CHICAGO – UIC's Ryan Nagelbach has been named the Horizon League Batter of the Week, the League office announced Monday (May 23). The honor, the first of Nagelbach's career, comes following a huge week at the plate in the final weekend in the regular season.
 
In UIC's three-game series at Youngstown State, Nagelbach led the team in batting average (.438) and slugging percentage (1.125) while getting on base at a .471 clip. Nagelbach provided nearly half of the RBI in the Flames' 18-6 victory in Sunday's series finale as the sophomore finished with a game-high six RBI. The native of Deerfield, Illinois blasted a two-run shot to right center in the sixth to put the Flames up 13-2 before adding a grand slam in the seventh to extend the lead to 17-5.
 
Nagelbach, who led the team this past weekend in hits (7), doubles (2), home runs (3) and RBI (9), had at least one hit in all three games.
 
UIC earned the No. 3 seed in this week's Horizon League Championship and will begin its march to a tournament title on Wednesday afternoon, taking on sixth-seeded Northern Kentucky in an elimination game.