March 23, 2011

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Freshman right-hander Frankie Vanderka (Levittown, N.Y.), of the baseball team, has been named the SimplexGrinnell Stony Brook Athlete of the Week after throwing the first no-hitter in program history last Friday against NJIT.

Making just his second career start, Vanderka dominated right from the start against NJIT as he struck out eight batters over the first 4.0 innings. He finished with 13 strikeouts while walking just two in the Seawolves 14-1 win over the Highlanders. Vanderka (2-0) has a 0.52 ERA in 17.2 innings of work this season. In his past two appearances, both starts, he has allowed just an unearned run on four hits in 15.0 innings. He has also struck out 18 batters over that stretch.

Vanderka earned a slew of honors for his performance as he was named National Pitcher of the Week by the NCBWA and CollegeBaseballInsider.com in addition to being selected as a National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. He also was named America East Pitcher of the Week.