Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – The Midwest Conference (MWC) announced its Performers of the Week award recipients for games played March 30-April 5, 2026, on Monday.
MWC sports information directors nominate student-athletes for the Performer of the Week honor by sport and vote as a committee to select the winners.
For the spring seasons, Performers of the Week will be recognized every week on Monday (baseball, softball) and Tuesday (men’s tennis, outdoor track and field) once their seasons have been triggered (three MWC institutions competing) and will conclude the week prior to the sport-specific Conference tournament/championship.
The Performer of the Week award winners are as follows:
Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Ben Schweit, Beloit College
Schweit opened the Buccaneers' series against Monmouth on Friday with a complete-game performance that led the Buccaneers to a 7-1 victory. He allowed just one earned run while giving up just four hits. He walked one and racked up nine strikeouts. He is in the top five in the Midwest Conference in ERA, wins, complete games, innings pitched, walks, strikeouts and strikeouts looking.
Baseball Positional Performer of the Week
Ketch Mills, Illinois College
Mills turned in a dominant three-game series against Lawrence, batting .583 (7-for-12) with nine RBI, six runs scored and four extra-base hits. In IC’s 15-5 game two victory, Mills went 3-for-4 with a home run and six RBI, highlighted by a three-run blast during a pivotal six-run second inning. He was 2-for-3 in game one, homering and accounting for both of IC’s runs. Mills closed the series with two doubles and two RBI in the 14-8 win, driving in key runs during a four-run third inning as Illinois College secured the series victory.
Softball Pitcher of the Week
Jordan Closs, Illinois College
Closs had a strong week to help IC open Midwest Conference play with a 4-0 record. In her two starts, she tossed 12 innings, allowing no runs, three hits, and recording five strikeouts while opponents hit .088. On Friday against Lawrence, Closs tossed a five-inning no-hitter with three strikeouts. In Saturday’s win over Ripon, she recorded a three-hit shutout with two strikeouts.
Softball Positional Performer of the Week
Karliegh Ashby, Monmouth College
Ashby did a bit of everything last week to help Monmouth match its best start (3-1) in conference play since 2011. For the week she was 10-for-19 (.526) at the plate with a home run, four doubles, five runs scored, seven RBI, three walks, a stolen base and a sacrifice bunt. She started the week going 3-for-7 with two doubles in a doubleheader sweep of Eureka. On Friday, as Monmouth ended a nine-game losing streak to Lake Forest, Ashby was 3-for-6 with two doubles and two RBI. Then in a doubleheader sweep of Beloit on Saturday, she hit her first career home run and went 4-for-6 with four runs scored, three RBI and two doubles. Overall, the Scots went 5-1 on the week and Ashby reached base 14 times as the leadoff batter.