Zach Nagel, the sophomore left-handed pitcher from Sioux Falls, SD, came up big in three games for the Grizzlies this past week. He picked up a save and a win on the week in three appearances and his five-innings pitched. He closed out the T-Birds on Friday in the final inning of a 4-3 game striking out all three batters he faced. On Sunday he did something very similar shutting down the T-Birds in their final at bats striking out three and forcing an infield pop out. Nagel struck out nine batters in his five innings pitched while giving up just four hits. Nagel is the Grizzlies most dominant closer at this point in the season and showed it this past week as the Grizzlies went 5-1 in all KJCCC West games.

This is the first player on the Grizzly Baseball team to pick up this honor this season. Two Butler pitchers, Izack Tiger and Dillan Janak, were awarded this honor in last year's shortened season. Three times during the 2019 season Grizzlies were named KJCCC players/pitchers of the week.