Jacob Thumann Award Position Player of the Week Week Of 4/2/2017 Sport Baseball School Wartburg College Year Senior Position Hometown DeWitt, Iowa High School Central Clinton-DeWitt Male Athlete of the Week – Baseball – Position Player of the Week Jacob Thumann, Wartburg College Sr., RF, Dewitt, Iowa / Central Clinton-DeWitt Thumann helped the Knights pick up the three-game sweep over Loras in the opening weekend of conference play. On the week, he led Wartburg in batting average (.667) homeruns (2) RBIs (5) and slugging percentage (1.444) Thumann also had perfect fielding percentage and was 2-2 in stolen bases Game 1 vs Loras: Win 9-4 Two hits (1-double), two RBIs, one stolen base, .800 on base percentage, .667 batting average, 1.000 slugging percentage, and two putouts Game 2 vs Loras: Win 10-0 One hit (1-homerun), two runs, one RBI, one stolen base, .750 on base percentage, .500 batting average, 2.000 slugging percentage, and three putouts Game 3 vs Loras: Win 10-7 Three hits (1-homerun), one run, two RBIs, .800 on base percentage, .750 batting average, 1.500 slugging percentage, and three putouts Thumann is now a x-time Baseball Position Player of the Week: (4/2/17, 5/9/16, 4/11/16, 3/8/2015) Thumann was selected first team All-Iowa Conference in 2016 and the league’s Position Player of the Year in 2015
