DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released its National Player of the Week awards for the period ending March 24. Samford junior designated hitter/pitcher C.K. Irby was named National Hitter of the Week, while Arizona State freshman left-handed pitcher Ryan Kellogg was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.

Irby	Kellogg

In four games last week, Irby hit .562 with a pair of home runs, six RBI and eight runs scored. On the mound, the junior righty threw a complete-game three-hitter, striking out 16 and not walking a batter in a win over Furman on Friday.

At the plate, Irby had at least one hit in each contest. He started his week with a 1-for-3 showing with a solo home run against Alabama. The Florence, Ala., native then went 8-for-13 (.615) in a three-game sweep of the Paladins over the weekend. In game one of Friday’s doubleheader, Irby was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, his second in as many games and fifth of the season, as the Bulldogs picked up the 9-1 win. Irby was also the starting pitcher in that contest, facing the minimum through the first three innings and scattering three hits. A leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth accounted for the only run Irby allowed in the contest. His 16 strikeouts were the most by a SoCon pitcher this season and tied the school record set by Josh Ehmke on May 13, 2006, at Tennessee Tech.

Kellogg recorded the ninth no-hitter in school history to lead Arizona State to a 4-0 win over No. 3 Oregon State on Saturday. He completed ASU's first no-hitter since Feb. 2, 1993, the school's first ever in Pac-10/12 conference play, the second ever on the road and the fourth by a freshman.

Kellogg did not allow a walk in 110 pitches as OSU's only two base runners of the game reached on Sun Devil errors. He carried a perfect game into the seventh inning and struck out three batters.

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For more information on the NCBWA Division I National Players of the Week, contact NCBWA Assistant Executive Director Mike Montoro at West Virginia University at 304-293-2821.

2013 NCBWA Division I Players of the Week:
• Feb. 19: Danny Collins, Troy (Hitter); Buck Farmer, Georgia Tech (Pitcher)
• Feb. 26: Charlie White, Maryland (Hitter); Bryce Biggerstaff, Central Arkansas (Pitcher)
• March 5: A.J. Reed, Kentucky (Hitter); Mark Appel, Stanford and Carlos Rodon, N.C. State (Pitcher)
• March 12: Cody Hudson, Austin Peay (Hitter); Frankie Vanderka, Stony Brook (Pitcher)
• March 19: Zach Fish, Oklahoma State (Hitter); Pat Young, Villanova (Pitcher)
• March 26: C.K. Irby, Samford (Hitter); Ryan Kellogg, Arizona State (Pitcher)
• April 2: Mason Katz, LSU (Hitter); Cole Irvin, Oregon (Pitcher)
• April 9: Ian Graham, UNC Asheville (Hitter); Aaron Blair, Marshall (Pitcher)
• April 16: Colin Moran, North Carolina (Hitter); Cale Elam, Wichita State (Pitcher)
• April 23: Colby Roberts, James Madison (Hitter); Harrison Musgrave, West Virginia (Pitcher)
• April 30: Trey Mancini, Notre Dame (Hitter); Matt Florer, Loyola Marymount (Pitcher)
• May 7: Mitchell Tolman, Oregon (Hitter); Aaron Nola, LSU (Pitcher)
• May 14: D.J. Stewart, Florida State (Hitter); Harrison Musgrave, West Virginia (Pitcher)
• May 21: Duncan McAlpine, Dallas Baptist (Hitter); Shane Carle, Long Beach State and Andrew Moore, Oregon State (Pitcher)