BRENDAN PILGER OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a 6-0, 215-pound senior outfielder from Decatur, Ga. has been named the SCAC Offensive Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, March 14 through Sunday, March 20.

Pilger was dominant in guiding Oglethorpe to four straight wins. He was 7-of-14 (.500) at the plate with a whopping 11 runs scored and five RBI, including the game-tying knock against No. 3 Wisconsin Stevens-Point.

He hit two homeruns and five doubles, drew four walks and stole six bases to push Oglethorpe above the .500 mark (9-7) for the first time this season.  

Pilger tallied a 1.200 slugging percentage along with an astounding .579 on-base percentage for a 1.779 OPS (On-base plus slugging) during the week. He hit safely in all four games this past week.