NKU’s Matt Wagers (center) after scoring a run

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University’s Matt Wagers has been named Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week in baseball, the league office announced Monday.

Wagers, a 2003 graduate of Hamilton High School, batted .500 (9-for-18) with five doubles, a home run and 12 runs batted in as the Norse won five of six games last week. He also scored seven runs and finished with a .944 slugging percentage as NKU reached the 30-win plateau mark for the fifth time in the past six years.

Wagers began the week by collecting six hits and five RBI during a doubleheader sweep at Kentucky Wesleyan. In the nightcap, he went 4-for-5 and drove in four runs.

Against Indianapolis on Saturday, Wagers hit his second grand slam of the season to lead NKU to a 7-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader. He capped his week with a pair of doubles and two RBI in a 6-4 victory over Indianapolis on Sunday.

Wagers, a junior right fielder, leads NKU with four homers and 38 RBI this season. He also has eight doubles and 24 runs scored for the Norse, who are 32-15-1 overall.

NKU also leads the GLVC with a 30-9-1 record.