NEW ORLEANS – Senior Connor Reich was selected as the first 2019 Sun Belt Conference Community Coffee Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
The Hallsville, Texas native shutdown 24th-ranked Missouri State in the final game of the Texas State Tournament on Sunday. He retired the first 15 batters he faced and allowed just one hit in 6.2 shutouts innings of work.
Reich struck out seven Bears and did not issue a walk, the third time in his Texas State career he did not issue a free pass.
The award is the second weekly Sun Belt honor in the right-handers career.