Truman Schmitt Award Male Athlete of the Week Week Of 3/18/2019 Sport American Rivers Conference School Simpson College Year Junior Position Hometown Hinton, Iowa High School Hinton Male Athlete of the Week – Baseball – Position Player of the Week Truman Schmitt, Simpson College Jr., Catcher, Hinton, Iowa/Hinton Schmitt batted .589 with 10 hits last week, helping Simpson go 4-1 and improve to 6-1 overall. He finished with 1 double and 1 home run while driving in 4 runs and scoring 8 times himself. He threw out two would-be base stealers and had a 1.000 fielding percentage from behind the plate. In Simpson’s 11-10 win over Curry, Schmitt was 4-for-5 with 2 RBI, 2 runs and 1 home run. Schmitt went 1-for-2 with 2 walks, scoring 2 runs in the Storm’s 6-11 loss to New Jersey City University. In the 10-9 win against Beloit, Schmitt finished 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs. In game one against Crown, Schmitt helped Simpson to a 3-1 win with 1 double, 1 walk and 2 runs. Game two against Crown went to Simpson by a score of 7-5, with Schmitt going 1-for-4. This is the first Position Player of the Week honor for Schmitt and the first for Simpson since April 4, 2014 (Josh Pirtle).
