[Baseball] Vargas, Osborn Sweep GPAC Weekly Honor

The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following baseball player and pitcher-of-the-week for contests played April 11-17, 2022. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2021-2022 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. 

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Baseball Weekly Honors

Pitcher – Julian Vargas (SO/Denver, Colo.), Doane University

Julian Vargas of Doane University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports pitcher-of-the-week.  Vargas, a sophomore from Denver, Colorado, threw 7.0 scoreless innings against the top ranked offense in the GPAC, holding Concordia to two hits while striking out nine batters. He departed the game with an 8-0 lead. Vargas leads the GPAC in wins by a starter on the season with six and is tied for conference only wins with five.

Player – Joe Osborn (SO/Hickman, Neb.), Doane University (Outfield)

Doane's Joe Osborn is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports baseball player-of-the-week.  Osborn, a sophomore from Hickman, Nebraska, hit two home runs on the week, moving his season total to 17 to break the school record for home runs in a season. He hit .600 on the week with five runs batted in. Osborn ranks sixth in the NAIA in home runs this season.