Josh Osich Named NCBWA National Pitcher Of The Week
May 3, 2011
DALLAS - Oregon State left-handed pitcher Josh Osich was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) National Player of the Week on Tuesday.
The organization bestowed it upon Osich just two days after he threw the team's first complete-game no-hitter since 1947. He struck out a career-best 13 and was just one batter over the minimum in improving to 6-1 this season. He has an earned run average of 2.88 in 11 appearances - all starts - this season.
He walked just one, in the fourth inning, and just three of his 27 outs left the infield.
The complete-game effort was the first of his career and the 121 pitches were a career high.
Osich's no-hitter was the first by a Pac-10 pitcher against a league opponent since Jason Middlebrook no-hit UCLA in 1994. It is the Beavers' first since Mike Stutes, Jorge Reyes, Mark Grbavac and Josh Keller combined to no-hit Hawaii-Hilo in 2007, which also happened the be the last by a Pac-10 program.
Earlier this week, on Monday, Osich was also named one of Louisville Slugger's National Players of the Week and the Pacific-10 Conference's Pitcher of the Week.
The Beavers host Oregon Tuesday night in a game slated to start at 5;35 p.m. PT at Goss Stadium. Note, there are a limited number of tickets for the game.
Osich will be honored in a short pre-game ceremony approximately 10 minutes prior to first pitch.
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