Indiana's Tibbitts, Taylor Earn Weekly Big Ten Baseball Honors

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – It was a big weekend for a pair of young Indiana sluggers.

Sophomore first baseman Brock Tibbitts was named Big Ten Player of the Week, and freshman outfielder Devin Taylor shared Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors with Maryland pitcher Kyle McCoy.

Tibbitts went 8-for-14 at the plate with eight runs, seven RBI, two doubles, two walks and one home run in four games this week. A New Albany, Ohio native, Tibbitts is the first Indiana hitter to earn this honor since Cole Barr in 2021.

During the Hoosiers' mid-week game against Indiana State, Tibbitts scored four runs across five plate appearances. Against Ohio State, he scored Indiana's first run of Big Ten play with a solo home run in the second inning on Saturday, then drove in three more runs throughout the game.

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Tibbitts stayed hot in game two of the weekend series, again igniting an Indiana rally in the third inning with a two-RBI double. He didn't record a hit during the second game of Sunday's doubleheader, but Tibbitts scored an insurance run in the eighth inning of Indiana's 7-5 win.

From La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, Taylor has made an immediate impact in his first season as a Hoosier. Taylor went 5-for-13 at the plate with eight RBI, five runs, five walks and a home run in four games.

In his first Big Ten game on Saturday, Taylor roped a two-RBI single through the right side to give Indiana its first lead of the game. In game three, he helped the Hoosiers jump out to an early 3-0 lead with a two-run home run in the third inning. After a big weekend, Taylor is second among Hoosiers with a .404 batting average, and Tibbitts is fourth at .322.

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— Indiana Baseball (@IndianaBase) March 26, 2023

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