Weekly Top Tier Alumni Roundup for the NCAA Division II, III, NAIA and JUCO players:

Player of the Week:

Luke Brabham, INF, Morton College (JUCO)
Brabham was on fire at the plate this past week as he went 13 for 22, hitting .591 with a double and collecting 12 RBI's for the Panthers. Morton beat Moraine Valley twice, beat Oakton twice and Olive Harvey, along with a split with Lake County to improve to 22-8 overall on the year.

Best of the Rest Highlights from our D2/D3/NAIA & JUCO players:

Brandon Bennitt, INF, IIT (D3)
Bennitt had a great weekend as he went 8 for 19, hitting .500 with 2 homers, a double and collected 3 RBI's. IIT lost to Benedictine twice but won both vs. St. Norbert to move to 11-12 overall on the year.

Vito Valincius, INF, John A. Logan (JUCO)
Valincius continues to mash the baseball as he collected multiple hits in all the games he played this past week going 10 for 17, hitting .588 with a homer and 3 RBI's. The Vols beat Rend Lake twice and won 2 of 3 vs. Southwestern Illinois to improve to 26-13 overall on the year.

Collin Callahan, INF, Carthage (D3)
Callahan collected hits in every game this past week going 8 for 17, hitting .471 with a homer, two doubles and 4 RBI's. Carthage however only beat Wheaton this past week and lost to Illinois Wesleyan twice and Elmhurst to fall to 7-14 overall on the year.

Dylan Whitney, INF, Johns Hopkins (D3)
Whitney had one of his best offensive weekends as a Bluejay this past week as he went 6 for 13, hitting .462 with two doubles and 4 RBI's. Johns Hopkins is ranked 4th in the nation and beat Washington College twice along with splitting with Ursinus to move to 25-3 overall on the year.

Hunter Keim, RHP, St. Ambrose (NAIA)
Keim earned two wins in relief this past week for the Fighting Bees. In his two combined relief appearances he went 5 innings giving up 0 earned runs off 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4. St. Ambrose swept Calumet (IN) and moved to 14-19 overall on the year.

Michael Gladden, INF/OF, University of Chicago (D3)
Gladden went 7 for 17, hitting .411 this past week with a homer, a double and 7 RBI's. The Maroons beat Knox twice and took 2 of 3 from Illinios College to improve to 12-9 overall on the year.

Sam Antonacci, INF, Heartland (JUCO)
Antonacci continues to swing a hot stick as he went 8 for 10, hitting .800 this past week with three doubles and 4 RBI's. The Hawks swept Vincennes and improved to 28-4 overall on the year.

Brad White, OF, South Suburban (JUCO)
White had a really good offensive week as he went 7 for 14, hitting .500 with a triple, two doubles and 2 RBI's. South Sub beat Blackhawk twice and Oakton, only losing to Kankakee to improve to 24-13 overall on the year.

Lucas Spence, OF, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Spence put up some good power numbers this past week as he went 7 for 19, hitting .368 with a homer, a triple, two doubles and collected 7 RBI's. Blackhawk lost to South Sub twice, both beat both Kishwaukee and Saux Valley twice to improve to 17-13 overall on the year.

Noah Jouras, C, Triton (JUCO)
Jouras went 5 for 7, hitting .714 on the weekend with a triple, 3 doubles and 3 RBI's for the Trojans. Triton beat Joliet and Kankakee twice to improve to 20-13 overall on the year.

Colin Husko, INF, University of Dubuque (D3)
Husko collected hits in every game this past week going 10 for 22 , hitting .455 with a triple and a double. Dubuque lost to Loras twice and lost 2 of 3 to Coe to fall to 16-7 overall on the year.

Kevin Dowling, OF, Saint Xavier (NAIA)
Dowling went 5 for 11, hitting .455 with a double and an RBI this past weekend. The Cougars won 2 of 3 vs. Roosevelt to improve to 16-19 overall on the year.

Ethan Bowers, INF, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Bowers went 7 for 20 this past week, hitting .350 with two doubles and 2 RBI's. Blackhawk is now 17-13 overall on the year.

Jacob Bosse, LHP, St. Ambrose (NAIA)
Bosse earned a no decision in his start this past week vs. Calumet (IN) but threw well tossing 5 scoreless innings giving up only 1 hit along with 7 walks while striking out 12. St. Ambrose swept Calumet and improved to 14-19 overall on the year.

Johnny Hernandez, C, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Hernandez went 6 for 19, hitting .316 this past week with two doubles and 3 RBI's. Blackhawk is now 17-13 overall on the year.

Luke Napleton, C, Quincy (D2)
Napleton continues to show power at the plate as he collected 4 more hits this past week with a homer, a double and 4 RBI's. Quincy who is ranked 9th in the nation lost to 24th ranked Central Missouri in the midweek game but won 2 of 3 vs. Maryville over the weekend to improve to 23-8 overall and 12-4 in the GLVC.

AJ Casmer, RHP, Lewis (D2)
Casmer picked up a win in relief this past weekend for the Flyers after he tossed one inning giving up one run off one hit vs. William Jewell. Lewis swept William Jewell to improve to 15-15 overall and 8-8 in the GLVC.

Eric Lundell, RHP, Concordia St. Paul (D2)
Lundell earned a save in relief this past weekend vs. St. Cloud State where he tossed 2.1 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk with 1 strikeout. The Golden Bears lost 2 of 3 to St. Cloud State to fall to 12-15 overall on the year.

Brennan Fisher, 1B, Benedictine (D3)
Fisher collected 5 hits this past week with a homer, a double and 2 RBI's. BU beat IIT twice and split with MSOE to move to 15-7 overall on the year.

Nate Maliska, 1B, St. Francis (NAIA)
Maliska went 3 for 10, hitting .300 with 3 RBI's this past weekend for the Saints. St. Francis won 2 of 3 vs. Judson to improve to 12-23 overall on the year.

Connor Blake, INF/RHP, IIT (D3)
Blake earned a no decision on the mound after tossing 7 innings vs. Benedictine this past week giving up 4 runs off 8 hits and 3 walks while striking out 11. Blake also collected 4 hits over the week with a homer and 2 RBI's. IIT is now 11-12 overall on the year.

Nick Talarico, INF, Case Western Reserve (D3)
Talarico collected 4 hits this past week with a homer, a triple, a double and 5 RBI's. The Spartans beat Wooster, Mt. Union and Denison to improve to 14-11 overall on the year.

Austin Divello, RHP, Coe (D3)
Divello made one relief appearance this past week giving up 0 runs in one inning of work off only one hit. Coe won 2 out of 3 vs. Dubuque but lost twice to Luther to fall to 13-11 overall.

Ryan Manikowski, RHP, Lewis (D2)
Manikowski made one relief appearance this past weekend tossing 2 scoreless innings off only 2 hits and 2 walks. Lewis swept William Jewell to improve to 15-15 overall.

Joey Little, OF, Fort Scott (JUCO)
Little collected 4 hits this past week with a homer and 3 RBI's. Fort Scott however lost 3 of 4 vs. KCKCC to fall to 23-16 overall on the year.

JJ Vargas, INF, Upper Iowa (D2)
Vargas collected 3 hits this past weekend with a double and an RBI. Upper Iowa lost 2 of 3 to Minot State and are 11-18 overall on the year.

Cherokee LeBeau, INF, Lewis (D2)
LeBeau went 2 for 3 with an RBI in the one game he started this past weekend for the Flyers. The Flyers swept William Jewell over the weekend and are 15-15 overall.