Owen Vander Linden Award Position Player of the Week Week Of 3/8/2021 Sport Baseball School Luther College Year Senior Position First Base Hometown Dallas, Texas High School Parish Episcopal Baseball – Position Player of the Week Owen Vander Linden, Luther College Sr., 1B, Dallas, Texas/Parish Episcopal Vander Linden helped the Norse to a season-opening sweep of Cornell College, 12-3 and 11-1 (F/7). The senior first baseman went 4-for-8 at the plate, driving in 7 runs with two home runs on the day to bring his slugging percentage to 1.250 to start the 2021 season. Game 1: Luther 12, Cornell 3, 2-for-4 (.500), 2 R, 2 H, 1 HR (two-run blast), 3 RBI,1 walk, 7-putouts. Game 2: Luther 11, Cornell 1 (7 innings), 2-for-4 (.500), R, 2 H, 1 HR (three-run blast), 4 RBI, 7-putouts, stolen base. This marks Vander Linden’s first-career Position Player of the Week accolade.
