Hanley Honored for Hot Start
3/31/2025 4:00:00 PM | Baseball
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The timing was right for freshman first baseman Jake Hanley as he picked up his first career Big Ten Freshman of the Week award on Monday (March 31) afternoon, as announced by the conference office. It is IU's third award of the kind in the past four weeks.
Hanley went on an absolute tear in the middle of IU's order last week. He went 8-for-17 (.471) with three home runs, eight RBIs, seven runs scored and two walks in four games for the Hoosiers. He had three-hit games in both sides of a Friday doubleheader against USC. He was robbed of a ninth hit of the week when his ninth-inning ground ball deflected off the pitcher into the track of the second baseman.
The Mason, Ohio native leads the Big Ten in hits (45) and is second among all freshman in the NCAA in base knocks. He's one of three IU players (Dickerson, Taylor) with at least 40 hits this year. Based on his current pace, Hanley could be in line to break IU's all-time single season freshman hits record (88). The first baseman is also the clubhouse leader at the halfway point for the league's freshman of the year award.
Along with teammates Cooper Malamazian and Hogan Denny, Hanley became the third IU player to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors this season. IU has combined to win three of the seven freshman of the week honors so far this year. It is the fourth time in program history (2011, 2012, 2017, 2025) that IU has had at least three different players win the honor in the same season.
Hanley is the 12th different IU player to win a Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor since head coach Jeff Mercer began his tenure in 2019. It's the first time that three players have won it in the same year under his watch.
Big Ten Weekly Awards (March 31)
Player of the Week: Hollis Porter, So., UTL, Maryland
Pitcher of the Week: Blaine Wynk, Jr., RHP, Ohio State
Freshman of the Week: Jake Hanley, Fr., 1B, Indiana
Hanley went on an absolute tear in the middle of IU's order last week. He went 8-for-17 (.471) with three home runs, eight RBIs, seven runs scored and two walks in four games for the Hoosiers. He had three-hit games in both sides of a Friday doubleheader against USC. He was robbed of a ninth hit of the week when his ninth-inning ground ball deflected off the pitcher into the track of the second baseman.
The Mason, Ohio native leads the Big Ten in hits (45) and is second among all freshman in the NCAA in base knocks. He's one of three IU players (Dickerson, Taylor) with at least 40 hits this year. Based on his current pace, Hanley could be in line to break IU's all-time single season freshman hits record (88). The first baseman is also the clubhouse leader at the halfway point for the league's freshman of the year award.
Along with teammates Cooper Malamazian and Hogan Denny, Hanley became the third IU player to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors this season. IU has combined to win three of the seven freshman of the week honors so far this year. It is the fourth time in program history (2011, 2012, 2017, 2025) that IU has had at least three different players win the honor in the same season.
Hanley is the 12th different IU player to win a Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor since head coach Jeff Mercer began his tenure in 2019. It's the first time that three players have won it in the same year under his watch.
Big Ten Weekly Awards (March 31)
Player of the Week: Hollis Porter, So., UTL, Maryland
Pitcher of the Week: Blaine Wynk, Jr., RHP, Ohio State
Freshman of the Week: Jake Hanley, Fr., 1B, Indiana
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