IRVING, Texas – Dominic Voegele was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season, the conference office announced on Monday.
Voegele pitched seven dominant shutout innings and struck out six with no walks to help Kansas win on the road 3-0 at No. 14 West Virginia. He retired the first eight batters of the game and cruised through the first three innings. In both the fourth and fifth innings, West Virginia had a runner in scoring position with one out and Voegele navigated his way around it both times. Voegele earned his seventh win of the season and sixth quality start of the year.
The Columbia, Illinois, native has gone at least six innings in each of his last four starts. Voegele ranks second in the Big 12 with 87.0 innings pitched, is tied for third with seven wins and is seventh in the league with 80 strikeouts. He is tied for the most innings pitched in Big 12 games with 67.1 innings.
Voegele won Big 12 Pitcher of the Week twice earlier this season on March 31 and April 28. Brady Ballinger, Tommy Barth, Michael Brooks, Jackson Hauge and Cooper Moore have all won Big 12 weekly awards this season in addition to Voegele. Kansas leads the conference for most individuals to receive a weekly award this season and it is also the most in a season in program history. The six Jayhawks have combined for nine Big 12 weekly awards.
Kansas (42-14, 20-10 Big 12) earned the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Championship, marking its highest Big 12 finish in program history. The Jayhawks are set to play their first game in the tournament on Thursday at 4 p.m. CT at Globe Life Field.
KU finished with more overall wins (42) and conference wins (20) than any team in the Big 12. Kansas is also the only team in the country with at least 40 overall wins, 20 conference wins and 20 road wins.