NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee redshirt sophomore righty Drew Horn picked up the fifth no-hitter in Blue Raider history as he earned the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Baseball Pitcher of the Week honor on Tuesday.
Horn, a Smyrna native, went the distance, allowing just two walks. It was the second nine-inning complete-game no-no in program history and the first since Chandler Alderman’s eight-inning clean slate last season.
In the contest against Oakland, he struck out a career-high 13 Golden Grizzly batters – including six looking over his 110 pitches. He struck out seven in the first four innings, two more over the fifth and sixth, then struck out the side in order in the seventh.
Tennessee freshman Levi Clark was named the Baseball Player of the Week as he batted .615 for the week, going 8-for-13 at the plate with a double and a home run while driving in six.
He posted back-to-back three-hit performances with midweek victories over Radford and Xavier – including three RBI against the Musketeers. Clark had an RBI single and a stolen base in the opener against St. Bonaventure, then drew three walks in the middle game before walking twice more and hitting a two-run home run in the finale.
SOFTBALL: Chattanooga claimed both softball honors as senior designated player Presley Williamson and junior pitcher Peja Goold took the weekly awards.
Williamson drove in 14 on six hits with a double and four home runs for the week, including a game-winning grand slam against Long Island in an eight-inning 8-7 victory. She had a home run in four of the five games this past week and a two-run double against Georgia State. Williamson drove in two with a bases-loaded single and a two-run round-tripper against Siena, had a first-inning blast against Niagara, then hit a solo homer in the second game against Siena.
Goold appeared in four games with two complete games in both starts. She threw a one-hitter against Siena, then picked up her first save of the season against LIU, striking out all three on swinging strikeouts. She struck out 16 in all over the weekend.
2024-25 TSWA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
BASEBALL
2/18 | Player: Blake Pou (Sewanee); Pitcher: Ryan Higgins (Carson-Newman)
2/25 | Player: Eston Snider (Middle Tennessee); Pitcher: Liam Doyle (Tennessee)
3/4 | Player: Gavin Kilen (Tennessee); Pitcher: Jake Poindexter (Lipscomb)
3/11 | Player: Levi Clark (Tennessee); Pitcher: Drew Horn (Middle Tennessee)
SOFTBALL
2/11 | Player: Danielle Jason (Tusculum); Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
2/18 | Player: Abbie Buckner (Sewanee); Pitcher: Reagen Huskey (Sewanee)
2/25 | Player: Brianna Asmondy (Trevecca): Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
3/4 | Player: Hayden Dye (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)
3/11 | Player: Presley Williamson (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)