MICHAEL WALKER OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a sophomore left handed pitcher from Humble, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 10th through Sunday, March 16th.

Walker led Trinity to a three-game SCAC weekend sweep against Southwestern University, earning the win in the opening game of the series.

Walker threw seven shutout innings, allowing just two hits, and striking out five batters without yielding a walk.  The seven shutout innings improves his current streak to 15 innings, earning combined shutouts in each of his last two outings.

For the season, Walker is now 3-0 with a 1.61 ERA in five appearances.  He has 17 strikeouts in 28 innings pitched, combining for shutouts in two games, and holding the opposition to a .196 batting average.