HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University’s Derrik Moeves has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year by the league’s coaches.
Moeves, a sophomore right-hander and a graduate of Highlands High School, has a 7-3 record with a 1.50 earned run average this spring. He owns a Norse single-season record 98 strikeouts entering the NCAA Division II Tournament and has allowed just 45 hits in 78 innings on the mound.
In addition, Moeves has a scoreless innings streak of 20 2/3 going into the NCAA Tournament. He has also not allowed an earned run in the past 33 2/3 innings.
Opposing hitters are batting just .171 against Moeves, who has not allowed a home run this season.
NKU junior closer Justin Seiter also earned first team All-GLVC honors. Seiter, a graduate of Bishop Brossart High School, has a team-leading nine saves and a 0.79 ERA this season. He has limited opposing hitters to a .197 batting average this spring.
NKU junior pitcher Matt Wiedeman was named second team All-GLVC. Wiedeman, a native of Lawrence, Kan., enters the NCAA Tournament with a 9-1 record and a 3.26 ERA. He also has two shutouts this season.
NKU won the GLVC Tournament championship and will play Ashland University at 3 p.m. Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Ashland, Ohio.
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