Joe Silversmith Award Position Player of the Week Week Of 4/30/2017 Sport Baseball School Luther College Year Senior Position Hometown St. Paul, Minn. High School Highland Park Baseball – Position Player of the Week Joe Silversmith, Luther College Sr., 3B, St. Paul, Minn. / Highland Park Silversmith batted .571 with 8 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .857 last week, helping Luther win 4 of 5 games, including first series sweep this year over Nebraska Wesleyan He just returned to the starting lineup after battling back from an injury and he is leading the Norse in hitting with a .398 average and team best 27 RBIs Game 1 vs Dubuque: Loss 2-3 Two hits, one stolen base, .400 on base, batting, and slugging percentage Game 2 vs Dubuque: Win 5-4 One hit, two RBIs, one stolen base, .200 on base percentage, .333 batting average and slugging percentage Game 3 vs Nebraska Wesleyan: Win 13-3, 8 innings Three hits (1-homerun), three RBIs, two runs, .600 on base percentage, .600 batting average, and 1.200 slugging percentage Game 4 vs Nebraska Wesleyan: Win 9-3 Two hits (1-tiple, 1-double), one RBI, two runs, .500 on base percentage, .500 batting average, 1.250 slugging percentage Game 5 vs Nebraska Wesleyan: Win 12-7 Two hits (1-triple), two RBIs, one stolen base, .600 on base percentage, .500 batting average, and 1.000 slugging percentage 2016 All-Iowa Conference second team selection This is Silversmith’s first Position Player of the Week honor
