IU’s Barr Earns Big Ten Player of the Week Honors

IU’s Barr Earns Big Ten Player of the Week Honors

5/4/2021 3:30:00 PM | Baseball

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University baseball's Cole Barr was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on Tuesday, the conference office announced.

This past weekend, Barr helped the Hoosiers take down Iowa in a three-game series in Bloomington. The Yorktown, Ind. native batted 6-for-10 (.600) with a triple, two home runs, five RBI and six runs scored to help IU take two of three games from the Hawkeyes.

On the season, Barr leads the team with a .340 batting average, six homers, 22 RBI and 30 runs scored. He also has seven doubles and two triples on the year.

The Indiana Hoosiers will head to Piscataway, N.J. to play two games each against Rutgers and Nebraska. The four-game weekend gets started on Friday, May 7 against the Scarlet Knights at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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