MAC Baseball Player of the Week
Jake Dunham, NIU, Catcher, Senior
Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield North)
Jake Dunham hit .600/.647/1.067 as NIU split its four-game series against Western Michigan this past weekend. The senior catcher was 9-for-15 at the plate to extend his current hitting streak to 11 games. He had a double and two home runs on the weekend with five RBI. In Friday's series opener, Dunham was 3-for-5 with a solo home run. After going 1-for-3 in both games of Saturday's doubleheader, Dunham tied a career-high with four hits in NIU's 15-5 win in eight innings.