Derek Kolbush Award Position Player of the Week Week Of 5/3/2021 Sport Baseball School Nebraska Wesleyan University Year Senior Position Infield Hometown Lincoln, Neb. High School Piux X Baseball – Position Player of the Week Derek Kolbush, Nebraska Wesleyan University Sr., INF, Lincoln, Neb./Pius X In the series opening game against Central, Kolbush drove in eight RBIs in NWU’s win over the Dutch. He hit a grand slam, a double, and a single to drive in his runs on the afternoon. He finished the series with 10 RBIs, six hits, and two home runs with four runs scored with a .429 average. Game 1: Nebraska Wesleyan 13, Central 1 – 3-for-5 (.600), R, 3 H, 8 RBI, 2B, HR (grand slam), 9-putouts. Game 2: Central 8, Nebraska Wesleyan 7 – 2-for-4 (.500), R, 2 H, HR, BB (IBB), 9-putouts. Game 3: Central 4, Nebraska Wesleyan 3 (F/9) – 0-for-2 (.000), R, 2 BB, SB, sac. Game 4: Central 8, Nebraska Wesleyan 3 – 1-for-3 (.333), R, H, 2B, BB, 5-putouts. The senior is the second Prairie Wolf to earn Position Player of the Week honors this season as Kaleb Knox has won it on March 15 and April 19. Kolbush is garnering his first-career Position Player of the Week honor.
