MAC Baseball Co-Players of the Week
Cade Sullivan, Western Michigan, 1B          
Senior, Naperville, Ill. (Metea Valley)          
Western Michigan’s Cade Sullivan opened the 2024 season with a monstrous week, going 10-for-16 (.625) at the plate with two doubles, two homers, 10 runs scored, six RBIs and a .714 on-base percentage. After scoring three times, including what ended up being the game-winning run, in the 11-inning Opening Day victory over Michigan on Friday, Sullivan went a combined 8-for-8 in the two games of Saturday's doubleheader against the Wolverines. The senior scored a career-high five times in game one of the twin bill, including the tying run in the ninth inning which forced the game into extra innings. In the 10th, he blasted a go-ahead, two-run shot to help the Broncos defeat U-M in extra frames for the second straight day. His game-winning home run was the school record-breaking 29th of his Western Michigan career. The Naperville, Ill., native went 4-for-4 again in game two of Saturday's doubleheader before capping his weekend with his 30th career home run on Sunday.
 
Gideon Antle, Ohio, OF         
Senior, Licking, Mo. (Licking)
Senior Gideon Antle played in all three of Ohio's (2-1) games this weekend, including the team's 15-7 win on Friday and 8-2 win on Saturday. On Friday, Antle went 5-6 at the plate with an RBI. On Saturday, the senior went 3-5 at the plate, recorded three doubles and an RBI. Despite Ohio's loss on Sunday, Antle led the team with two home runs and three hits on four at bats.  For the week, Antle went 11-for-15 (.733) with three doubles, two home runs, four runs scored and four RBI’s
 
MAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Turner Doran, Western Michigan, RHP        
Junior  Mokena, Ill. (Lincoln-Way Central)  
Turner Doran shined in his first appearance as a Bronco, as he fired four scoreless innings, while allowing just one baserunner, to earn the win in relief in Western Michigan's 11-9 10-inning victory over Michigan on Saturday. The righty came on with two runners on and no outs in the seventh and kept the Wolverines off of the board to keep WMU's deficit at one. Doran retired 12 of the 13 batters he faced, including the last 10 in a row, while piling up seven strikeouts. The lone batter who reached against him was intentionally walked. Doran's effort allowed the Broncos to rally to force extra innings and eventually win it in 10 innings, earning him the victory in his WMU debut.