Ryar Rinehart of the Kalamazoo College baseball team was selected as the MIAA Baseball Player of the Week on Monday (Apr. 17). This is the first time in his first collegiate season that Rinehart has earned the honor.
Kalamazoo played seven games this past week with two single games against Hope (Apr. 10 and Apr. 12), a doubleheader at Albion (Apr. 11), and then a three-game series against Calvin (Apr. 14-15). The Hornets went undefeated, defeating the Flying Dutchmen 15-14 and 5-4, taking two games over the Britons 17-2 and 13-6, and sweeping the series against the Knights 14-3, 19-9, and 14-3.
Rinehart had a massive week at the plate, hitting .593 (16-27) with 16 runs scored and 19 RBI. He had an on-base percentage of .649 by adding six walks, two hit by pitches, and two sacrifice flies to his 16 hits. Over half of Rinehart's hits went for extra bases, as five doubles and four home runs led to a 1.222 slugging percentage. He had five multi-hit games, including a 4-4 game with three doubles, a home run, and six RBI against Albion.
In his first collegiate baseball season, Rinehart has a slash line of .402/.486/.805 with 33 hits in 25 games. He leads the team with six home runs and 46 RBI while also being tied for the team lead with 11 doubles and two triples. In addition, he has scored 28 runs, has been walked 15 times, and has stolen three bases.
The Hornets will finish their three-game series with a home game against Hope on Tuesday (Apr. 18) before moving on to another three-game series against Albion with a single home game on Friday (Apr. 21) and a road doubleheader on Sunday (Apr. 23).