Student-Athlete of the Week - April 2, 2007

Name: Scott Sobczak
Sport: Baseball
Year: Sophomore
Position: Pitcher

Last week’s stats:
1 App-1 GS, 1.00 ERA, 1 W, 0 L, 1 CG, 0 ShO, 0 SV, 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 31 BF (0 E, 0 PO, 1 A)

Scott Sobczak tossed a six-hit complete game in the first start of his major college career to lead San Jose State to a 9-1 victory over Hawai’i in the opener of a three-game Western Athletic Conference baseball series at Les Murakami Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Friday, March 30.

Sobczak (3-1), a first-year sophomore transfer out of Skyline College, had been the Spartan closer to this point in the season, with five saves. He allowed just six hits and a ninth-inning run while striking out a career-high six and facing just four batters over the minimum. It was the first complete game by a Spartan pitcher this season, and the first since Branden Dewing’s effort against Fresno State at the 2006 WAC Tournament in Fresno, Calif.

After his team staked him to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, Sobczak allowed a two-out double in the bottom half of the frame, but managed to get out of his first inning with a flyout. He had struck out the first batter he faced. Going for the shutout in the ninth, Sobczak gave up a leadoff double to snap a string of 12 straight retired batters since the start of the fifth, and subsequently an RBI single. Sobczak got a fielder's choice and a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.

Earlier, Sobczak set down eight straight Rainbow batters ahead of back-to-back two-out singles in the fourth. The threat was ended by a pick-off play at first base, with senior Spartan catcher Justin Santich-Hughes making the throw.

Past 2006-07 Spartan Foundation Student-Athletes of the Week

August 28 - Jessie Shull - Women's Volleyball
September 5 - Tiffany Hall - Women's Cross Country
September 11 - Yonus Davis - Football
September 18 - Jennifer Sentfleben - Women's Volleyball
September 25 - Dwight Lowery - Football
October 2 - Adam Tafralis - Football
October 9 - Nicole Irwin - Women's Soccer
October 16 - Marissa Dayton - Women's Soccer
October 23 - Nicole Irwin - Women's Soccer
October 30 - Yonus Davis - Football
November 6 - Patrick Perry - Football
November 13 - Jessie Shull - Women's Volleyball
November 20 - Ashley Vrieze - Women's Swimming
November 27 - Waylon Prather - Football
December 4 - Christopher Owens - Football
January 2 - Alisha Hicks - Women's Basketball
January 8 - Lauren Mar - Women's Swimming
January 16 - Carlton Spencer - Men's Basketball
January 22 - Myosha Barnes - Women's Basketball
January 29 - Veronica Porte - Women's Gymnastics
February 12 - Deanna Lowry - Women's Water Polo
February 19 - Ashley Vrieze - Women's Swimming
February 26 - Alisha Hicks - Women's Basketball
March 5 - Veronica Porte - Women's Gymnastics
March 12 - Jenelle Gomez - Women's Golf
March 19 - Michelle Minotti - Women's Gymnastics
March 26 - Steven Vidal - Baseball
April 2 - Scott Sobczak - Baseball