Trojans Sweep CL Baseball Awards for Second Straight Week

CL Athletes of the Week Feb. 16-Feb. 22 | TU Honors Page

JACKSON, Mich. – For the second week in a row, No. 9 Taylor (12-1) swept the Crossroads League Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week awards, with Brody Fine and Luke Sutter recognized by the league office on Monday.

Fine, a senior from Lafayette, Indiana, continued his dominant start to the 2026 campaign, whiffing a career-high 10 batters and allowing just one hit and one walk in five innings against Madonna. The right-hander pieced together five consecutive strikeouts twice in the home opener. Fine took the win on the bump, improving to 3-0 on the season with a 0.95 ERA and 0.84 WHIP.

Sutter, a junior from Centerville, Ohio, powered the Trojans to a series win over Madonna by hitting .385 with two home runs, both of which were delivered in the rubber match of the series. Sutter, who has reached base safely in all 13 games, finished with eight runs scored and crossed the plate multiple times in all three contests. The outfielder is hitting .375 with eight RBIs during an active five-game hitting streak.

TU has already garnered 49 Crossroads League, WHAC and MSFA Player-of-the-Week awards, and six NAIA National Athlete-of-the-Week honors.

Fine picked up his first career CL Pitcher of the Week recognition while Sutter earned the second CL Player of the Week award of his career.

No. 9 Taylor returns to action this weekend, with the Crossroads League opener against Grace moved from Thursday, Feb. 26 to Friday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. at Winterholter Field. The teams will complete the four-game series with Saturday's doubleheader in Winona Lake as scheduled.