Brady Held Award Pitcher of the Week Week Of 4/11/2022 Sport Baseball School Simpson College Year Senior Position Hometown Indianola, Iowa High School Indianola Baseball – Pitcher of the Week Brady Held, Simpson College Sr., RHP, Indianola, Iowa/Indianola Held became the first pitcher in Simpson program history to throw 200 strikeouts. The senior right-hander improved to 4-0 on the season, defeating Nebraska Wesleyan 9-1 on Wednesday. Held faced 23 batters in six innings pitched, striking out 11 of them. In the six innings pitched, the Storm senior allowed one run on two hits, and held his opponents’ batting average to .100. In addition to his performance on the mound, Held led the team with a .438 batting average, .550 on-base percentage, while tallying seven hits and scoring nine times in the Storm’s four games on the week. The Storm improved to 11-12 overall, and 2-7 in conference play. Held is a 2021 First Team All-Conference performer in addition to picking up honorable mention honors in 2019. The Indianola, Iowa native is collecting his fourth-career Pitcher of the Week honor (4/11/22, 3/15/22, 5/3/21, 3/11/19).
