)
Carson McCord (Pacific Lutheran, Fr. – Kent, Wash./Kentwood)
Mike Kinkenon (Lewis & Clark, So. – Las Vegas, Nev./Faith Lutheran)
Logan Moen (Pacific (Ore.), Sr. – Brier, Wash./Ingelmoor)
Kyle Moyes (Whitman, Jr. – Henderson, Nev./Foothill)