Zack Beekmann Award Position Player of the Week Week Of 4/24/2023 Sport Baseball School Buena Vista University Year Position Hometown Grimes, Iowa High School Dallas Center-Grimes Baseball – Position Player of the Week Zack Beekmann, Buena Vista University Sr., 1B/DH, Grimes, Iowa/Dallas Center-Grimes Beekman and the Buena Vista Beavers went 3-1 in conference play during the week. The senior hit .333 on the week and brought in 4 RBIs, while hitting two homeruns, including a walk-off solo home run to win the series over Luther. Game 1: Buena Vista 3, Central 1 – 0-for-4 (.000), 7 putouts Game 2: Buena Vista 10, Luther 1 – 1-for-1 (1.000), 2 R, 2 RBIs, HR, 2 BB, 5 putouts Game 3: Buena Vista 4, Luther 5 – 2-for-4 (.500), R, RBI, HR, BB, 10 putouts Game 4: Buena Vista 3, Luther 2 (10 innings) – 1-for-3 (.333), R, RBI, 2B, 7 putouts Buena Vista improved to 27-6 overall and 18-2 in league play. The Beavers will take the field on Friday and Saturday to face Simpson in their final three games of the regular season. The Grimes native is collecting his first career Position Player of the Week honor.
