EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville graduate students Eric Roberts (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton) and Jarrett Blunt (Ottumwa, Iowa/Ottumwa) have swept this week's Missouri Valley Conference weekly awards, as Roberts has been named the Valley's Player of the Week, while Blunt earned Pitcher of the Week honors.
Roberts earned his second MVC Player of the Week honor on Monday after an historic week at Indiana and UIC which saw him break the UE single-season record for home runs, and also hit for the cycle. Roberts blasted four home runs in four games last week to run his season total to a league-best 21, which broke the UE single-season record of 20, set by Ed Kothera back in 1987.