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USPBL Selects Ethan Wiskur as Player of the Week

August 20th, 2018

ROCHESTER, Mich.Ethan Wiskur of the Westside Woolly Mammoths has been named as the United Shore Professional Baseball League Player of the Week, announced by the league office on Monday. Wiskur, a native of Clio, Mich., earns the distinction for the second time this season (5/21, 8/20).

Wiskur led the Woolly Mammoths to a much-needed victory on Saturday night against the then first-place Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers, hitting his fifth home run of the season in a 6-3 win. He followed that up with a three-run home run on Sunday in a tough 7-4 loss to the surging Utica Unicorns.

For the week (Aug. 13-19), Wiskur batted .333 (4-for-12) and posted an impressive .917 slugging percentage. He tallied two home runs and drove in five runs for the Woolly Mammoths.

Wiskur joins Utica Unicorns Dan Ward as the only two players this season to earn USPBL Player of the Week on two occasions.

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Week 1 (May 11-13) – Chris Mangus, 1B/DH, Eastside Diamond Hoppers
Week 2 (May 14-20) – Ethan Wiskur, OF, Westside Woolly Mammoths
Week 3 (May 21-27) – Jalin Lawson, 2B, Westside Woolly Mammoths
Week 4 (May 28-June 3) – Spencer Ibarra, OF, Utica Unicorns
Week 5 (June 4-10) – Carter Grote, INF/OF, Utica Unicorns
Week 6 (June 11-17) – Ryan Smith, OF, Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers
Week 7 (June 18-25) – Cody Brown, RHP, Utica Unicorns
Week 8 (June 26-July 1) – Dan Ward, 3B, Utica Unicorns
Week 9 (July 2-8) – Jimmy Latona, C, Utica Unicorns
Week 10 (July 9-15) – Jack Hranec, 1B, Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers
Week 11 (July 16-22) – Gunnar Buhner, INF, Eastside Diamond Hoppers
Week 12 (July 23-29) – Dan Ward, INF, Utica Unicorns
Week 13 (July 30-Aug. 5) – Brandon Rawe, OF, Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers
Week 14 (Aug. 6-12) – Dan Elliott, 1B, Utica Unicorns
Week 15 (Aug. 13-19) – Ethan Wiskur, OF, Westside Woolly Mammoths

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