Appel nabs national player of the week awards

March 5, 2013, 6:00 p.m.

Senior pitcher Mark Appel’s consistently dominant play will be relied upon to propel the Card over UNLV this weekend. (AVI BAGLA/The Stanford Daily)

On the heels of earning Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honor on Monday, senior pitcher Mark Appel was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday.

Appel was also the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, marking the third time that the Houston native has won the award in his career.

Against No. 22 Texas last Friday, Appel carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and wound up finishing the game with a career-high 14 strikeout while just giving up three hits. Behind Appel’s strong arm, the Cardinal downed the Longhorns 2-0 and went on to sweep the series.

The senior ace will take the mound this Friday night against UNLV.

George Chen is a senior staff writer at The Stanford Daily who writes football, football and more football. Previously he worked at The Daily as the President and Editor in Chief, Executive Editor, Managing Editor of Sports, the football beat reporter and a sports desk editor. George also co-authored The Daily's recent book documenting the rise of Stanford football, "Rags to Roses." He is a senior from Painted Post, NY majoring in Biology. To contact him, please email at [email protected].

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Appel nabs national player of the week awards

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