Alumni Roundup: Week 11

April 28, 2025


Impressive weekend to finish out the month of April from a slew of Top Tier alums. Most notably, Brendan Summerhill returns to the lineup and picks up where he left off. It looks as if Vytas Valincius is set to crush his season totals from last season. Liam Peterson does his thing on Friday against Arkansas with a career-high strikeout showing.

Week 11

It was an electric return for Brendan Summerhill (Arizona) after missing a full month due to an injury. On Wednesday, during a midweek against UT Arlington, Summerhill launched a 382-foot homer on the first pitch of his first at-bat. He hit it 104 mph over the right field wall. That was one of two hits he had on Wednesday. He played in one game against Texas Tech on Saturday and had another hit (2B) and drove in a pair. He's hitting .414 this season in 25 games of action.


Liam Peterson, thanks to a career-high 13 strikeouts, helped the Gators defeated Arkansas on Friday night by a 6-4 final. Peterson picked up win number seven on the season to improve to 7-2. It was a gritty, 114-pitch outing for the ace. He gave up three earned on five hits over six innings but proved once again why he's the Friday guy for Florida.


Daniel Pacella had a hit in each of Illinois State's three games this past weekend against SIU. He hit his 14th homer of the season on Friday in a win, but the Redbirds would drop the following two.


Tennessee Tech had a five game week, going 4-1. Mack Whitcomb had six hits across the three games and drove in a pair. He walked three times and scored three runs. Overall, he's hitting .360 with nine jacks and 38 RBI this season. He's played in 44 of Tech's 45 games.


Vytas Valincius (Illinois) had three hits on the week and drove in two. Those two RBI were good enough to get him to 50 on the season. With that, he's the team leader in RBI. He's tied for his 2024 season total and there's still a few weeks to play in the regular season. He's hitting nearly .100 points better than a season ago, too.


Lucas Smith (UIC) has become a staple in the Flames lineup, now hitting .319 on the season. He's been on a tear lately, and this week was no different. Across four games, Smith had eight hits with half of those coming on Sunday alone against Bradley. A double and a pair knocked in helped UIC clinch the series on Sunday afternoon against the Braves.


Graham Mastros (Illinois State) is on an eight game hit streak with 14 hits across that stretch. He's now hitting .295 and had a strong weekend against SIU. He had two hits in the finale including his fourth homer of the season. He's driven in 25 so far for the Redbirds.


Josh Outlaw (Illinois State) has a hit in each of the last four games he's played. Against SIU, Outlaw had five hits and drove in five, boosting his average to .330. He had a double in Saturday's game with that being his only XBH.


Kenny Perez is still hitting at a .303 clip here at the end of April. Perez had four hits on the week, one being a double against Iowa.


Zach Kwasny threw 1.2 innings in a midweek against Indiana. Kwasny gave up a walk but struck out a pair in a 29-pitch outing.


McCall Biemiller threw in Florida's midweek against Georgia Southern. He threw 1.2 innings and allowed four baserunners but none came around to score. He struck out a hitter - faced eight total.


Steve Milam (LSU) had a double and a homer against Tennessee on Saturday. The Tigers would go on to win the series against the Vols.


Nick Monile (North Florida) had two doubles and drove in four against Stetson on Saturday. This was part of his four-hit weekend. He's hitting .329 on  the year and has struck out just 16 times in 158 at-bats. The Ospreys would go on to lose the series.

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