May 25, 2010

Big Ten Conference Release

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Senior right-hander Matt Bischoff became the first player in Purdue history to be named All-Big Ten in four consecutive years after garnering first team honors for the 2010 season in a vote by the league coaches. Joining Bischoff with league recognition were All-Big Ten Freshman honorees Kevin Plawecki and Brad Schreiber.

Bischoff is 9-2 in 12 starts in the regular season, has posted a 3.45 ERA in 86 innings pitched and is tied for the Purdue season record for strikeouts with 87. In eight Big Ten starts he went 6-1 with a 4.05 ERA in 60 innings. He posted a better than 10-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio against conference competition with 62 Ks against only six walks.

Bischoff has been previously feted as the 2007 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a second team honoree that season, a first team selection in 2008 and a third team selection last year. Dating back to Purdue's first all-league honoree, Mel Henson in 1949, no Boilermaker baseball player has been named all-conference more than three times in a career.

Plawecki and Schreiber were both recognized by the conference coaches as two of the top newcomers to the league. Plawecki, Purdue's starting catcher, is hitting .335 with 11 doubles, a triple and has posted team-highs in both home runs (8) and RBIs (44) in 50 games played. The freshman backstop hist six of his home runs this season against Big Ten pitching.

Schreiber, who has seen double duty as both a relief pitcher and as the DH this year, was honored for his efforts on the mound. Overall he has posted a 2-1 record with a save, a 3.74 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 15 appearances and 21 2/3 innings pitched. In Big Ten play he appeared in six contests and went 1-0 with a 2.61 ERA and nine strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings.

The fifth-seeded Boilermakers will face No. 4 seed Iowa in the opening game of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. and all of the tournament action will be shown live on the Big Ten Network.

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